MDP 06, 390

The photograph shows the obverse and reverse of a damaged clay tablet (Sb 15212, Louvre), displayed in five views including the four edges and both faces. The obverse (upper image) is the more legible: I can observe clusters of impressed round signs — clearly N01 (small round) and N14 (larger round) numerals — arranged in rows to the right of incised pictographic signs. Several complex incised signs are visible on the left column of the obverse, consistent with the proto-cuneiform sign groups listed in the transliteration (compound signs with linear strokes, small circular impressions, and what appear to be M291-type and M317-type forms). The tablet surface is significantly cracked and broken, with a major diagonal fracture across the upper-left quadrant of the obverse; several sign groups in the upper portion are lost or partially obscured, consistent with the lacunae marked in the transliteration. The reverse (lower image) shows far fewer clear impressions — mostly a column of vertical strokes at the upper left (possibly the tail end of number sequences) and is otherwise largely blank or too eroded to read, which is typical for Uruk-period tablets where only the obverse carries the full account. The edge views show the museum number 'SB 15212' and accession number '390' in modern ink. The transliteration uses CDLI sign-name conventions for proto-cuneiform, which cannot be mapped to phonetic Sumerian or Akkadian readings; the 'translation' layer therefore reproduces the sign-name codes and numerical notations faithfully, as no linguistic decipherment is possible for proto-cuneiform at this level. The N34 sign appearing in line 7 and line 13 likely marks a higher-order total or sub-total. Photo and transliteration are broadly consistent; specific sign identifications in damaged areas (marked # and ?) cannot be independently confirmed from the photograph at this resolution.