Position in chronology
Kadmos 24, 006 fig. 2
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From the same catalogue range (near P009457)
Transliteration
x , M029~a , 2(N45) 7(N14) M053~b , 4(N14) 6(N01) x , 1(N34) x M029~a , 1(N45) 2(N14)#
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Proto-Elamite (ca. 3100-2900 BC)) — Kadmos 24, 006 fig. 2. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P009457) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P009457..
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