MDP 17, 279

~3000 BCE·Uruk Period·P008477

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008477.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] M066 M096# , 3(N01)
M203~c M066 M352~o# M131~d# [...] , [...]
[...] , 2(N01)#
M388 M315 M263~1 M297 , 2(N01)
x x [...] , [...]
[...] |M296+M296| M096 , 2(N01)
M254# M352~n M218#? [...] , [...]
[...] x M371# , 1(N01)
M124 M057 M099 M371 , 1(N01)
[...] M240# M096 , 3(N01)#
x , 3(N01)
M311 M314 [...] , [...]
[...] , 2(N39B)# 1(N24)
M066 [...] M218 M066 , 2(N39B)
[...] , 9(N14)# 1(N39B) 1(N24)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Proto-Elamite (ca. 3100-2900 BC)) — MDP 17, 279. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P008477) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008477..

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