MSVO 1, 010 (P005077)
Administrative tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr), dated to the Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) period and now kept in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum (formerly Oriental Institute), Chicago, Illinois, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum (formerly Oriental Institute), Chicago, Illinois, USAMuseum Number
OIM A02515Period
Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)Provenience
uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
AdministrativeLanguage(s)
UndeterminedMeasurements
59.0 mm × 34.0 mm × 16.0 mmHas seal impression(s)
obverse
1. 2(N45) 5(N14)# , SZE~a
en: 150 N1 units of barley,
2.a. , |GISZ.TE|# DU ME~a
en: for ...,
2.b. , SZUBUR E2~a# SANGA~a#
en: pigsty accountant;
reverse
1. 1(N50) , GAN2
en: 10 bur3 field.
calculation: 150N1 ÷ 10 = 15N1 barley per bur3
following later tradition and assuming this is a seeding account, it would support an identification of the base unit in grain metrology, N1, with ca. 20-25 liters
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)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
- Measurements (mm): 59.0 high × 34.0 wide × 16.0 thick
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- Genre(s): Administrative
- Language(s): Undetermined
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primary: MSVO 1, 10
[Englund1991MSVO1] Englund, Robert K., Jean-Pierre Grégoire, and Roger J. Matthews. 1991. The Proto-Cuneiform Texts from Jemdet Nasr. I: Copies, Transliterations and Glossary. Materialien Zu Den Frühen Schriftzeugnissen Des Vorderen Orients (MSVO), Band 1. Berlin: Gebr. Mann.59x34x16 - sealed - well preserved tablet containing on the obverse a grain notation which stands in relation of 15N1 (q) grain to 1N14 (bùr, w), s. P. Damerow and R. Englund, ATU 2, p. 154 - H. Nissen, P. Damerow and R. Englund, Frühe Schrift, 99
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history: Englund, OBO 160/1, p. 205 fig. 81
[Englund1998OBO160/1] Englund, Robert K. 1998. “Texts from the Late Uruk Period.” In Annäherungen 1: Mesopotamien. Späturuk-Zeit Und Frühdynastische Zeit, edited by Pascal Attinger and Markus Wäfler, 13–233. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 160/1. Freiburg Schweiz: Universitätsverlag.copy
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history: RA 026, 15:2,
[sec2109] N.d.
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history: Frühe Schrift p. 99, fig. 12e,
[sec2110] N.d.
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history: discussed by J. Friberg, AfO 44/45 (1997/98) 38,
[sec2111] N.d.
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history: Woods, Christpher, OIMP 32 (2015) 079,
[sec2113] N.d.
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- Museum No.: OIM A02515
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- Provenience: uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)
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- Period: Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)
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- Accounting Period: 0
Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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2018-02-12 at 09:17:22 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2014-10-03 at 10:55:11 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2014-10-03 at 10:54:47 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2014-10-03 at 10:54:23 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2014-10-03 at 10:52:49 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2007-02-02 at 15:13:18 | Dahl, Jacob L. | Atf | Dahl, Jacob L. | CDLI | approved | ||
2006-10-12 at 12:12:59 | CDLI | Atf | CDLI | CDLI | approved | ||
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Oriental Institute Integrated Database (f58ff443-8343-413d-82d3-45f2345ec71c)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
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dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) | - | - |