MSVO 1, 093 (P005160)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1926-0564

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

113.0 mm × 83.0 mm × 21.0 mm

tablet
obverse
column 1
1.a. [4(N01)] , [1(N39~a)]
1.b. 4(N42~a) ,
2.a. [6(N01)] , [1(N24)]
2.b. 3(N42~a) ,
3.a1. 8(N01)#? , [...] X
3.a2. 4(N01) , SIG2~a3
3.b. 2(N42~a) 1(N25) ,
4.a. 1(N51) 1(N14) 8(N01) , |5(N57).GAR|
4.b. 4(N05) 2(N42~a) 1(N25) ,
5.a. 4(N01) , GUG2
5.b. 1(N42~a) ,
6.a. 1(N14) , SZA GUG2
6.b. 1(N42~a) 1(N25) ,
7.a. 4(N14) , |LAGAB~axSZA| E2~a DUB~a
7.b. 1(N05) ,
column 2
1.a. 2(N14) , DUG~a KASZ~a
1.b. [1(N05) 3(N42~a)] ,
2.a. 1(N14) , DUG~a KASZ~a E2~a DUB~a
2.b. 3(N42~a) 1(N25) ,
3. 4(N05) 2(N42~a) 1(N25) , MU |ZATU714xHI@g~a|
4. 3(N14) , UDU~a
5. 1(N34) , SUHUR
6. 1(N52) ,
7. 1(N01) , |DUG~cx1(N57)|
8. 8(N01) , SZU2
9. 1(N01) , ZATU644~a
10. 2(N01) , ZATU753
column 3
1. [...] , [MA]
2. 4(N01) 1(N08) , HASZHUR
3. 2(N01) , MA ZATU735~b
4. 2(N01) , |GA2~a1xGESZTU~c5|#
5. , |NI~a.RU| 2(N57) SU~a GIBIL GU7
reverse
column 1
1. 2(N20) 2(N05) 3(N42~a) 1(N25) ,
2. 2(N03) ,
3. 3(N14) , UDU~a
4. 1(N34) , SUHUR#
5. 1(N52) ,
6. 1(N01) , |DUG~cx1(N57)|
7. 8(N01)# , [SZU2]
8. [1(N01)] , [ZATU644~a]
9. [2(N01)] , [ZATU753]
column 2
1.a. 1(N51) 1(N34) 3(N14) , GAR#
1.b. 1(N20) 1(N05) 4(N42~a) 1(N25) ,
2.a. 3(N14) , DUG~a KASZ~a
2.b1. 2(N05) 1(N42~a) 1(N25) ,
2.b2. 2(N03) ,
3. 4(N05) 2(N42~a) 1(N25) , |ZATU714xHI@g~a| MU
4. , [|NI~a.RU| 2(N57)] SU~a# GIBIL# GU7#

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 113.0 high × 83.0 wide × 21.0 thick
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  • primary: MSVO 1, 93

    [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.

    113x83x21 - nearly complete but damaged tablet with a mixed one year (?) account - reverse also published E. Mackay, Field Museum of Natural History, Anthropology Memoirs I/3 (1931) pl. 76, 1

  • history: Englund, OBO 160/1, p. 198-199 fig. 78

    [Englund1998OBO160/1] Englund, Robert K. 1998. “Texts from the Late Uruk Period.” In Annäherungen 1: Mesopotamien. Späturuk-Zeit Und Frühdynastische Zeit, edited by Pascal Attinger and Markus Wäfler, 13–233. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 160/1. Freiburg Schweiz: Universitätsverlag.

    copy

  • history: OECT 7, 78

    [Langdon1928OECT7] Langdon, Stephen H. 1928. The H. Weld-Blundell Collection in the Ashmolean Museum. Pictographic Inscriptions from Jemdet Nasr, Excavated by the Oxford and Field Museum Expedition. Oxford Editions of Cuneiform Texts, Vol. 7. London: Oxford University Press.

  • history: discussed J. Friberg, Review ZA 84 (1994) 133

    [sec2201] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: Ashm 1926-0564
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  • Provenience: uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)
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  • Excavation No: Ashm 1926,564
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2018-02-12 at 09:17:53 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, 093 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 4, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P005160.
MSVO 1, 093 artifact entry (No. P005160). (2001, December 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005160
MSVO 1, 093 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005160 (Accessed: April 29, 2025).
@misc{2001MSVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-29]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 4},
	title = {MSVO 1, 093 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005160},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005160},
}


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