MSVO 1, 028 (P005095)

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, UK

Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1927-0062

Period

Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Undetermined

Measurements

49.0 mm × 44.0 mm × 15.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1.a. 1(N34) , URU~a1 MA IB~a [...]
1.b. 3(N14) , TAR~a

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Undetermined

Chronology

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

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P005095

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 49.0 mm × 44.0 mm × 15.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number Ashm 1927,62
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number Ashm 1927-0062
Accession Number

References

  • primary: MSVO 1, 28

    [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.

    49x44x15 - sealed - fragment of tablet with a large grain notation complemented with an addition of 10% qualified by the sign TARa

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-16 at 14:41:26 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2018-02-12 at 09:17:27 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2007-02-02 at 15:13:19 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:13:00 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“MSVO 1, 028 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005095.
MSVO 1, 028 artifact entry (No. P005095). (2024, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005095 (Original work published 2001)
MSVO 1, 028 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005095 (Accessed: May 17, 2026).
@misc{2024MSVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {MSVO 1, 028 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005095},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005095},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/16/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P005095
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M1  - 2026/5/17/
TI  - MSVO 1, 028 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MSVO 1, 028 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005095.
MSVO 1, 028 artifact entry (No. P005095). (2024, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005095 (Original work published 2001)
MSVO 1, 028 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005095 (Accessed: May 17, 2026).
@misc{2024MSVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {MSVO 1, 028 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005095},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005095},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/16/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P005095
LB  - CDLI:P005095
M1  - 2026/5/17/
TI  - MSVO 1, 028 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P005095
ER  -
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