MSVO 4, 37 (P005439)

Administrative tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair), 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

Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 052558

Period

Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Undetermined

Measurements

81.0 mm × 50.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1.a. 3(N01)# [...] , BAR
1.b1A. , SZU TUR
1.b1B. , SZUBUR
1.b2A. , BU~a NIR~a KI#
1.b2B. , ZATU659
2. , GAL~a GA~a
3.a. , KINGAL
3.b. , KALAM~b PA~a |GISZxSZU2~a| GAL~a
3.c. , KI HI
3.d. , KU6~a UR2 RAD~a

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	P005439
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P005439

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	81.0 mm × 50.0 mm × 18.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	Uq 2, 299
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Museum Number	IM 052558
Accession Number

References

primary: MSVO 4, 37

[Englund1996MSVO4] Englund, Robert K. 1996. Proto-Cuneiform Texts from Diverse Collections. Materialien Zu Den Frühen Schriftzeugnissen Des Vorderen Orients, Band 4. Berlin: Gebr. Mann.

81 x 50 x 18 - IM 52558 - previous publication: F. Safar, JNES 2 (1943) pl. 30, no. 115 - = Uq 2, 299 - sealed account of unidentified objects qualified BAR (note the correspondence of the numerical notation in obv. i 1a: 4N1 and the number of subcases follow
history: JNES 2 (pp. 131-158), pl. 30, no. 115

[Safar1943JNES2] Safar, Fuad, Seton Lloyd, and Henri Frankfort. 1943. “Tell Uqair: Excavations by the Iraq Government Directorate of Antiquities in 1940 and 1941.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 2 (2): 131–58. https://doi.org/10.1086/370671.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-16 at 08:06:01	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-16 at 16:09:47	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2018-02-12 at 09:17:46	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2007-02-02 at 15:13:26	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:13:07	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“MSVO 4, 37 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005439.

MSVO 4, 37 artifact entry (No. P005439). (2024, September 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005439 (Original work published 2001)

MSVO 4, 37 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005439 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005439},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“MSVO 4, 37 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005439.

MSVO 4, 37 artifact entry (No. P005439). (2024, September 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005439 (Original work published 2001)

MSVO 4, 37 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005439 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 16},
	title = {MSVO 4, 37 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005439},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005439},
}

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