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MSVO 3, 29 (P005340)

Administrative tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) period and now kept in Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway

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Museum Collection(s)

Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway

Museum Number

MS 1717

Period

Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Beer Production, 134,813 litres of barley to be delivered over 3 years (37 months) to the government official Kushin responsible for the brewery at the Inanna Temple in Uruk.)

Language(s)

Undetermined

Measurements

76.0 mm × 67.0 mm × 19.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(N48) 1(N34) 6(N14) 1(N01) 1(N39~a) , |U4x(3(N14).7(N01))| SZE~a DUB~a |LAGAB~bxLAGAB~b| (KU~b1 SZIM~a)a SZAM2
en: 5617 1/5 N1’s, exchange barley, 37 months, Kushim’s final account.
ca. 135,000 liters
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Consult sign list of Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)
Consult word list of Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)

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Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 76.0 high × 67.0 wide × 19.0 thick
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Genre(s): Administrative (Beer Production, 134,813 litres of barley to be delivered over 3 years (37 months) to the government official Kushin responsible for the brewery at the Inanna Temple in Uruk.)
Language(s): Undetermined

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primary: MSVO 3, 29

[Englund2018MSVO3] Englund, Robert K., and Peter Damerow. Unpublished. “Materialien Zu Den Frühen Schriftzeugnissen Des Vorderen Orients. Band 3.”

Tafel mit nur einer einzigen Eintragung über eine sehr große Menge Gerste. Die Eintragung ist mit Zusatzinformationen versehen, insbesondere mit der Zeitangabe “37 Monate”. Auf der Tafel ist die größte Menge Gerste aller archaischen Texte der Erlenmeyer-S
history: Englund, OBO 160/1, p. 182 fig. 69

[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
history: Frühe Schrift Nr. 4.29,

[sec2413] N.d.
history: p. 67 copy obv.,

[sec2414] N.d.

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Composite No.:
Museum No.: MS 1717
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Provenience

Provenience: Uruk (mod. Warka) [uncertain]
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Chronology

Period: Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2020-01-09 at 23:06:45	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:13:05	CDLI	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2002-02-21 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI	CDLI	approved

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“MSVO 3, 29 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 21, 2002. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P005340.

MSVO 3, 29 artifact entry (No. P005340). (2002, February 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P005340

MSVO 3, 29 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P005340 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).

@misc{2002MSVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-26]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {feb 21},
	title = {MSVO 3, 29 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P005340},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P005340},
}

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ER  -

“MSVO 3, 29 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 21, 2002. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P005340.

MSVO 3, 29 artifact entry (No. P005340). (2002, February 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P005340

MSVO 3, 29 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P005340 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).

@misc{2002MSVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-26]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {feb 21},
	title = {MSVO 3, 29 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P005340},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P005340},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2002/2/21/
PY  - 2002
ID  - P005340
LB  - CDLI:P005340
M1  - 2024/4/26/
TI  - MSVO 3, 29 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P005340
ER  -

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