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MSVO 1, 010
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Primary publicationMSVO 1, 010
Author(s)Englund, Robert K. & Gregoire, Jean-Pierre
Publication date1991
Secondary publication(s)RA 026, 15:2; Frühe Schrift p. 99, fig. 12e; discussed by J. Friberg, AfO 44/45 (1997/98) 38; copy published R. Englund in J. Bauer, R. Englund and M. Krebernik, OBO 160/1 (Freiburg Switzerland 1998) 205 fig. 81; Woods, Christpher, OIMP 32 (2015) 079
CollectionOriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Museum no.OIM A02515
Accession no.
Provenienceuncertain (mod. Jemdet Nasr)
Excavation no.
PeriodUruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)
Dates referenced
Object typetablet
Remarks
Materialclay
Languageundetermined
GenreAdministrative
Sub-genre
CDLI comments
Catalogue source20011204 protocuneiform_catalogue
ATF sourceEnglund, Robert K.
TranslationEnglund, Robert K.
UCLA Library ARK21198/zz001q1xj5
Composite no.
Seal no.Sx
CDLI no.P005077

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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



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