MSVO 1, 113

~3100 BCE·Uruk Period·P005180

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P005180.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] , [...]
[...] , [...] DUG~a# KASZ~a?
[...] 2(N20)# 1(N05)# , EN~a X [...]
[...] , [...]
1(N34) 1(N14) [...] , UDU~a#
3(N52) 1(N38) 2(N21) ,
[...] 2(N01)# , SZU2#
X [...] , [...]
[...] , [...]
[...] , KID~b# BAR# [...]
1(N51)# 2(N14)# , |6(N57).GAR|#
, X GI# [...]
, |U4x5(N57)| GI# [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — MSVO 1, 113. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P005180) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P005180..

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