MDP 06, 4999

~3000 BCE·Uruk Period·P008186

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008186.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] ,
x x M365# M388 M263~1 M033# M371# M288 , 7(N14) 4(N01)#
M218 M075~r# M066# , 2(N14) 1(N01)#
M056~f# M288 , 5(N01) 2(N39B) 1(N24)#?
M066#? M374~c#? , 1(N01)
M288 , 2(N14) 1(N01)
|M157+M288| , 1(N14) 1(N01)
M292 M388 M321~b M032 M332~g M057~a1 M288 , 2(N14)#? 2(N01)
M305# M388 M057 M058~b M057#? x , 1(N14)#? 1(N01)
M319 , 1(N01)
M296#? , 1(N01)
M115~a#? M029~b , 1(N01)
|M157+M131~d| , 5(N01)
M175#? , 2(N01)
[...] , 1(N45)# 9(N01)#? 2(N01)# 2(N39B)# 1(N24)#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Proto-Elamite (ca. 3100-2900 BC)) — MDP 06, 4999. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P008186) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008186..

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