MSVO 1, 068 (P005135)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Museum Number

OIM A02514

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

56.0 mm × 53.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(N01)# , |SZU&SZU|
2. 1(N01) , BU~b SZE3 RU
3. 1(N01) , SI KISAL~b1
4. 1(N01) , EN~a PAP~a
5. 1(N01) , 3(N57)
column 2
1. 1(N01) , AN 3(N57)
2. 1(N01) , GU 3(N57)
3. 1(N01) , SI TUN3~a SI KISAL~b1
4. 1(N01) , MUSZEN NA~a GI ERIM~a
5. 1(N01) , X ERIM~a#
column 3
1. , UB AB~a# [...]
reverse
column 1
1. 1(N14)# 4(N01)# , UB AB~a BAR
column 2
1. , [...] SUG5# DU@g?

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/P005135

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 56.0 mm × 53.0 mm × 18.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Museum Number OIM A02514
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Oriental Institute Integrated Database (OI) 005bc427-79a4-4751-b62a-693d147a8319

References

  • primary: MSVO 1, 68

    [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.

    56x53x18 - fragmentary tablet with an account of unclear contents - cf. OI General Circular No. 1 (1927?) p. 19 fig. 18, No. 2 (Aug. 1928) p. 30 fig. 26 - s. introduction for more information

  • history: RA 26 (pp. 1-19), 15:1

    [Scheil1929RA26] Scheil, Vincent. 1929. “Documents et Arguments.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 26: 1–19.

  • history: OIMP 32 (pp. 33-84), 039

    [Woods2010writing] Woods, Christopher. 2010. “The Earliest Mesopotamian Writing.” In Visible Language. Inventions of Writing in the Ancient Middle East and Beyond, edited by Christopher Woods, 33–84. Oriental Institute Museum Publications, Number 32. Chicago, Illinois: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-03 at 09:19:50 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-22 at 19:02:51 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-22 at 19:02:02 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2018-02-12 at 09:17:44 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2007-02-02 at 15:13:20 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:13:01 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, 068 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005135.
MSVO 1, 068 artifact entry (No. P005135). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005135 (Original work published 2001)
MSVO 1, 068 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005135 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).
@misc{2024MSVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {MSVO 1, 068 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005135},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005135},
}


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TI  - MSVO 1, 068 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MSVO 1, 068 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005135.
MSVO 1, 068 artifact entry (No. P005135). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005135 (Original work published 2001)
MSVO 1, 068 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005135 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).
@misc{2024MSVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {MSVO 1, 068 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005135},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005135},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/3/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P005135
LB  - CDLI:P005135
M1  - 2026/6/14/
TI  - MSVO 1, 068 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P005135
ER  -
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