MSVO 1, 109

~3100 BCE·Uruk Period·P005176

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P005176.

Why it matters

Transliteration

4(N20)# [...] ,
[1(N03) 2(N40)] ,
1(N01)# , DUG~b
1(N01) , DUG~c
1(N14) , SZU2#
[...] , ZATU644~a
3(N01)# , ME~a ZATU753
4(N01)# [...] , MA#
7(N01) , HASZHUR#
2(N14)# 4(N01) , UDU~a
3(N14) , SUHUR#
2(N52) ,
, |NI~a.RU| GIBIL SU~a 3(N57)# GU7# [...]
[...] , [MU |ZATU714xHI@g~a|]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — MSVO 1, 109. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P005176) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P005176..

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