MDP 26S, 5241

~3000 BCE·Uruk Period·P009339

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The world it comes from

The birth of the city, the birth of writing.

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From the same catalogue range (near P009339)

P009338 · ~3000 BCE

MDP 26S, 5240

“[...] 1(N45) 6(N14) [...] [...] [...] 1(N14)[?] M305 M388 M110 M242~b M096 [...] , [...] [...] x , 2(N01) 1(N3…”

P009337 · ~3000 BCE

MDP 26S, 5239

“[...] 1(N24) 1(N30D) M131~e# [...] , [...] [...] M304 M388 M285~b M288 , 1(N14) 2(N01)# [...] M388#? M285~c#? …”

P009333 · ~3000 BCE

MDP 26S, 5235

“[...] M128? M096 [...] , [...] [...] [M250~ba?] M066~a , 1(N01) M388 [...] , [...] [...] , 1(N01) M510 x [...]…”

P009347 · ~3000 BCE

MDP 31, 007

“M247~d , M297~bc# , 2(N01) 3(N39B) |M001+M379~d| , 1(N24) 2(N30C) M297~b# , 1(N24@b) 2(N30C@b) M314 , 1(N01)# …”

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Proto-Elamite (ca. 3100-2900 BC)) — MDP 26S, 5241. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Sb 15243 (Louvre Museum, Paris, France) — from Susa (mod. Shush) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P009339). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P009339..

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