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

Cite

Photo

Lineart

Photo (detail)

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

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 5(N14) ,
2. 3(N14) ,

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Uruk V (ca. 3500-3350 BC)
Consult word list of Uruk V (ca. 3500-3350 BC)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Undetermined

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P005304
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	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-16 at 14:41:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2018-02-12 at 09:17:09	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2007-02-02 at 15:13:23	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:13:04	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, 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  -