MDP 31, 043

~3000 BCE·Uruk Period·P009382

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P009382.

Why it matters

Transliteration

M388 ,
M057~e M099 M371 M139~a1 , 1(N01)
M175 M128~da |M218+M288~f|# M066 , 1(N01)
M124 M004 M223~b M218 , 1(N01)
M049~da M109#? M066 , 1(N01)
M242~b M410? M218 , 1(N01)
M204~g M054~i M297 , 1(N01)
M203~a , 1(N01)
M066 M352~n# M131~ia#? M101 M066 , 1(N01)
M102~l M371 , 1(N01)
|M218+M288~f| x M057 , 1(N01)
2(N14) x
M139~a2 , 1(N14)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Proto-Elamite (ca. 3100-2900 BC)) — MDP 31, 043. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P009382) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P009382..

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