MSVO 1, 065 (P005132)

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

Cite

Photo

Lineart

Lineart (detail)

Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1926-0708

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

26.0 mm × 32.0 mm × 12.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(N01) , KASZ~b DI GIR3@g~b
2. 1(N01)# , [...]

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	P005132
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P005132

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	26.0 mm × 32.0 mm × 12.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	Ashm 1926,708
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number	Ashm 1926-0708
Accession Number

References

primary: MSVO 1, 65

[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.

26x32x12 - fragment of a tablet with a beer account
history: OECT 7, 168

[Langdon1928OECT7] Langdon, Stephen Herbert. 1928. The H. Weld-Blundell Collection in the Ashmolean Museum. Pictographic Inscriptions from Jemdet Nasr, Excavated by the Oxford and Field Museum Expedition. Oxford Editions of Cuneiform Texts, Vol. 7. London: Oxford University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2018-02-12 at 09:17:43	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2007-02-02 at 15:13:20	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:13:01	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“MSVO 1, 065 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 4, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P005132.

MSVO 1, 065 artifact entry (No. P005132). (2001, December 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005132

MSVO 1, 065 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005132 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).

@misc{2001MSVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 4},
	title = {MSVO 1, 065 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005132},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005132},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/4/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P005132
LB  - CDLI:P005132
M1  - 2026/11/5/
TI  - MSVO 1, 065 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P005132
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MSVO 1, 065 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 4, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P005132.

MSVO 1, 065 artifact entry (No. P005132). (2001, December 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005132

MSVO 1, 065 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005132 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).

@misc{2001MSVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 4},
	title = {MSVO 1, 065 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005132},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005132},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/4/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P005132
LB  - CDLI:P005132
M1  - 2026/11/5/
TI  - MSVO 1, 065 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P005132
ER  -