MDP 17, 031

~3000 BCE·Uruk Period·P008229

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008229.

Why it matters

Transliteration

M157# ,
M207~e M131~d#? M248~g# M388# M004#? |M218+M101|#? M288 , 2(N01)
M387~l# M001 , 4(N01)
M102~i M388 M332~f M004 M338~q , 2(N01)
M051~a M462 M003~b , 2(N01)
M209~d M080~d M320 M066~a , 2(N01)
M153 M145~a M371 , 2(N01)
M218 |M218+M288| M288 , 2(N14) 2(N01)
2(N01)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Proto-Elamite (ca. 3100-2900 BC)) — MDP 17, 031. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P008229) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008229..

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