MSVO 3, 22

~3100 BCE·Uruk Period·P005333

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P005333.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] 1(N01)# , [...] SAL# X
[...] 1(N01) 2(N39~a) 1(N24) , NIN TUR3~a
[...] 3(N14) 2(N39~a) , NUN~a 6(N57) SAG
[...] 2(N14) 2(N01) , PA~a |1(N58).BAD~a|
[...] 1(N24)# , TE NUN~a# [...]
[...] 1(N24)# , [...]
[...] 1(N01) 1(N39~a) 1(N24) , AZ
1(N01) 1(N39~a) 1(N24) , KALAM~b PAP~a PA~a
, GU7#
[...] 2(N45) 5(N14) 1(N01) 1(N24) , GU7
8(N14) 2(N01) 4(N39~a) 1(N24) , BA [...]
[...] , [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — MSVO 3, 22. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Land Berlin, Berlin, Germany (P005333) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P005333..

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