MDP 06, 356

~3000 BCE·Uruk Period·P008138

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008138.

Why it matters

Transliteration

M157# ,
|M195+M057|# M149~a M320 x M312~f x M297~b# , 5(N01)
|M343~h+M354| M305 M388 M347 M097~h M004 M218 M263 , 1(N01)
|M039~ca+1(N30D)| , 5(N01)
M066 M259# M332~d M218 M263~b , 1(N01)
|M039~c+1(N30D)| , 5(N01)
M103~1 M111~a#? M263~b , 1(N01)
M036 , 5(N01)
M297#? , 5(N01) 2(N39B) 1(N24) 2(N30C)#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Proto-Elamite (ca. 3100-2900 BC)) — MDP 06, 356. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P008138) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008138..

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