MSVO 1, 008

~3100 BCE·Uruk Period·P005075

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P005075.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] , [...]
1(N14)# [...] , [...]
1(N14)# [...] , [...] SANGA~a#
[...] , [...]
[...] 2(N01)# [...] , [...] IL# X
1(N22)# , GI# TU~b#? X
1(N14)# , KISZIK~a# [...]
1(N14)# , SANGA~a# X
1(N14)# , EN~a# X [...]
1(N22)# [...] , X [...]
[...] , [...] EN~a# X
1(N14) 1(N22) , MASZ GAN2# X [...]
[...] 5(N14)# 1(N22) [...] , |SZE~a&SZE~a| GAN2 EN~a# PA~a# |1(N58).BAD~a| [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — MSVO 1, 008. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P005075) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P005075..

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