MSVO 4, 59 (P005461)

Administrative tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 05829

Period

Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Undetermined

Measurements

63.0 mm × 51.0 mm × 15.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [...] 8(N14)#? 3(N01)# , [...] KISAL~b1#? [...]
2. 2(N47) 1(N20) , |EZEN~ax(HI.1(N57).AN)|
3. 1(N47)# 3(N20) 3(N05) , SZE~a# DI X
column 2
1. , [...] AN MAR~a UR5~a [...]
reverse
column 1
1. 2(N34) 2(N45) 6(N14) 3(N01) 1(N39~a) , AN# MAR~a# SZE~a X
2. 2(N37) 1(N47) 8(N20) 4(N05) , UR5~a#
3. [...] 2(N20)# 2(N05)# [...] 1(N42~a) [...] , [...]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Undetermined

Chronology

Period Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P005461

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 63.0 mm × 51.0 mm × 15.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 05829
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-008810
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.5829

References

  • primary: MSVO 4, 59

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

    63 x 51 x 15 - NBC 5829 - previous publications: BIN 8, 4 - J. Friberg, ERBM 1, 8-11, ERBM 2, 24-26, 54-55 - account possibly recording large amounts of grain and rough ground flour used in festivals (?, compare EZENa in obv. i 2 and notations qualified with

  • history: BIN 8, 4

    [Hackman1958BIN8] Hackman, George G. 1958. Sumerian and Akkadian Administrative Texts from Predynastic Times to the End of the Akkad Dynasty. Babylonian Inscriptions in the Collection of James B. Nies, Yale University 8. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-16 at 16:09:47 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2018-02-12 at 09:17:55 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2007-02-02 at 15:13:27 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:13:07 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“MSVO 4, 59 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005461.
MSVO 4, 59 artifact entry (No. P005461). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005461 (Original work published 2001)
MSVO 4, 59 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005461 (Accessed: June 13, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {MSVO 4, 59 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005461},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005461},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“MSVO 4, 59 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005461.
MSVO 4, 59 artifact entry (No. P005461). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005461 (Original work published 2001)
MSVO 4, 59 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005461 (Accessed: June 13, 2026).
@misc{2024MSVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {MSVO 4, 59 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005461},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005461},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/16/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P005461
LB  - CDLI:P005461
M1  - 2026/6/13/
TI  - MSVO 4, 59 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P005461
ER  -
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