MSVO 1, 085 (P005152)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1926-0617

Period

Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Undetermined

Measurements

97.0 mm × 69.0 mm × 17.0 mm

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [...] , [...]
2. 5(N18) 2(N03) ,
3. 2(N34) 1(N14) 6(N01) [...] , UDU~a#
4. 1(N60)# 2(N52) ,
5. 3(N14) 5(N01)# , SZU2#
6. 1(N14)# 2(N01)# , ME~a#
7. 1(N14) 4(N01)# , ZATU753#
column 2
1. [...] , KID~b# [...]
2. [...] , [...]
3. 1(N14) 5(N01) , DUR~b
4. , X [...] |NI~a.RU|
column 3
1.a1. , |U4x(1(N14).8(N01))|
1.a2. 9(N14)# [...] , [...]
1.b1A. , |U4x6(N01)|
1.b1B. 3(N20)# , [...]
1.b2A. , [|U4x(1(N14).2(N01))|]
1.b2B. [6(N20)] , [...]
1.b3. , X [...]
2.a1. , |U4x(3(N14).2(N01))|#
2.a2. 1(N34)# 4(N01)# , UDU~a GI#
2.b1A. , |U4.2(N14)|
2.b1B. 4(N14) , UDU~a
2.b2A. , |U4x(1(N14).2(N01))|
2.b2B. 2(N14) 4(N01) ,
2.b3. , EN~a# DU# UB#
3. , GAL~a PA~a GI X [...]

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 97.0 high × 69.0 wide × 17.0 thick
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  • primary: MSVO 1, 85

    [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.

    97x69x17 - nearly complete but badly damaged tablet with a mixed account - note use of the largest notation for months - 32 - in the Jemdet Nasr corpus and s. treatment of the text by R. Englund, JESHO 31 (1988) 154-155

  • history: OECT 7, 4

    [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.: Ashm 1926-0617
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  • Provenience: uncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)
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  • Excavation No: Ashm 1926,617
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2018-02-12 at 09:17:51 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2007-02-02 at 15:13:20 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:13:01 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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Cite this Artifact
“MSVO 1, 085 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 4, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P005152.
MSVO 1, 085 artifact entry (No. P005152). (2001, December 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P005152
MSVO 1, 085 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P005152 (Accessed: April 20, 2024).
@misc{2001MSVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-20]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 4},
	title = {MSVO 1, 085 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P005152},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P005152},
}


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