MDP 17, 332

~3000 BCE·Uruk Period·P008530

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008530.

Why it matters

Transliteration

|M317+X| M297 M288# , 6(N14)# [...]
[...] , 3(N14)
M005~a M263~1 M387 M219 [...] , [...]
[...] M099 M102~da , 4(N01)#? 1(N01@b)#? [...]
[...] , 3(N14@b) 2(N1@b)
|M157+M131|# , [...]
1(N34)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Proto-Elamite (ca. 3100-2900 BC)) — MDP 17, 332. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P008530) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P008530..

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