MSVO 1, 238 (P005305)

Administrative tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr), dated to the Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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Photo

Lineart

Lineart (detail)

Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 055622

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

21.0 mm × 24.0 mm × 9.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 2(N57) , MASZ2
reverse
column 1
1. , 3(N57) EN2

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	P005305
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P005305

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	21.0 mm × 24.0 mm × 9.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	Ashm 1926,676
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Museum Number	IM 055622
Accession Number

References

primary: MSVO 1, 238

[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.

21x24x9 - complete tag with longitudinal perforation concerning small cattle
history: OECT 7, 21

[Langdon1928OECT7] Langdon, Stephen H. 1928. The H. Weld-Blundell Collection in the Ashmolean Museum. Pictographic Inscriptions from Jemdet Nasr, Excavated by the Oxford and Field Museum Expedition. Oxford Editions of Cuneiform Texts, Vol. 7. London: Oxford University Press.
history: JCS 46, p.1-10, tag no. 15

[Szarzyńska1994tags] Szarzyńska, Krystyna. 1994. “Archaic Sumerian Tags.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 46 (1): 1–10. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359935.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
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 Artifact

“MSVO 1, 238 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 4, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P005305.

MSVO 1, 238 artifact entry (No. P005305). (2001, December 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005305

MSVO 1, 238 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005305 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).

@misc{2001MSVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 4},
	title = {MSVO 1, 238 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005305},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005305},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/4/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P005305
LB  - CDLI:P005305
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - MSVO 1, 238 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P005305
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MSVO 1, 238 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 4, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P005305.

MSVO 1, 238 artifact entry (No. P005305). (2001, December 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005305

MSVO 1, 238 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005305 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).

@misc{2001MSVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 4},
	title = {MSVO 1, 238 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005305},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005305},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/4/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P005305
LB  - CDLI:P005305
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - MSVO 1, 238 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P005305
ER  -