MDP 17, 096 + 325 + 380

~3000 BCE·Uruk Period·P008294

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008294.

Why it matters

Transliteration

|M362+M005|# M207~b , 3(N01)#
|M362+M059~d| M312~a# , 6(N01)#
|M362+M384~a| , 4(N14) 7(N01)
|M362+M059| |M001+M379~c| , 4(N14)
|M362+M383~c| , 1(N14)
|M362+M158|# , 1(N14) [...]
|M362+M026~h| , 5(N01)
M351~c# M362 , 3(N01)
|M362+M244?|# , 3(N14) 3(N01)
|M362+M099~b|# , 2(N14) 1(N01)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Proto-Elamite (ca. 3100-2900 BC)) — MDP 17, 096 + 325 + 380. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P008294) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008294..

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