MSVO 1, 036 (P005103)

Administrative tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr), dated to the Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 08857

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

53.0 mm × 48.0 mm × 22.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(N45) 1(N14) 1(N01) , SZE~a
2. 2(N46) 2(N19) , KA~a NAM~d
column 2
1. , |SZU&SZU|
2. , EN~a SZU [...]
3. , X PAP~a [...]
reverse
column 1
1. 1(N36) 3(N19)# [...] , SZE~a#
2. 1(N04) , AN SAG
column 2
1. [...] , [...]
top
column 1
1. , NAM2 X [...]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Undetermined

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P005103

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 53.0 mm × 48.0 mm × 22.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Museum Number AO 08857
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Louvre Collections (Louvre) cl010120677

References

  • primary: MSVO 1, 36

    [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.

    53x48x22 - nearly complete but damaged tablet with an account of barley and emmer (?), qualified with SZU+SZU (= ?) - copy by M. Salvini


  • history: RA 24 (pp.23-29), 27

    [Thureau-Dangin1927RA24] Thureau-Dangin, François. 1927. “Tablettes a Signes Picturaux.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 24: 23–29.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-05-22 at 19:14:10 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-04-11 at 16:18:03 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2018-02-12 at 09:17:31 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, 036 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005103.
MSVO 1, 036 artifact entry (No. P005103). (2024, May 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005103 (Original work published 2001)
MSVO 1, 036 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005103 (Accessed: June 11, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {may 22},
	title = {MSVO 1, 036 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005103},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005103},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“MSVO 1, 036 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005103.
MSVO 1, 036 artifact entry (No. P005103). (2024, May 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005103 (Original work published 2001)
MSVO 1, 036 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005103 (Accessed: June 11, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 22},
	title = {MSVO 1, 036 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005103},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005103},
}

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DA  - 2024/5/22/
PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P005103
M1  - 2026/6/11/
TI  - MSVO 1, 036 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P005103
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