MSVO 1, 005 + 006 (P005072)
Administrative tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr), dated to the Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, IraqMetadata / catalogue
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National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, IraqMuseum Number
IM 132911 + IM 055608Period
Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)Provenience
uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
AdministrativeLanguage(s)
UndeterminedMeasurements
110.0 mm × 60.0 mm × 17.0 mm
obverse
1.a1. 4(N34) 5(N14) 3(N01) , 1(N57) ME~a#
en: 293 (ninda), the length, of the priest,
1.a2. [...] , [1(N58)]
en: ..., the width:
1.b1. [...] , [GAN2]
en: ... field,
1.b2. [3(N14) ...] , [KI BAR]
en: ..., perimeter land;
2.a1. 5(N34) , 1(N57) GAL~a# SZAB~a#
en: 300, the length, of the chief exchange agent,
2.a2. [...] , [1(N58)]
en: ..., the width:
2.b. [...] , [GAN2]
en: ... field;
3.a1. 5(N34) , 1(N57) GIR3@g~b# [PA~a]
en: 300, the length, of the equid herder,
3.a2. [...] , [1(N58)]
en: ..., the width:
3.b. [...] , [GAN2]
en: ... field;
4.a1. 5(N34) , 1(N57)# NAM2# [DI]
en: 300 (ninda), the length, of the chief justice,
4.a2. [4(N34)] , [1(N58)]
en: 240, the width:
4.b. 4(N50)# , [GAN2]
en: 40 bur3 field;
calculation: 300 × 240 = 72,000 sar, = 40 bur3
5.a1. 5(N34)# , [1(N57)] EN~c SAL#
en: 300, the length, of the wife of the lord,
5.a2. 4(N34) , 1(N58)
en: 240, the width:
5.b. 4(N50) , GAN2#
en: 40 bur3 field;
calculation: 300 × 240 = 72,000 sar, = 40 bur3
6. , AB~a |NI~a.RU| IL GAN2 |HIxLAGAB~a|
en: households of NIRU, ...
reverse
column 1
1. 6(N45) , GAN2 EN~a#?
en: 6 šar2 field of the lord;
calculation in bur3: 30 × 2 = 60
2. [3(N45)] , [KI BU~a]
en: 3 šar2 field, measured;
calculation in bur3: n + n + n + 40 + 40 = 180
3. 3(N14) [...] , [GISZ BAR KI]
en: 3 bur3 ..., wooded perimeter land;
calculation in iku: 18 ... = 18 ...
column 2
1. 9(N45)# [3(N14) ...] , X X GAN2# X AB~a# |NI~a.RU| IL |HIxLAGAB~a|
en: 9 šar2 3 bur3 ... field, households of NIRU, ... .
calculation: 6 šar2 + 3 šar2 + 3 bur3 ... = 9 šar2 3 bur3 ...
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
- Measurements (mm): 110.0 high × 60.0 wide × 17.0 thick
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- Genre(s): Administrative
- Language(s): Undetermined
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primary: MSVO 1, 5 + 6
[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.MSVO 1, 005: 62x60x17 - fragment of a surface measurement text - join with MSVO 1, 6 not probable (?), s. P. Damerow and R. Englund, BagM 20 (1989) 135 - discussed by P. Steinkeller, Jb. f. Wirtschaftsgeschichte 1987/S, 13ff. - MSVO 1, 006: 53x43x17 - fragment
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history: OECT 7, 67 + 179
[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.: IM 132911 + IM 055608
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- Provenience: uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)
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- Excavation No: Ashm 1926,653 + Ashm 1926,717
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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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2017-02-19 at 21:23:46 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2014-09-28 at 17:13:38 | 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 |
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20140928 englund: the join MSVO 1, 005 + 006 seems now unavoidable and has been done for CDLI with translation