MDP 06, 290

~3000 BCE·Uruk Period·P008082

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008082.

Why it matters

Transliteration

M325 ,
|M157+M377~e+M377~e| M388 M057~b1# M387 M218 , 1(N02)
M057~a M372~m M371#? , 2(N01)#
M377#? x M371 , 1(N01)
M057 M352~n M004 M218 , 1(N01)
M109 M096#? M057 , 2(N02)
[...] , 1(N01)#
M388 M096#? M329#? , 1(N01)
x x M371 x , 1(N01)
x [...] , 1(N01)#
[...] x , 1(N01)#
M029~c? M387~ef M066 , 1(N01) [...]
x M291 , 1(N14) 3(N01)
M072 , 3(N01)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Proto-Elamite (ca. 3100-2900 BC)) — MDP 06, 290. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P008082) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008082..

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