MSVO 1, 055 (P005122)

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

Cite

Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 116625a

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

44.0 mm × 28.0 mm × 12.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 2(N47)? , EN~a BA SZE~a SZU

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)
Consult word list of Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Undetermined

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P005122
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P005122

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	44.0 mm × 28.0 mm × 12.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 116625a
Accession Number

References

primary: MSVO 1, 55

[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.

44x28x12 - nearly complete but damaged tablet with a grain account - BM 116625-629 comprise lot of 7 tablets bought in 1924 from J. E. Géjou

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-16 at 14:41:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2018-02-12 at 09:17:39	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2007-02-02 at 15:13:19	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:13:00	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“MSVO 1, 055 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005122.

MSVO 1, 055 artifact entry (No. P005122). (2024, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005122 (Original work published 2001)

MSVO 1, 055 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005122 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).

@misc{2024MSVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {MSVO 1, 055 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005122},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005122},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MSVO 1, 055 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005122.

MSVO 1, 055 artifact entry (No. P005122). (2024, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005122 (Original work published 2001)

MSVO 1, 055 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005122 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).

@misc{2024MSVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {MSVO 1, 055 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005122},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005122},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/16/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P005122
LB  - CDLI:P005122
M1  - 2026/4/11/
TI  - MSVO 1, 055 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P005122
ER  -