RIMB 3.nn

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P247522.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[a-r-t-x]--a-y-t'-i-y]
ir-tak-ik-[sza2-isz-sza2 sunki]
ar-ta-ak#-[sza2-as-su _lugal_]
[3-rw-T-xA-S-s-SA pr-aA]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Achaemenid (547-331 BC)) — RIMB 3.nn. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (P247522) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P247522..

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