MSVO 1, 110

~3100 BCE·Uruk Period·P005177

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P005177.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] 1(N34)# [...] 1(N14)# 9(N01)# , AB~b# DU# X [...]
1(N34)# 3(N14)# , X [...]
[...] , [...]
2(N14)# 2(N01)# [...] , [...]
1(N14)# 1(N01)# [...] , [...]
[...] , [...]
1(N34) 1(N14) [...] , [...] GI
1(N35) 2(N15) 3(N02) , X [...]
9(N34)# 3(N14)# 3(N01)# , MASZ GAN2 UDU~a# [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — MSVO 1, 110. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P005177) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P005177..

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