MS 2863/20

~3100 BCE·Uruk Period·P006186

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P006186.

Transliteration

2(N14)# [...] , BA# [...]
[...] , [...]
[...] , [...]
[...] , [...]
[...] , [...] X BU~a A# DU

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — MS 2863/20. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway (P006186) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P006186..

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