MSVO 4, 38 (P005440)

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

Cite

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 052873 ?

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

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(N01) , DUR~b RAD~a PA~a SZU
2. , UR2 KU6~a RAD~a SZIDIM GAL~a
column 2
1. , PAP~a UKKIN~a
2. , KALAM~a GI SZIDIM

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	P005440
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P005440

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	Uq 2, 300 ?
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Museum Number	IM 052873 ?
Accession Number

References

primary: MSVO 4, 38

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

42 x 43 x 20 (?) - IM 52873? - previous publication: F. Safar, JNES 2 (1943) pl. 31, no. 116 - = Uq 2, 300? - copied after published photo - this tablet has been missing since 1978, according to museum records (information of 19 April 1990 from Ahmed Kamel), b
history: JNES 2 (pp. 131-158), pl. 31, no. 116

[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 09:17:48	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2007-02-02 at 15:13:26	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:13:07	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 4, 38 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005440.

MSVO 4, 38 artifact entry (No. P005440). (2024, September 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005440 (Original work published 2001)

MSVO 4, 38 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005440 (Accessed: October 6, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005440},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“MSVO 4, 38 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005440.

MSVO 4, 38 artifact entry (No. P005440). (2024, September 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005440 (Original work published 2001)

MSVO 4, 38 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005440 (Accessed: October 6, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 16},
	title = {MSVO 4, 38 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005440},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005440},
}

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