MDP 06, 4995

~3000 BCE·Uruk Period·P008183

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008183.

Why it matters

Transliteration

M157 ,
M136~s M387~a M261~d1 , 4(N01)# [...]
M387~ef x , [...]
[...] , 2(N30C@b)
x , 1(N14)#? 1(N30C)
x M009# M281~f# M096# M263# , [...]
x , [...] n(N01)
x M352~n#? M096# |M260~1+1(N24)|# , 1(N01)
|M036+1(N30D)|# , [...]
[...] x |M260+1(N24)| , 1(N01)
|M036+1(N30D)|# , 5(N01)#
[...] , [...] 1(N24)#
1(N34)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Proto-Elamite (ca. 3100-2900 BC)) — MDP 06, 4995. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P008183) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008183..

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