MDP 26S, 4758

~3000 BCE·Uruk Period·P009196

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P009196.

Why it matters

Transliteration

|M327+X| ,
M157# |M175+M288|# M124~c# M259# M318# M371# M297#? , 1(N01)#
x M281# M124# M259#? M101 x M297#? , 1(N01)
M193 x M226~c M218 x M219# M029~a M242~d M096# M243~ee , 1(N08A)
|M131+M388| M024~1? M281# M096# M243~ee , 1(N08A)
M024~a1 M281#? M096#? M297? , 1(N08A)
[...] , 3(N01)
M243~ee#? , 1(N01)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Proto-Elamite (ca. 3100-2900 BC)) — MDP 26S, 4758. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P009196) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P009196..

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