MDP 06, 360

~3000 BCE·Uruk Period·P008142

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008142.

Why it matters

Transliteration

M157 ,
M038~a M029~a M149~a M388 M387 , 7(N01)
M038~e M387 , 3(N01)
M500 M145 M387 , 2(N01)
M046~a M387 , 2(N01)
M136~c M029~b M387 , 2(N14)
|M157+M131| M374~c , 1(N01)
M374~c , 2(N01)
M387 , 4(N01)
M149~a , 5(N01)
1(N34)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Proto-Elamite (ca. 3100-2900 BC)) — MDP 06, 360. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P008142) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008142..

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