MSVO 1, 237 (P005304)

Administrative tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr), dated to the Uruk V (ca. 3500-3350 BC) period and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1926-0634

Period

Uruk V (ca. 3500-3350 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Undetermined

Measurements

47.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 16.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Undetermined

Chronology

Period Uruk V (ca. 3500-3350 BC)
change to Uruk V ?, numerical tablet
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P005304

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 47.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 16.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)
Written In
Excavation Number Ashm 1926,634
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number Ashm 1926-0634
Accession Number

References

  • primary: MSVO 1, 237

    [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.

    47x42x16 - complete “numerical tablet” - no information available concerning its find situation


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 09:17:09 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2007-02-02 at 15:13:23 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:13:04 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“MSVO 1, 237 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005304.
MSVO 1, 237 artifact entry (No. P005304). (2024, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005304 (Original work published 2001)
MSVO 1, 237 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005304 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {MSVO 1, 237 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005304},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005304},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MSVO 1, 237 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005304.
MSVO 1, 237 artifact entry (No. P005304). (2024, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005304 (Original work published 2001)
MSVO 1, 237 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005304 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
@misc{2024MSVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {MSVO 1, 237 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005304},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005304},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/16/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P005304
LB  - CDLI:P005304
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - MSVO 1, 237 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P005304
ER  - 
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