MDP 31, 031

~3000 BCE·Uruk Period·P009371

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P009371.

Why it matters

Transliteration

|M327+X| ,
M388 M387? M263 M314~f M096#? M388# M301 M372 M367~c# , 2(N51G) 5(N23)
x x M066 M367~c# , 3(N51G) 1(N23)
|M195+X|# x x x x M367~c#? , 2(N51G) 7(N23)
M066 x x x M367~c#? , 2(N51G)# 6(N23)
M195~m# x x M367~c# , 2(N51G) 7(N23)
M367~c#? , 2(N54G) 3(N51G) 6(N23)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Proto-Elamite (ca. 3100-2900 BC)) — MDP 31, 031. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P009371) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P009371..

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