MDP 06, 258

~3000 BCE·Uruk Period·P008053

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008053.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] M388# M057~b1 M099# M371 M288 , 4(N01) [...]
[...] , [...] 1(N01)
[...] M004 |M218+M101| M371 , 5(N01)
M377~e |M106+M288| [...] , [...] 1(N24)
M380 M371 , 1(N14)
M295~u M220 , 4(N01)
M387~c x M387 M218 , 3(N01)
M301 |M296+M296| M057 , 2(N01)
M290? [...] ,
M288# , 5(N14)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Proto-Elamite (ca. 3100-2900 BC)) — MDP 06, 258. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P008053) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008053..

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