MSVO 1, 086 (P005153)

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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Photo

Lineart

Photo (detail)

Lineart (detail)

Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1926-0642

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

49.0 mm × 60.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 9(N20)# , |U4x(1(N14).8(N01))| |U4x1(N57)| KASZ~b#
2. 1(N34) 2(N01) [...] , UDU~a#
column 2
1. 6(N20) , [...]
2. 2(N14)# [...] , [...]
reverse
column 1
1. 3(N34)# [...] 1(N14)# [...] , UDU~a
2. 1(N60) 2(N52) ,
3. 3(N14)# 5(N01) , SZU2
column 2
1. [...] 1(N34)# [...] , DUR~b [...]
2. , GI# [...]

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	P005153
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P005153

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	49.0 mm × 60.0 mm × 18.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)
Written In
Excavation Number	Ashm 1926,642
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number	Ashm 1926-0642
Accession Number

References

primary: MSVO 1, 86

[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.

49x60x18 - fragment of a large tablet with a mixed account - probably part of tablet MSVO 1, 87 - s. treatment of the text by R. Englund, JESHO 31 (1988) 155
history: OECT 7, 92 - 93

[Langdon1928OECT7] Langdon, Stephen H. 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 09:17:51	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2007-02-02 at 15:13:20	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:13:01	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, 086 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 4, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P005153.

MSVO 1, 086 artifact entry (No. P005153). (2001, December 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005153

MSVO 1, 086 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005153 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).

@misc{2001MSVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-23]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 4},
	title = {MSVO 1, 086 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005153},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005153},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/4/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P005153
LB  - CDLI:P005153
M1  - 2026/4/23/
TI  - MSVO 1, 086 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P005153
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MSVO 1, 086 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 4, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P005153.

MSVO 1, 086 artifact entry (No. P005153). (2001, December 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005153

MSVO 1, 086 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005153 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).

@misc{2001MSVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-23]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 4},
	title = {MSVO 1, 086 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005153},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005153},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/4/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P005153
LB  - CDLI:P005153
M1  - 2026/4/23/
TI  - MSVO 1, 086 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P005153
ER  -