MDP 06, 268

~3000 BCE·Uruk Period·P008061

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008061.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] , [...] 3(N01)#
M346 , 1(N01)
x x [...] , [...]
[...] M111#? M240~b M057~a , 1(N14) 4(N01)
M346 , 2(N01) [...]
[...] M250~ba# M387 x , 4(N01) [...]
[...] x M096 , 1(N14) 1(N01) [...]
[...] M250~ba M387 M218 [...] , [...]
[...] M240 M057~a , 3(N01) [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Proto-Elamite (ca. 3100-2900 BC)) — MDP 06, 268. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P008061) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008061..

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