MDP 31, 037

~3000 BCE·Uruk Period·P009376

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P009376.

Why it matters

Transliteration

|M377~e+M320+M377~e|# ,
M157 M388 M218 M329~b M388 M066 M136# M259? M388 M218 M314 M297 M206~d , 1(N01)
M352~o! M338~b M066 , 1(N01)
M365~g M218 , 1(N01)
M263 M318# M371 , 1(N01)
M001#? M066#? M217~j M352~o M218~b M388 M338~b M009# M371 , 2(N01)#
M377~e# M347 M371#? M388 M377~e M040 M372 M365~g x , 1(N01)
M325~d M388 M218 M220 |M218+M288|? M066 , 1(N01)#?
x M295~e? M218 , 1(N01)#
[...] , 9(N01)?

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Proto-Elamite (ca. 3100-2900 BC)) — MDP 31, 037. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P009376) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P009376..

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