IM 134438 (P003897)

Administrative tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 134438

Period

Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Undetermined

Measurements

93.0 mm × 65.0 mm × 24.0 mm

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 2(N45)# 3(N50) , |SILA3~axDUG~a| |BU~a+DU6~a| NAM2 X DU KU3~a [...]
2. , AN SZE3 AMA~a SAL
column 2
1. 4(N50) 5(N14) , KA~a TUR SUG
2. 3(N50) , TUN3~a |GISZ.TE| NIN SAG# DA~a AMA~a# [...]
3. 8(N14) , SIG BA SAR~a E2~a
4. 1(N50) 8(N14) , IN~b? TE [...]
column 3
1. 4(N50)#? [...] , [...]

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): 93.0 high × 65.0 wide × 24.0 thick
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  • history: Englund, OBO 160/1, p. 211 fig. 86

    [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.

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  • history: AfO 44/45 (pp. 1-58), 37

    [Friberg1997AfO44] Friberg, Jöran. 1997/98. “Round and Almost Round Numbers in Proto-Literate Metro-Mathematical Field Texts.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 44/45: 1–58.

  • history: ATU 2, pl. 59

    [Green1987ATU2] Green, Margaret W., and Hans J. Nissen. 1987. Zeichenliste Der Archaischen Texte Aus Uruk. Archaische Texte Aus Uruk, Band 2. Berlin: Gebr. Mann.

    obv. (p)


  • history: cited by P. Steinkeller, Jb. f. Wirtschaftsgeschichte 1987/S, 13, in connection with old kudurrus, vgl.cp. W 20552,8+, both with DUG+SILA3

    [sec1890] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: IM 134438
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  • Provenience: Uruk (mod. Warka)
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  • Excavation No: W 20551,1
  • Findspot Square: Ob XVI,2
  • Findspot Comments:

    Füllung des Stampflehmgebäudes, bei 80 cm unter Oberkante, im 2. länglichen Raum von NW-Grabungsgrenze

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-12 at 08:59:35 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2018-02-12 at 09:17:24 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2007-02-02 at 13:57:46 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:12:34 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
“IM 134438 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P003897.
IM 134438 artifact entry (No. P003897). (2024, September 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P003897 (Original work published 2001)
IM 134438 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P003897 (Accessed: April 30, 2025).
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