MDP 17, 043

~3000 BCE·Uruk Period·P008241

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008241.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] ,
M387~hb# M388 M057~a M029~b M057~a |M217+M124| , 1(N01)
|M217+M388| , [1(N01)]
M390# M128 M096 |M217+M388| , 1(N01)
M254~a M058 M058 M057~a |M217+M388| , 1(N01)
M124 M386~a M386~a M066 |M217+M388| , 1(N01)
M124 M390 M338~b M066 |M217+M388| , 1(N01)
M240~e M347 M371 |M217+M388| , 1(N01)
M124# M218# M032 M096 |M217+M388| , 1(N01)
M124 M218 M219 M218 |M217+M388| , 1(N01)
M066 M352~n |M096+M139| |M217+M388| , 1(N01)
M218~b M372 |M217+M388| , 1(N01)#
x x |M217+M388|# , 1(N01)#
[...] |M217+M388|# , 1(N01)#
|M217+M388|# |M217+M124| , 1(N14) 7(N01)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Proto-Elamite (ca. 3100-2900 BC)) — MDP 17, 043. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P008241) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008241..

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