MSVO 1, 004 (P005071)

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

Image © National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Transliteration

tablet
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1.a1. 5(N34) 2(N14) , 1(N57) GAL~a SZAB~a
 en: 320 (ninda), the length, of the chief exchange agent,
1.a2. 4(N14) 2(N01) , 1(N58)
 en: 42, the width:
1.b1. 7(N14) , GAN2#
 en: 7 bur3 field,
1.b2. [1(N22) 2(N01) 4(N08)?] , [KI] BAR#
 en: 1 eše3 2 4/10 iku, perimeter land;
  calculation: 320 × 42 = 13,440 sar, = 7 bur3 + 8 4/10 iku
2.a1. 5(N34) 2(N14) , 1(N57) PA~a GIR3@g~b
 en: 320, the length, of the equid herder,
2.a2. 4(N14) 5(N01) , 1(N58)
 en: 45, the width:
2.b1. 6(N14) , GAN2
 en: 6 bur3 field,
2.b2. 2(N14) , KI BAR
 en: 2 bur3, perimeter land;
  calculation: 320 × 45 = 14,400 sar, = 6 bur3 + 2 bur3
3.a1. 5(N34) 5(N14) 4(N01)? , 1(N57) NAM2 DI
 en: 354, the length, of the chief justice,
3.a2. 3(N14) 7(N01) , 1(N58)
 en: 37, the width:
3.b1. 7(N14)# , [GAN2]
 en: 7 bur3 field,
3.b2. 5(N01)# , BAR#
 en: 5 iku, perimeter land;
  calculation: 354 × 37 = 13,098 sar, = 7 bur3 + 4 98/100 iku
4.a1. 5(N34) 5(N14) 4(N01)#? , [1(N57) ...]
 en: 354, the length, of the ...,
4.a2. 3(N14)# 7(N01)# , 1(N58)
 en: 37, the width:
4.b1. <7(N14) , GAN2>
 en: 7 bur3 field,
4.b2. 5(N01) , KI BAR
 en: 5 iku, perimeter land;
  calculation: 354 × 37 = 13,098 sar, = 7 bur3 + 4 98/100 iku
5.a1. 5(N34)# [...] , [1(N57) ...]
 en: 290, the length, of the ...,
5.a2. [...] , [1(N58)]
 en: ..., the width:
5.b1. 3(N14)# , [GAN2]
 en: 3 bur3 field,
5.b2. 1(N01) 7(N08) , [KI BAR]
 en: 1 7/10 iku, perimeter land;
  calculation: 354 × 37 = 13,098 sar, = 7 bur3 + 4 98/100 iku
reverse
column 1
1. 1(N45)# , EN~a [GAN2]
 en: 1 šar2 field of the lord;
  calculation in bur3: 30 × 2 = 60
2. 3(N50) , KI BU~a
 en: 30 bur3 field, measured;
  calculation in bur3: 7 + 6 + 7 + 7 + 3 = 30
3. 2(N14) 2(N01) 1(N08) , GISZ KI BAR
 en: 2 bur3 2 1/10 iku, wooded perimeter land;
  calculation in iku: 8 4/10 + 36 + 5 + 5 + 1 7/10 = 56 1/10 (text has 38 1/10, leaving out 2 bur3 of 2.d.)
column 2
1. 1(N45) 3(N50)# 2(N14)# 2(N01)# 1(N08) , GAN2 X GU4@g |NUN~a+NAM2| IL |HIxLAGAB~a|
 en: 1 šar2 32 bur3 2 1/10 iku field, ... .
  calculation: 1 šar2 + 30 bur3 + 2 bur3 2 1/10 iku = 1 šar2 32 bur3 2 1/10 iku