MDP 26S, 4804

• M157 — Unidentified proto-cuneiform/proto-Elamite heading or category sign. Its institutional or commodity referent at Susa is not established; it may denote a product category or administrative heading.
• M051~b |M054+M365+M054~i| — Complex sign group; the '#' diacritic indicates the reading is uncertain even in the transliteration. Individual component signs cannot be confirmed from the photo.
• M243~j — Proto-Elamite sign variant; the commodity it designates is unknown. The '~j' suffix indicates a specific graphemic variant whose value is debated.
• N39B — Elongated impressed numeral. Its metrological value (area, capacity, or other measure) depends on the commodity system in use; this cannot be determined from the surviving text alone.
• N24 — Medium-order numeral. Its place in the counting hierarchy is system-dependent; without knowing the commodity, its absolute value cannot be determined.
• N30C — A numeral sign variant; its value relative to N01 and N24 in the applicable metrological system is uncertain.
• M379~c@b / M379~c — Sign with both variant (~c) and orientation modifier (@b). Commodity referent unknown; '#?' notation in transliteration indicates the reading is tentative.
• M297@b — Sign with rotated orientation (@b). Identity and commodity referent uncertain in proto-Elamite contexts.
• M180 — Tentative reading in the transliteration (marked '?'). Cannot verify from photo.

The photograph shows a small, roughly trapezoidal clay tablet fragment (museum number SB 15308 visible on the edge label, with a red inventory number '4084' or similar on the top edge). The obverse (upper image in the composite) preserves a cluster of impressed wedge and sign traces in the upper left quadrant; the surface deteriorates toward the lower right with significant erosion and a diagonal crack crossing the face. Some sign groups are visible — star-like or crossed impressed marks consistent with proto-cuneiform/proto-Elamite commodity signs can be discerned in the upper portion, and small round impressions (numerical N-signs) appear near the lower left of the reverse (lower image), where circular dot impressions in a row are clearly visible. The reverse (lower image) shows ruled lines forming a rectangular compartment or column divider, with a row of circular punch-marks at the lower left that likely represent numerical entries — consistent with N01 or N39B type numerals in the transliteration. The transliteration provided is heavily damaged (numerous lacunae marked), and the photograph confirms this: large portions of the obverse are effaced or broken away. Specific sign identifications such as M051~b, M243~j, M297@b, M379~c cannot be confirmed at the resolution available; the photo-based reading aligns in general with a fragmentary numerical account but individual sign readings cannot be cross-checked. This is a transliteration-dominant reading with partial visual confirmation of the numerical row on the reverse.