MSVO 1, 001 (P005068)
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, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UKMuseum Number
Ashm 1926-0561Period
Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)Provenience
uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
AdministrativeLanguage(s)
UndeterminedMeasurements
104.0 mm × 87.0 mm × 28.0 mm
obverse
column 1
1.a. 2(N50) 4(N14)# 4(N01) , GAN2# |SZE~a&SZE~a|# GAL~a SZAB~a
en: 25 bur3 4 iku field, in barley, of the chief exchange agent,
1.b. 2(N14)# , GURUSZ~a SAL
en: 2 bur3, male and female laborers,
1.c. 4(N50)# 7(N14)# [N] , GAN2 KI A
en: 47(+) bur3 field, irrigated;
2.a. 3(N50)#? 2(N22) 4(N01) , |SZE~a&SZE~a| GAN2# GIR3@g~b# PA~a
en: 30 bur3 2 eše3 4 iku field, in barley, of the equid herder,
2.b. 2(N14) , GURUSZ~a SAL
en: 2 bur3, male and female laborers,
2.c. 4(N50) 2(N14) 1(N22) 5(N01) , GAN2 KI# A#
en: 42 bur3 1 eše3 5 iku field, irrigated;
3.a. 3(N50)# [...] 1(N14) 1(N01) , |SZE~a&SZE~a| BA [GAN2] NAM2# DI#
en: 31(+) bur3 1 iku field, in barley, of the chief justice,
3.b. 4(N14) , GURUSZ~a# [SAL]
en: 4 bur3, male and female laborers,
3.c. 3(N50)# 8(N14)# 1(N22)# 2(N01) , GAN2# KI# A#
en: 38 bur3 1 eše3 2 iku field, irrigated;
column 2
1.a. [2(N50) N] , [|SZE~a&SZE~a| GAN2] EN~c# SAL#
en: 20(+) field, in barley, of the wife of the lord,
1.b. [2(N14) N?] , [GURUSZ~a SAL]
en: 2(+) bur3, male and female laborers,
1.c. [N] , [GAN2 KI A]
en: ... field, irrigated;
2.a. 1(N50) [n?] 4(N14) 2(N22)# , |SZE~a&SZE~a|# ME~a# |NI~a.RU|
en: 14(+) bur3 2 eše3 field, in barley, of the priest of NIRU (Jemdet Nasr),
2.b. 2(N14)# [n?] , GURUSZ~a# SAL#
en: 2 bur3 ... male and female laborers,
2.c. [N] , [GAN2 KI A]
en: ... field, irrigated;
3. , U4 |NI~a.RU| A#? KI BU~a AB~a#
en: ... of NIRU, measured fields of the households;
reverse
column 1
1. [1(N45)] 5(N50)# [N] , [GAN2 |SZE~a&SZE~a|]
en: 1 šar2 50 ... bur3 field, in barley,
calculation: total of all “fields in barley”
2. 1(N50)# [2(N14) n] , [GURUSZ~a SAL]
en: 12(+) bur3, male and female laborers,
calculation: total of all “fields of laborers”
3. 3(N45)# 2(N50)# 5(N14)# [N] , [GAN2 KI A]
en: 3 šar2 25(+) bur3 field, irrigated;
calculation: total of all “irrigated fields”
column 2
1. 5(N45)# 3(N50)# 4(N14)# 3(N01) , LAGAB~b GAN2 BU~a KI |NI~a.RU| AB~a APIN~a#
en: 5 šar2 34 bur3 3 iku, total field, measured land of NIRU, agricultural household.
calculation in bur3: 110(+) + 12(+) + 205(+) = 334 bur3 3 iku (only 7 bur3 missing)
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
- Measurements (mm): 104.0 high × 87.0 wide × 28.0 thick
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- Genre(s): Administrative
- Language(s): Undetermined
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primary: MSVO 1, 1
[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.104x87x28 - badly preserved surface measurement text - discussed by P. Steinkeller, Jb. f. Wirtschaftsgeschichte 1987/S, 13ff. - note the complex tablet format with relations between plots qualified by SZEa+SZEa, laborers SAL and GURU∞a and further plots qua
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history: Englund, OBO 160/1, p. 212 fig. 87
[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
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history: AfO 44/45 (pp. 1-58), 28ff
[Friberg1997AfO44] Friberg, Jöran. 1997/98. “Round and Almost Round Numbers in Proto-Literate Metro-Mathematical Field Texts.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 44/45: 1–58.discussion of text
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history: OECT 7, 28
[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.
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- Museum No.: Ashm 1926-0561
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- Provenience: uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)
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- Excavation No: Ashm 1926,561
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- Period: Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)
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- Accounting Period: 0
Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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2024-06-08 at 08:38:45 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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2018-02-12 at 09:17:21 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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2014-09-28 at 17:40:46 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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2014-09-28 at 17:13:38 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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2007-02-02 at 15:13:18 | Dahl, Jacob L. | Atf | Dahl, Jacob L. | CDLI | approved |
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2006-10-12 at 12:12:59 | CDLI | Atf | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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2001-12-04 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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