MSVO 1, 157 (P005224)

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

Cite

Photo

Lineart

RTI (obverse)

Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1927-0065h

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

32.0 mm × 34.0 mm × 15.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
(not given)
reverse
column 1
1. [...] , [...]
2. 4(N01)# [...] , [...]
3. 4(N01)# [...] , [...]
column 2
1. [...] , [...] X U4 [...]

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	P005224
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P005224

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	32.0 mm × 34.0 mm × 15.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	Ashm 1927,65h
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number	Ashm 1927-0065h
Accession Number

References

primary: MSVO 1, 157

[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.

32x34x15 - fragment of a damaged tablet with a mixed account (?)

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 09:16:59	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2007-02-02 at 15:13:22	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:13:03	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“MSVO 1, 157 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005224.

MSVO 1, 157 artifact entry (No. P005224). (2024, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005224 (Original work published 2001)

MSVO 1, 157 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005224 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {MSVO 1, 157 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005224},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005224},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“MSVO 1, 157 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005224.

MSVO 1, 157 artifact entry (No. P005224). (2024, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005224 (Original work published 2001)

MSVO 1, 157 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005224 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).

@misc{2024MSVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {MSVO 1, 157 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005224},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005224},
}

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M1  - 2026/11/2/
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