MSVO 4, 78 (P005480)

Administrative tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) period and now kept in Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Museum Number

Goucher 869

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

55.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 26.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 2(N14) 4(N01) , SZU2
reverse
  blank space
  seal impression
seal 1
  (no legend)

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 55.0 high × 42.0 wide × 26.0 thick
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  • primary: MSVO 4, 78

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

    55 x 42 x 26 - GC (Goucher College) 869 - previous publication: B. Goff and B. Buchanan, JNES 15 (1956) pl. 18 - tablet currently on loan to the Yale Babylonian Collection - sealed numero-ideographic (thus Uruk IV period? - see ATU 5, pp. 33-34 to W 6782,a) ta


  • history: JNES 15, pl. 18

    [Goff1956JNES15] Goff, Beatrice L., and Briggs Buchanan. 1956. “A Tablet of the Uruk Period in the Goucher College Collection.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 15 (4): 231–35. https://doi.org/10.1086/371350.

  • history: was Goucher 1

    [sec2593] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: Goucher 869
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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
2018-02-12 at 09:18:03 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2016-06-21 at 14:38:48 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Owen, David I. CDLI Approved View
2007-02-02 at 15:13:27 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:13:08 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“MSVO 4, 78 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005480.
MSVO 4, 78 artifact entry (No. P005480). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005480 (Original work published 2001)
MSVO 4, 78 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005480 (Accessed: January 26, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-26]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {MSVO 4, 78 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005480},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005480},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MSVO 4, 78 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005480.
MSVO 4, 78 artifact entry (No. P005480). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005480 (Original work published 2001)
MSVO 4, 78 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005480 (Accessed: January 26, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-26]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {MSVO 4, 78 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005480},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005480},
}

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