MSVO 1, 059 (P005126)

Administrative tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr), dated to the Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) period and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Cite

Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1927-0065g

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

35.0 mm × 30.0 mm × 10.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(N01) , SZE~a? [...]

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)
Consult word list of Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Undetermined

Chronology

Period	Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P005126
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P005126

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	35.0 mm × 30.0 mm × 10.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	Ashm 1927,65g
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number	Ashm 1927-0065g
Accession Number

References

primary: MSVO 1, 59

[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.

35x30x10 - fragment of a tablet with unclear contents

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-16 at 14:41:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2018-02-12 at 09:17:40	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2007-02-02 at 15:13:20	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:13:00	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“MSVO 1, 059 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005126.

MSVO 1, 059 artifact entry (No. P005126). (2024, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005126 (Original work published 2001)

MSVO 1, 059 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005126 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).

@misc{2024MSVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {MSVO 1, 059 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005126},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005126},
}

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DA  - 2024/8/16/
PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - MSVO 1, 059 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MSVO 1, 059 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005126.

MSVO 1, 059 artifact entry (No. P005126). (2024, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005126 (Original work published 2001)

MSVO 1, 059 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005126 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).

@misc{2024MSVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {MSVO 1, 059 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005126},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005126},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/16/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P005126
LB  - CDLI:P005126
M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - MSVO 1, 059 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P005126
ER  -