MDP 06, 311

~3000 BCE·Uruk Period·P008100

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008100.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] ,
[...] , [...]
[...] , 1(N01)
|M370+M072+M370| , 1(N01)
M054 , 1(N01)
M288 , 1(N01) 1(N39B) 1(N24)
M124 M370 M024~a1 M371 , [...]
M332~d? M024? M371 M376 M370 x , [...]
x , 2(N01)
|M370+M046+M370|#? [...] , [...]
[...] , 2(N39B) 1(N24)
M057~b , [...]
M288 , 1(N01)
M218 M295~e M054 , [...]
[...] M288#? , 3(N14) 5(N01) 4(N39B)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Proto-Elamite (ca. 3100-2900 BC)) — MDP 06, 311. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P008100) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008100..

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