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Proto-cuneiform texts from diverse collections


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Englund, Robert K. 1996. Proto-Cuneiform Texts from Diverse Collections. Materialien Zu Den Frühen Schriftzeugnissen Des Vorderen Orients, Band 4. Berlin: Gebr. Mann.
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Englund, R. K. (1996) Proto-cuneiform texts from diverse collections. Berlin: Gebr. Mann (Materialien zu den frühen Schriftzeugnissen des Vorderen Orients, Band 4).
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P005403 MSVO 4, 01 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 1 78 x 68 x 18 - VAT 5302 - previous publications: ATU 1, 621 - cf. A. Vaiman, ActAn. 22, 22, R. Englund, "Administrative Timekeeping in Ancient Mesopotamia," JESHO 31 (1988) 162, and H. Nissen, P. Damerow and R. Englund, Archaic Bookkeeping (Chicago 1993) pp.
P005404 MSVO 4, 02 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 2 82 x 51 x 17 - VAT 5295 - previous publication: ATU 1, 627 - see comments to no. 1 and note the equivalence of the two time notations U4+8N57 and 8N57.
P005405 MSVO 4, 03 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 3 80 x 50 x 17 - VAT 5298 - previous publications: ATU 1, 626 - cf. A. Vaiman, ActAn. 22, 22 - account of grain quantities qualified BA and GI (note the use of a double dividing line on the obverse to separate the two), with a total on reverse.
P005406 MSVO 4, 04 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 4 69 x 48 x 16 - VAT 5292 - previous publication: ATU 1, 628 - account of grain qualified SZU.
P005407 MSVO 4, 05 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 5 55 x 50 x 21 - VAT 5322 - previous publication: ATU 1, 652 - sealed account of quantities of grain, some of which was qualified as emmer wheat (? - see P. Damerow and R. Englund, "Die Zahlzeichensysteme der Archaischen Texte aus Uruk," in M. Green and H. Niss
P005408 MSVO 4, 06 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 6 37 x 56 x 15 - VAT 5310 - previous publication: ATU 1, 635 - account recording a measure of grain followed by notations representing numbers of small cattle (sheep and goats) and possibly a male slave (KURa in obv. ii 1) - note the use of a double dividing li
P005409 MSVO 4, 07 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 7 61 x 37 x 16 - VAT 5309 - previous publication: ATU 1, 640 - account of modest numbers of small cattle (sheep and goats).
P005410 MSVO 4, 08 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 8 79 x 49 x 14 - VAT 5294 - previous publication: ATU 1, 623 - account of small cattle (sheep and goats) with subtotals and total on reverse.
P005411 MSVO 4, 09 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 9 52 x 57 x 18 - VAT 5311 - previous publication: ATU 1, 641 - fragmentary account of objects including sheep.
P005412 MSVO 4, 10 + CDLN 2006/002, 1 ? Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 10 52 x 60 x 18 - VAT 5317 - previous publication: ATU 1, 633 - account of numbers of the dried fish SUḪUR and a small number of small cattle, note the time notation on the reverse face of the tablet representing two months.
P005413 MSVO 4, 11 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 11 79 x 41 x 18 - VAT 5305 - previous publication: ATU 1, 637 - account of measures of fish (in baskets) and birds.
P005414 MSVO 4, 12 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 12 68 x 35 x 15 - VAT 5323 - previous publication: ATU 1, 638 - account of measures of the dried fish SUÎUR.
P005415 MSVO 4, 13 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 13 31 x 52 x 15 - VAT 5312 - previous publication: ATU 1, 636 - account with disturbed large numerical notation (representing 6000+ units of the object designated ZATU 735a).
P005416 MSVO 4, 14 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 14 58 x 53 x 25 - VAT 5315 - previous publications: ATU 1, 654 - seal in A. Moortgat, OLZ 44 (1941) 219-220 with fn. 1 (review of H. Frankfort, Cylinder Seals), see MSVO 4, 15 - same seal on MSVO 4, 24 - sealed account of small cattle, rations of products qualifi
P005417 MSVO 4, 15 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 15 67 x 63 x 25 - VAT 5296 - previous publications: ATU 1, 656 - B. Buchanan, Catalogue of Ancient Near Eastern Seals in the Ashmolean Museum 1 (Oxford 1966) no. 9 (city seal) - see also A. Moortgat, OLZ 44, 219-220, M. Lambert, "Notes brèves," RA 64 (1970) 189,
P005418 MSVO 4, 16 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 16 49 x 38 x 16 - VAT 5313 - previous publication: ATU 1, 646 - fragmentary account of dried fruit and other products, of which only notations representing amounts of a product qualified with the numerical system B* (see P. Damerow and R. Englund, ATU 2, 134-13
P005419 MSVO 4, 17 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 17 48 x 63 x 20 - VAT 5324 - previous publication: ATU 1, 643 - lower half of an account of apparent textile products.
P005420 MSVO 4, 18 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 18 41 x 33 x 14 - VAT 5327 - previous publication: ATU 1, 648 - fragmentary account of textile products and dried fruits.
P005421 MSVO 4, 19 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 19 81 x 51 x 15 - VAT 5293 - previous publication: ATU 1, 625 - mixed account of textile products.
P005422 MSVO 4, 20 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 20 78 x 40 x 16 - VAT 5299 - previous publication: ATU 1, 622 - account of unidentified objects counted with the sexagesimal or bisexagesimal system, qualified in a total on the tablet reverse as ∑U.
P005423 MSVO 4, 21 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 21 44 x 56 x 18 - VAT 5321 - previous publication: ATU 1, 644 - account of presumable metal objects (compare the notations in the first column with the first lines of the lexical list 'Metal', ATU 3, pp. 32-34) - the tablet was first rotated around its vertical
P005424 MSVO 4, 22 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 22 91 x 48 x 19 - VAT 5301 - previous publication: ATU 1, 631 - account of small cattle and apparent metal objects, with same subscript as found on the text MSVO 4, 1.
P005425 MSVO 4, 23 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 23 63 x 64 x 20 - previous publication: ATU 1, 649 - upper half of an account of textile products and apparent metal objects.
P005426 MSVO 4, 24 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 24 74 x 45 x 15 - VAT 5303 - previous publication: ATU 1, 629 - sealed account of textile products and apparent metal objects.
P005427 MSVO 4, 25 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 25 86 x 62 x 19 - VAT 5300 - previous publication: ATU 1, 624 - account of textile products and apparent metal objects with a seeming 'complex' rotation (see MSVO 1, pp. 11-12).
P005428 MSVO 4, 26 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 26 100 x 92 x 23 - VAT 5297 - previous publication: ATU 1, 632 - large mixed account with an apparent 'complex' rotation (see MSVO 1, pp. 11-12) separated by double dividing lines into subsections, each of which is apparently qualified with a geographical desig
P005429 MSVO 4, 27 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 27 60 x 32 x 31 - VAT 5307+5325 - previous publications: ATU 1, 651(= VAT 5325) and 653(= VAT 5307) - the join 'ohne Anschluß' proposed, based on identical seal impressions, in A. Falkenstein, ATU 1, 4, n. 3, was confirmed as a real join by the author in June 1
P005430 MSVO 4, 28 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 28 60 x 57 x 23 - VAT 5314 - previous publication: ATU 1, 647 - apparent receipt concerning a named slave (?), compare the parallel texts MSVO 4, no. 31, and MSVO 1, nos. 221-223 - such receipts were consolidated in accounts such as MSVO 4, nos. 29 and 67, and M
P005431 MSVO 4, 29 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 29 57 x 64 x 20 - VAT 5308 - previous publication: ATU 1, 639 - fragmentary account of male slaves qualified KURa (see the total on the reverse) together with notations in the grain capacity numerical system, possibly representing rations - note use of a double
P005432 MSVO 4, 30 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 30 40 x 37 x 18 - VAT 5326 - previous publication: ATU 1, 634 - fragment of an account including field area notations.
P005433 MSVO 4, 31 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 31 52 x 46 x 33 - VAT 5316 - previous publications: ATU 1, 655 - cf. A. Vaiman, VDI 1974/2, 141 - sealed receipt for two slaves (male and female, KURa and SAL).
P005434 MSVO 4, 32 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 32 56 x 59 x 20 - VAT 5318 - previous publication: ATU 1, 650 - fragmentary large account concerning objects counted using the sexagesimal system and qualified with either GI or, probably, BA (not preserved) - note the parallel professional designations SANGAa A
P005435 MSVO 4, 33 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 33 61 x 55 x 18 - VAT 5320 - previous publication: ATU 1, 645 - lower half of an account recording unidentified objects distributed to named individuals.
P005436 MSVO 4, 34 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 34 62 x 46 x 11 - VAT 5319 - previous publication: ATU 1, 642 - upper half of an account recording unidentified objects distributed to named individuals.
P005437 MSVO 4, 35 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 35 70 x 55 x 18 - VAT 5291 - previous publication: ATU 1, 630 - nearly complete account possibly concerning the receipt of slaves by named individuals - note the use of the 'cuneiform' variant of the curvilinear sexagesimal system with N57 = N1 ('1') and LAGABb
P005438 MSVO 4, 36 National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 36 102 x 67 x 20 - IM 52557 - previous publication: F. Safar, JNES 2 (1943) pl. 30, no. 114 - = Uq 2, 298 - Safar states op.cit., p. 155, that the four tablets MSVO 4, 36-39, "are the only ones found at the prehistoric site of Tell Uqair. All but No. 117 [=no. 3
P005439 MSVO 4, 37 National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 37 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
P005440 MSVO 4, 38 National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 38 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
P005441 MSVO 4, 39 National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. Tell Uqair) tablet primary 39 61 x 64 x 16 - IM 52873? - previous publication: F. Safar, JNES 2 (1943) pl. 31, no. 117 - = Uq 2, 300? - this tablet has been missing since 1978, according to museum records (information of 19 April 1990 from Ahmed Kamel), but is possibly in the Diyala Muse
P005442 MSVO 4, 40 Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem, Israel Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. uncertain) tablet primary 40 105 x 77 x 20 (?) - BLMJ (Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem) 1145, C 44 - an edition of the text is in preparation by J. Westenholz - a preliminary copy of the tablet was completed using photos made available by the museum, supplemented by detailed photographic d
P005443 MSVO 4, 41 Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, Holland Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) tablet primary 41 100 x 59 x 17 - KU (Katholieke Universiteit [Nijmegen]) 32 - previous publications: P. van den Meer, RA 33 (1936) 189, no. 11, partially edited in J. Friberg, The Early Roots of Babylonian Mathematics II (Göteborg 1979) 51-52 - the texts MSVO 4, 41-57, are o
P005444 MSVO 4, 42 Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, Holland Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) tablet primary 42 79 x 49 x 14 - KU 42 - previous publication: P. van der Meer, RA 33, 189, no. 10 - large, nearly complete account of unidentified objects, with a broken total on the reverse face.
P005445 MSVO 4, 43 Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, Holland Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) tablet primary 43 77 x 73 x 26 - KU 38 - previous publications: P. van der Meer, RA 33, 189, no. 7 - J. Friberg, ERBM 2, 50-51 - sealed complex account of large grain measures apparently received (?, restoring ôGIû in the total on the reverse due to the use of this qualificati
P005446 MSVO 4, 44 Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, Holland Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) tablet primary 44 86 x 60 x 19 - KU 36 - previous publications: P. van der Meer, RA 33, 188, no. 2 - J. Friberg, ERBM 2, 45 - large account recording the distribution of grain to named individuals, with a total on the tablet reverse - note that the scribe has apparently either
P005447 MSVO 4, 45 Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, Holland Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) tablet primary 45 72 x 68 x 24 - KU 45 - previous publications: P. van der Meer, RA 33, 188, no. 6 - J. Friberg, ERBM 2, 47-49 - sealed complex account of large grain measures apparently received from named individuals by two high officials PAa AN MARa and NAM2 BUa PAPa AN MAR
P005448 MSVO 4, 46 Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, Holland Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) tablet primary 46 55 x 47 x 30 - KU 40 - previous publications: P. van der Meer, RA 33, 188, no. 3 - J. Friberg, ERBM 2, 45-46 - receipt (? - GI, obv. i 3) of two large quantities of grain (barley and emmer wheat) by the official PAa AN MARa from a named individual.
P005449 MSVO 4, 47 Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, Holland Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) tablet primary 47 54 x 28 x 12 - KU 33 - previous publications: P. van der Meer, RA 33, 188, no. 5 - J. Friberg, ERBM 2, 46-47 - receipt for the probable distribution (BA) of an amount of malted grain - see ATU 2, 139.
P005450 MSVO 4, 48 Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, Holland Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) tablet primary 48 58 x 56 x 33 - KU 46 - previous publications: P. van der Meer, RA 33, 188, no. 4 - J. Friberg, ERBM 2, 45-46 - sealed account of measures of barley and emmer wheat distributed (BA) to named individuals by the official ENa A ∑AM2 AN MARa.
P005451 MSVO 4, 49 Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, Holland Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) tablet primary 49 68 x 43 x 12 - KU 44 - previous publications: P. van der Meer, RA 33, 189, no. 9 - J. Friberg, ERBM 2, 51 - receipt of rough-ground barley by ENa A ∑AM2 from the official NAM2 BUa PAPa.
P005452 MSVO 4, 50 Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, Holland Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) tablet primary 50 ca. 75 x 50 x ? - previous publications: P. van der Meer, RA 33, 190, no. 13 - J. Friberg, ERBM 2, 56 - copy after that published by van der Meer, certainly incomplete - tablet currently missing and possibly never accessioned in the collection of the Katholie
P005453 MSVO 4, 51 Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, Holland Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) tablet primary 51 50 x 44 x 26 - KU 34 - previous publications: P. van der Meer, RA 33, 188, no. 1 - J. Friberg, ERBM 2, 43-45 - sealed account of measures of barley and emmer wheat distributed (BA) to named individuals by the official ∑UBUR PAa AN MARa, with a total on revers
P005454 MSVO 4, 52 Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, Holland Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) tablet primary 52 67 x 39 x 15 - KU 41 - previous publications: P. van der Meer, RA 33, 190, no. 16 - J. Friberg, ERBM 2, 56 - mixed account of capacity measures and counted discrete objects - note the parallel positions of the sign (combinations) UNUGa and AN MARa PAa in obv.
P005455 MSVO 4, 53 Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, Holland Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) tablet primary 53 74 x 47 x 13 - KU 31 - previous publications: P. van der Meer, RA 33, 189, no. 8 - J. Friberg, ERBM 2, 51 - receipt of two measures of grain by named individuals within AN MARa.
P005456 MSVO 4, 54 Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, Holland Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) tablet primary 54 84 x 53 x 16 - KU 43 - previous publication: P. van der Meer, RA 33, 190, no. 14 - large, nearly complete account of two sets of grain measures separated on the obverse by a double dividing line, with subtotals and total on the reverse.
P005457 MSVO 4, 55 Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, Holland Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) tablet primary 55 86 x 52 x 17 - KU 37 - previous publications: P. van der Meer, RA 33, 190, no. 12 - J. Friberg, ERBM 2, 55-56 - account of apparent rations in AN MARa. Note the sign combination U4+1N57, 'one year' or 'first year', qualifying the total on the reverse face of
P005458 MSVO 4, 56 Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, Holland Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) tablet primary 56 79 x 48 x 19 - KU 35 - previous publication: P. van der Meer, RA 33, 190, no. 15 - account of bisexagesimally and sexagesimally counted grain products, in most case entries together with the measures of rough-ground grain required for their production: LAGAB
P005459 MSVO 4, 57 Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, Holland Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) tablet primary 57 55 x 52 x 21 - KU 39 - previous publications: P. van der Meer, RA 33, 190, no. 17 - J. Friberg, ERBM 2, 57 - much of obverse surface has been lost since the tablet was copied by van der Meer, so that the copy here was produced using the original copy, correct
P005460 MSVO 4, 58 Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. uncertain) tablet primary 58 74 x 44 x 15 - NBC 5921 - previous publications: BIN 8, 3 - J. Friberg, ERBM 1, 7-8, and ERBM 2, 17-23 - account of discrete objects (?) qualified with distinct sign combinations - note the use of a double dividing line on the obverse of the tablet, and the co
P005461 MSVO 4, 59 Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. uncertain) tablet primary 59 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
P005462 MSVO 4, 60 Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. uncertain) tablet primary 60 87 x 54 x 15 - NBC 5828 - previous publications: BIN 8, 5 - J. Friberg, ERBM 1, 8-11, and ERBM 2, 26-27 (the subtotal in the third column of this text, resulting from 1N1 + 2N1 + 1N1 + 3N1 + 2N1 + 1N1 + 1N1 = N14 5N1, contained the first equation published b
P005463 MSVO 4, 61 Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. uncertain) tablet primary 61 38 x 37 x 28 - YBC 7056 - previous publications: BIN 8, 9 - J. Friberg, ERBM 1, 8-9, and ERBM 2, 23-24 - small receipt containing entries representing 25 nanny and 5 he-goats on the obverse face of the tablet, totaled as 30 small cattle (3N14 UDUa) on the rev
P005464 MSVO 4, 62 National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) tablet primary 62 68 x 70 x 28 - IM 23429 - previous publications: A. Falkenstein, OLZ 40, 409-410, no. 5 - J. Friberg, ERBM 2, 32-33 - the texts MSVO 4, nos. 62-67, were according to Falkenstein bought by the Iraq Museum in 1933 - Falkenstein discounted the statement of the de
P005465 MSVO 4, 63 National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) tablet primary 63 50 x 26 x 14 - IM 23430 - previous publications: A. Falkenstein, OLZ 40, 407-408, no. 2 - J. Friberg, ERBM 2, 30 ('ATI 3') - account of grain measures with a total on the reverse face of the tablet.
P005466 MSVO 4, 64 National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) tablet primary 64 57 x 31 x 12 - IM 23431 - previous publications: A. Falkenstein, OLZ 40, 407-408, no. 1 - J. Friberg, ERBM 2, 27 - receipt of a measure of emmer? wheat qualified as exchange goods (∑AM2) of PAa AN MARa.
P005467 MSVO 4, 65 National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) tablet primary 65 67 x 42 x 15 (?) - IM 23428 - previous publications: A. Falkenstein, OLZ 40, 407-408, no. 3 - J. Friberg, ERBM 2, 30-32 ('ATI 4') - the copy was made according to that published by Falkenstein and is dependable - according to the museum records consulted in Ap
P005468 MSVO 4, 66 National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) tablet primary 66 115 x 65 x 17 - IM 23426 - previous publications: A. Falkenstein, OLZ 40, 409-410, no. 6 - edited by J. Friberg, ERBM 2, 33-43, and see R. Englund, "Grain Accounting" (cited in the introduction, pp. 11-12, fn. 20) - an apparent school exercise, key text for u
P005469 MSVO 4, 67 National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) tablet primary 67 79 x 74 x 24 - IM 23427 - previous publications: A. Falkenstein, OLZ 40, 407-408, no. 4 - J. Friberg, ERBM 2, 29 ('ATI 2') - collated April 1989 - a consolidated account of female slaves (?) possibly assigned to the brewery represented by the sign ∑IMa (see Ar
P005470 MSVO 4, 68 anonymous Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. uncertain) tablet primary 68 42 x 33 x ? - previous publication: B. Kienast, JCS 19 (1965) 42, no. 52 - the copy was made according to that published by Kienast and is probably dependable, with the exception of the rendering of the sign URI3a in the first case, and MARb of the second c
P005471 MSVO 4, 69 anonymous Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. uncertain) tablet primary 69 56 x 38 x ? - previous publication: B. Kienast, JCS 19, 42, no. 53 - the copy was made according to that published by Kienast and is probably not dependable insofar as disturbed sections are concerned, in particular obv. ii 2-3 - the reverse face of the tabl
P005472 MSVO 4, 70 de Serres, J. Mariaud, Paris, France Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) Uruk (mod. Warka) tablet primary 70 43 x 30 x ? - previous publication: J.-P. Grégoire, MVN 10, 80 - the copy was drawn according to that published by Grégoire and is probably dependable with the exception of obv. i 2a - tablet in the private collection Mariaud de Serres (s.n. 5) - receipt of o
P005473 MSVO 4, 71 Carré, Brussels, Belgium Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) Uruk (mod. Warka) tablet primary 71 73 x 69 x 18 - previous publication: R. Englund, Iraq 53, 101-104 - collated in London in May 1989 - the tablet, now in the private collection of J. Carré, is certainly from Warka - it contains an account of a large amount of dairy fat represented by the sign
P005474 MSVO 4, 72 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. uncertain) tablet primary 72 60 x 48 x 35 - VAT 13600 - previous publication: A. Deimel, LAK p. 73, no. 2 - tablet acquired by the Pergamon Museum on the antiquities market - mixed sealed account of numbers of fresh fish KU6a recorded in the bisexagesimal system (see ATU 2, 134 and n. 44
P005475 MSVO 4, 73 Louvre Museum, Paris, France Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. uncertain) tablet primary 73 45 x 43 x 24 - AO 19936 - limestone tablet, previous publications: V. Scheil, RA 14 (1917) 93-94, no. 1 - s. LAK p. 74, no. 6 - B. André and C. Ziegler, Naissance de l'écriture: cunéiformes et hiéroglyphes (Paris 1982) catalogue no. 7, p. 52 - the copy was dra
P005476 MSVO 4, 74 National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir) tablet primary 74 61 x 56 x 29 - IM 2011 (?) - previous publication: S. Langdon, Excavations at Kish I (Paris 1924) 99-101 + pl. 31, 1-2 - due in part to the seemingly archaic form of the signs SAG and DAa, the inscription on this polished limestone tablet from Kish has been
P005477 MSVO 4, 75 British Museum, London, UK Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC) Uruk (mod. Warka) tag primary 75 32 x 22 x ? - unpublished - on permanent loan to the British Museum - tablet purchased by Mrs. F. D. Carson from a Baghdad jeweler in 1963 or '64 - clay label of the type well known in Uruk from the Uruk IV period (see R. Englund, ATU 5, p. 33 to W 6759), dif
P005478 MSVO 4, 76 State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) Uruk (mod. Warka) tablet primary 76 23 x 35 x ? - previous publication: I. Diakonoff, ed., Istoria drev. vostoka p. 113 - the copy was drawn according to the published photo - clay label with an apparently Uruk IV period form of the sign NUN (NUNc).
P005479 MSVO 4, 77 Louvre Museum, Paris, France Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. uncertain) tablet primary 77 44 x 32 x 7 - AO 7702 - previous publication: L. Delaporte, Musée du Louvre, catalogue des cylindres orientaux ... II (Paris 1920) A 813, p. 179, pl. 93 fig. 2 - s. E. van Buren, Or. 18 (1949) 419-422 - A. Spycket, RA 45 (1951) 43 - according to B. André, no i
P005480 MSVO 4, 78 Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) uncertain (mod. uncertain) tablet primary 78 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
P005481 MSVO 4, 79 Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) Ešnunna (mod. Tell Asmar) tablet primary 79 61 x 42 x 18 - A 12259 - previous publication: A. Delougaz, OIP 63, pl. 64, no. 68 (see p. 77 and OIP 88, 345 no. 210) - excavated by H. Frankfort at Tell Asmar in a sounding conducted in 1933-34 - account of two modest amounts of grain with sign forms and co
P005482 MSVO 4, 80 National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) Ešnunna (mod. Tell Asmar) tablet primary 80 47 x 30 x ? - IM 31211 - previous publication: A. Delougaz, OIP 63, pl. 63, no. 73 - copied using what appeared to be a gypsum cast in the collection of the Iraq Museum - unclear account - see comments to preceding text.
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