MSVO 1, 010 (P005077)
Administrative tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr), dated to the Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) period and now kept in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. 2(N45) 5(N14)# , SZE~a
en: 150 N1 units of barley,
2.a. , |GISZ.TE|# DU ME~a
en: for ...,
2.b. , SZUBUR E2~a# SANGA~a#
en: pigsty accountant;
reverse
1. 1(N50) , GAN2
en: 10 bur3 field.
calculation: 150N1 ÷ 10 = 15N1 barley per bur3
following later tradition and assuming this is a seeding account, it would support an identification of the base unit in grain metrology, N1, with ca. 20-25 liters
obverse
1. 2(N45) 5(N14)# , SZE~a
en: 150 N1 units of barley,
2.a. , |GISZ.TE|# DU ME~a
en: for ...,
2.b. , SZUBUR E2~a# SANGA~a#
en: pigsty accountant;
reverse
1. 1(N50) , GAN2
en: 10 bur3 field.
calculation: 150N1 ÷ 10 = 15N1 barley per bur3
following later tradition and assuming this is a seeding account, it would support an identification of the base unit in grain metrology, N1, with ca. 20-25 liters