MDP 06, 256

~3000 BCE·Uruk Period·P008051

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008051.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] ,
[...] M376# , [1(N08)?]
M046 M254~b# , 1(N01)
M218 M250~ba [...] , [...]
[...] M024# M033#? M376# , 1(N08)#
M254~b1 M046# [...] , [...]
[...] M380~b M295~y#? M263~1 M376 , [1(N08)?]
[...] M096? , 1(N01)?
x x [...] , [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Proto-Elamite (ca. 3100-2900 BC)) — MDP 06, 256. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P008051) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008051..

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