MSVO 1, 079 (P005146)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1927-0065j

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

37.0 mm × 23.0 mm × 13.0 mm

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [...] 2(N14)# 4(N01) [...] , DUR~b# X [...]
reverse
column 1
1. , AB~a# |NI~a.RU|# [...]

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Consult sign list of Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)
Consult word list of Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 37.0 high × 23.0 wide × 13.0 thick
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  • primary: MSVO 1, 79

    [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.

    37x23x13 - small fragment of a tablet with account of objects denoted by the sign DURb counted with the sexagesimal system - compare texts noted in the sign index sub DURb

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  • Museum No.: Ashm 1927-0065j
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  • Provenience: uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)
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  • Excavation No: Ashm 1927,65j
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-16 at 14:41:26 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2018-02-12 at 09:17:49 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2007-02-02 at 15:13:20 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:13:01 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MSVO 1, 079 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005146.
MSVO 1, 079 artifact entry (No. P005146). (2024, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005146 (Original work published 2001)
MSVO 1, 079 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005146 (Accessed: June 15, 2025).
@misc{2024MSVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {MSVO 1, 079 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005146},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005146},
}


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