MSVO 1, 243 (P000714)

Lexical tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr), dated to the Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 116625

Period

Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Archaic Geography (witness))

Language(s)

Undetermined

Measurements

83.0 mm × 58.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Witness

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(N01) , [...]
2. 1(N01) , BA# AN# MUSZ3~a#? X
3. 1(N01) , MAR~a#? X
4. 1(N01) , MA# SZUBUR?
5. 1(N01) , U4 BALA~a
6. 1(N01) , UB#
7. 1(N01) , SANGA~a NUN~a
8. 1(N01) , SZEN~a A
9. 1(N01) , NUN~a# A
column 2
1. 1(N01) , X [...]
2. 1(N01) , KI MA
3. 1(N01) , |SZE~a.NAM2| NUN~a
4. 1(N01) , BA SZU NUN~a
5. 1(N01) , KI? ZATU647
6. 1(N01) , DA~a NE~a
7. 1(N01) , KI AL SU~a
8. 1(N01) , SUG MASZ
9. 1(N01) , [...]
column 3
1. 1(N01) , [...]
2. 1(N01) , LAL2~a
3. 1(N01) , PA~a SUG5 SZUBUR
4. 1(N01) , A A EN~a# TI#
5. 1(N01) , NI2#
6. 1(N01) , EN~a# BA# ISZ~b#
7. 1(N01) , |GIR3~cxSZE3|#?
8. 1(N01) , [...]
reverse
column 1
1. 1(N01) , [...] KU3~a#?
2. 1(N01) , X GAL~a KI
3. 1(N01) , KAK~a# NA~b KI
4. 1(N01) , UNUG~a#
5. 1(N01) , KI# ZATU694~c BA
6. 1(N01) , LAL2~a
7. 1(N01) , GAL~a TUR3~a
8. 1(N01) , [...] X
column 2
1. 1(N01)# , NUN~a
  blank space
column 3
1. 4(N14) 3(N01) , URU~a1 BA

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): 83.0 high × 58.0 wide × 18.0 thick
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  • primary: MSVO 1, 243

    [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.

    83x58x18 - fragmentary, damaged tablet with a lexical “Geographical” list, cf. ATU 2, p. 7, to be edited in ATU 3

  • history: ATU 3, pl. 79/X

    [Englund1993ATU3] Englund, Robert K., and Hans J. Nissen. 1993. Die Lexikalischen Listen Der Archaischen Texte Aus Uruk. Archaische Texte Aus Uruk, Band 3. Berlin: Gebr. Mann.

  • history: OECT 7, 101

    [Langdon1928OECT7] Langdon, Stephen H. 1928. The H. Weld-Blundell Collection in the Ashmolean Museum. Pictographic Inscriptions from Jemdet Nasr, Excavated by the Oxford and Field Museum Expedition. Oxford Editions of Cuneiform Texts, Vol. 7. London: Oxford University Press.

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  • Museum No.: BM 116625
  • Accession No.:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2015-11-18 at 17:08:02 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2007-02-02 at 13:56:29 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:11:30 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View

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This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Score
CDLI Lexical 000265 (Archaic Geography) composite (P471686) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“MSVO 1, 243 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P000714.
MSVO 1, 243 artifact entry (No. P000714). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P000714 (Original work published 2001)
MSVO 1, 243 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P000714 (Accessed: April 23, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MSVO 1, 243 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P000714},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P000714},
}


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