MSVO 1, 230

~3100 BCE·Uruk Period·P005297

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P005297.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] , [...] X
[...] , [...] E2~a#
[...] , [...] SAG BAR X
1(N01) , X [...]
[...] , E2~a X [...]
1(N01) , TAK4~a SAG
1(N01) , GIR3@g~b#?
[...] , [...]
1(N01) , X E2~a# PIRIG~b1
1(N01) , SANGA~a
1(N01) , SUKKAL
1(N01) , EN2#?
1(N01) , NI~a AL [...]
, [...] ZATU752
1(N14)# 3(N01)# , [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — MSVO 1, 230. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P005297) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P005297..

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