ATU 3, pl. 082, W 13982 (P000022)

Lexical tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 16741

Period

Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Archaic Practice (witness) Text category: 16-02; Foreign ID: LSL 2)

Language(s)

Undetermined

Measurements

45.0 mm × 52.0 mm × 21.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(N01) , ZATU707~a ZATU686~a ZATU707~a ZATU707~a KA~a E2~a E2~a KA~a LAGAB~b ZATU707~a
reverse
  blank space
  scrunched together

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Archaic Practice (witness) Text category: 16-02; Foreign ID: LSL 2)
Language(s) Undetermined

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P000022

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 45.0 mm × 52.0 mm × 21.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Uruk (mod. Warka)
Written In
Excavation Number W 13982
Findspot Od XVI,5
dicht über den Lehmziegeln des Hofes von IVa
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number VAT 16741
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P000022
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P000022

References

  • primary: ATU 3, pl. 82, W 13982

    [Englund1993ATU3] Englund, Robert K., and Hans J. Nissen. 1993. Die Lexikalischen Listen Der Archaischen Texte Aus Uruk. Archaische Texte Aus Uruk, Band 3. Berlin: Gebr. Mann.

    45x52x21 - Practice 2 - Od XVI,5, dicht über den Lehmziegeln des Hofes von IVa.

  • history: Englund, OBO 160/1, p. 85 fig. 23

    [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.

    (incorrectly as BM 128990)

  • history: Frühe Schrift, p. 148, no. 15.4

    [Nissen1991FrüheSchrift] Nissen, Hans J., Peter Damerow, and Robert K. Englund. 1991. Frühe Schrift Und Techniken Der Wirtschaftsverwaltung Im Alten Vorderen Orient. Informationsspeicherung Und -Verarbeitung Vor 5000 Jahren. Franzbecker.

  • history: OIMP 32 (pp. 33-84), 042 & 075

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-22 at 14:41:50 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-03 at 09:19:50 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-03 at 09:17:18 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-07-03 at 13:09:28 Jagersma, Bram Artifact metadata Jagersma, Bram Jagersma, Bram Approved View
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-01 at 09:44:24 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2017-10-28 at 09:08:29 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2017-10-26 at 11:21:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2015-11-18 at 16:50:53 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2007-02-07 at 18:54:45 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2007-02-02 at 13:56:11 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:11:18 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“ATU 3, Pl. 082, W 13982 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P000022.
ATU 3, pl. 082, W 13982 artifact entry (No. P000022). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P000022 (Original work published 2001)
ATU 3, pl. 082, W 13982 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P000022 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {ATU 3, pl. 082, {W} 13982 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P000022},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P000022},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“ATU 3, Pl. 082, W 13982 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P000022.
ATU 3, pl. 082, W 13982 artifact entry (No. P000022). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P000022 (Original work published 2001)
ATU 3, pl. 082, W 13982 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P000022 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {ATU 3, pl. 082, {W} 13982 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P000022},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P000022},
}


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