MDP 17, 248

~3000 BCE·Uruk Period·P008446

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008446.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] x , 3(N01)
M146 x M101# , 5(N01)
M207 M057# [...] , [...]
[...] M228~d M329 M101 , 3(N01)
M259# M219# M101# , 3(N01)
[...] , 1(N23) 5(N14)
M146 M371 M367#? , 1(N23) 5(N14)
M301 M218 M329#? x , 1(N01)# [...]
[...] , 1(N23)
x M390 M218#? M367# , 1(N23) 5(N14)
x [...] M371#? , 1(N23) 3(N14) [...]
x M097~h# M218 M367# , 1(N23) 3(N14)
M308~e [...] , [...]
[...] M367 , 1(N14)
M057 |M218+X| M367 , 1(N23)# 5(N14)#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Proto-Elamite (ca. 3100-2900 BC)) — MDP 17, 248. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P008446) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008446..

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