MDP 06, 276

~3000 BCE·Uruk Period·P008069

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008069.

Why it matters

Transliteration

M157~a ,
x M004 M218 M376 , 2(N01)
|M228~b+M101| |M228~b+M320| [...] , [...]
[...] M285~c , 2(N01)
M386~a M380 M371 , 2(N01) 1(N08A)
M219 M295~l M218 , 1(N01)#
x |M296+M296|#? M371 , 3(N01)
M251~i M371 , 1(N08A)
M381 , 1(N01)#
[...] M226~c#? M032 M218~b , 4(N01)
M387 x? [...] , [...]
[...] M352~o# , 1(N01) [...]
M218# [...] , [...]
[...] , [...] 4(N01)#
M381 , 4(N01) 1(N08A)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Proto-Elamite (ca. 3100-2900 BC)) — MDP 06, 276. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P008069) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008069..

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