MSVO 1, 080 (P005147)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1926-0666

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

45.0 mm × 34.0 mm × 13.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [...] , [...] E2~a# |MUSZENx2(N57)|# KI#
2.a. [...] , [...] SZIM~a#? KU3~a#?
2.b1. , MUSZEN# KI#
2.b2. , SANGA~a#? X KI#
3.a. , SANGA~a# KU6~a#
3.b. , X LU2# SZU#?

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/P005147

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 45.0 mm × 34.0 mm × 13.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number Ashm 1926,666
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number Ashm 1926-0666
Accession Number

References

  • primary: MSVO 1, 80

    [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.

    45x34x13 - fragment of a tablet with an account of unclear contents

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-16 at 14:41:26 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2018-03-04 at 12:34:10 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI Approved View
2018-02-12 at 09:17:49 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, 080 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005147.
MSVO 1, 080 artifact entry (No. P005147). (2024, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005147 (Original work published 2001)
MSVO 1, 080 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005147 (Accessed: June 13, 2026).
@misc{2024MSVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {MSVO 1, 080 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005147},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005147},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“MSVO 1, 080 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005147.
MSVO 1, 080 artifact entry (No. P005147). (2024, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005147 (Original work published 2001)
MSVO 1, 080 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005147 (Accessed: June 13, 2026).
@misc{2024MSVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {MSVO 1, 080 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005147},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005147},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/16/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P005147
LB  - CDLI:P005147
M1  - 2026/6/13/
TI  - MSVO 1, 080 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P005147
ER  -
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