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MSVO 1, 141 (P005208)

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 1927-0065e

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

35.0 mm × 27.0 mm × 14.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1.a. 2(N01) , 1(N39~a)
1.b. 2(N42~a)# ,
2.a. 3(N01) , 1(N24)
2.b. 1(N42~a)# 1(N25)# ,
3.a. 1(N34)# 1(N14)# 2(N01) [...] , GAR# [...]

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)

Collections

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 35.0 high × 27.0 wide × 14.0 thick
Weight:
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Undetermined

Related publications

primary: MSVO 1, 141

[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.

35x27x14 - small fragment of a tablet with a grain account (?)

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: Ashm 1927-0065e
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)
Elevation:
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Excavation No: Ashm 1927,65e
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Chronology

Period: Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-16 at 14:41:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2018-02-12 at 09:16:58	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2007-02-02 at 15:13:21	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:13:02	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved

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Cite this Artifacts

“MSVO 1, 141 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005208.

MSVO 1, 141 artifact entry (No. P005208). (2024, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005208 (Original work published 2001)

MSVO 1, 141 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005208 (Accessed: February 16, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {MSVO 1, 141 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005208},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005208},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MSVO 1, 141 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005208.

MSVO 1, 141 artifact entry (No. P005208). (2024, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005208 (Original work published 2001)

MSVO 1, 141 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005208 (Accessed: February 16, 2026).

@misc{2024MSVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {MSVO 1, 141 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005208},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005208},
}

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M1  - 2026/2/16/
TI  - MSVO 1, 141 artifact entry
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