MSVO 1, 068 (P005135)

Administrative tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr), dated to the Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) period and now kept in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Museum Number

OIM A02514

Period

Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Undetermined

Measurements

56.0 mm × 53.0 mm × 18.0 mm

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(N01)# , |SZU&SZU|
2. 1(N01) , BU~b SZE3 RU
3. 1(N01) , SI KISAL~b1
4. 1(N01) , EN~a PAP~a
5. 1(N01) , 3(N57)
column 2
1. 1(N01) , AN 3(N57)
2. 1(N01) , GU 3(N57)
3. 1(N01) , SI TUN3~a SI KISAL~b1
4. 1(N01) , MUSZEN NA~a GI ERIM~a
5. 1(N01) , X ERIM~a#
column 3
1. , UB AB~a# [...]
reverse
column 1
1. 1(N14)# 4(N01)# , UB AB~a BAR
column 2
1. , [...] SUG5# DU@g?

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Consult sign list of Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)
Consult word list of Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 56.0 high × 53.0 wide × 18.0 thick
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  • primary: MSVO 1, 68

    [Englund1991MSVO1] Englund, Robert K., Jean-Pierre Grégoire, and Roger J. Matthews. 1991. The Proto-Cuneiform Texts from Jemdet Nasr. I: Copies, Transliterations and Glossary. Materialien Zu Den Frühen Schriftzeugnissen Des Vorderen Orients (MSVO), Band 1. Berlin: Gebr. Mann.

    56x53x18 - fragmentary tablet with an account of unclear contents - cf. OI General Circular No. 1 (1927?) p. 19 fig. 18, No. 2 (Aug. 1928) p. 30 fig. 26 - s. introduction for more information

  • history: RA 26 (pp. 1-19), 15:1

    [Scheil1929RA26] Scheil, Vincent. 1929. “Documents et Arguments.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 26: 1–19.

  • history: OIMP 32 (pp. 33-84), 039

    [Woods2010writing] Woods, Christopher. 2010. “The Earliest Mesopotamian Writing.” In Visible Language. Inventions of Writing in the Ancient Middle East and Beyond, edited by Christopher Woods, 33–84. Oriental Institute Museum Publications, Number 32. Chicago, Illinois: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.

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  • Museum No.: OIM A02514
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-03 at 09:19:50 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-22 at 19:02:51 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-22 at 19:02:02 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2018-02-12 at 09:17:44 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2007-02-02 at 15:13:20 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:13:01 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MSVO 1, 068 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P005135.
MSVO 1, 068 artifact entry (No. P005135). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P005135 (Original work published 2001)
MSVO 1, 068 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P005135 (Accessed: November 21, 2024).
@misc{2024MSVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-11-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {MSVO 1, 068 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P005135},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P005135},
}


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