MSVO 1, 120 (P005187)

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 1928-0444

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 × 37.0 mm × 13.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [...] , [...]
2. [...] , [...]
3. [...] , [...] X
4. [...] , [...]
5. 3(N03) ,
6. 1(N01) , GA'AR~a1
7. [...] , [...]
column 2
1. 1(N05)#? [...] , [...]
2. 1(N06) , [...]
3. [...] , X
4. 1(N01) , SIG7? SZE~a
5. 1(N05) ,
6. 1(N24) ,
7. , [...]
column 3
1. , DU KU6~a

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/P005187

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 56.0 mm × 37.0 mm × 13.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number Ashm 1928,444
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number Ashm 1928-0444
Accession Number

References

  • primary: MSVO 1, 120

    [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.

    56x37x13 - fragment of a damaged tablet with a mixed account - probably not of the Uruk III period

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
2018-02-12 at 09:18:06 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2007-02-02 at 15:13:21 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:13:02 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, 120 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005187.
MSVO 1, 120 artifact entry (No. P005187). (2024, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005187 (Original work published 2001)
MSVO 1, 120 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005187 (Accessed: June 13, 2026).
@misc{2024MSVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {MSVO 1, 120 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005187},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005187},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“MSVO 1, 120 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005187.
MSVO 1, 120 artifact entry (No. P005187). (2024, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005187 (Original work published 2001)
MSVO 1, 120 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005187 (Accessed: June 13, 2026).
@misc{2024MSVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {MSVO 1, 120 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005187},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005187},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/16/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P005187
LB  - CDLI:P005187
M1  - 2026/6/13/
TI  - MSVO 1, 120 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P005187
ER  -
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