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~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 258

(Obverse, single column — surface broken at top and along the right edge) [...] M218 — 1(N01) M243~j — 1(N01) M002 — 1(N01) M266~b M066 M352~o M246~b M066 M387[...] — [numeral lost] [...] — 1(N30C) M387~a M036 — 2(N30C) M001 — 1(N30C) [x x] M288 — 2(N01) 2(N39B) [...] (The remainder of the tablet — the lower part of the obverse, the edges and the reverse as photographed — carries no further legible signs; the surfaces are eroded or broken away.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

Achaemenid Persian

MDP 17, 259

(Proto-Elamite account; the commodity signs are undeciphered and are given by their sign numbers) Entry 1: (item) M217~m — 1 (N01 unit). Entry 2: (item) M387~a, qualified by M036 with 1 (N30D) — 1 (N14 unit, a higher-order count). Entry 3: [break] (items) M361~c1, M361~b1, M080~ca, qualified by M036 with 1 (N30D) — 1 (N14 unit)#. Entry 4: [break] (heading/items) M341#, M038~a#, M296# — 1 (N39B, a capacity/grain-measure unit). Entry 5 (summary?): M038~a# [break] — [quantity lost]. (The remainder of the tablet is broken.)

Economy

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 263

(obverse, all lines broken at the beginning) [...] — 1 (unit N01) [...] (signs M318~a, M259, M218 — undeciphered) (sign M036 inscribed with 1 N30D) — 2 (units N30C) [...] (sign M036 inscribed with 1 N30D) — 2 (units N30C) (sign M387 — undeciphered) (sign M036 inscribed with 1 N30D) — 2 (units N30C) [...] — 2 (units N39B) and 1 (unit N30C) (remainder of the tablet lost; reverse uninscribed apart from what appears to be an impressed marking)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 265

Obverse (Heading) M057 M252~r — M269~a(?) — [quantity lost] [M106~a] — [quantity lost] [M009] — [quantity lost] [M206~g] — 1(N01) M102~d — 2(N01) [M309~a] — [quantity lost] [ ... ] — 1(N34) 5(N01) Reverse: uninscribed. (The signs of this Proto-Elamite account are undeciphered; only the numerical notations can be read with confidence. The bracketed entries are lost to surface damage and restored by the editor.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 266

(obverse) M005~a — M038~b M374~c : 4 (N01) M288 : [...] [...] M346 M001~b M034~a |M305+M009| M288 : [...] [...] M424 : 1 (N14) 1 (N01) [...] : [...] 2 (N39B) 1 (N24) (total / summary) 1 (N34)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 267

Obverse (sign M367): 6 units [(N01)] [...] (sign M006): 4 units (N01) (sign M367~a1): [...] (sign M006@g~1): 1 ten-unit (N14) and 4 units (N01) [...] [...] : [...] 3 units (N01) [...] : [...] 4 ten-units (N14) [...] : [...] 1 unit (N01) (The remainder of the tablet is broken or uninscribed; no further legible entries.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 271

(obverse) 1. [...] — 1(N30C) 2. M387~ef — [...] 3. [...] — 2(N30C) 4. M387~ef M297 — 1(N39B) 5. M387~ef M297 — 2(N39B) 1(N24) 6. M387 M128~de (one unread sign) [...] — [...] 7. M057 |M296+M296| M010~2 — 3(N39B) 8. M387 M057~b M002 — 1(N30C) (No text preserved on the reverse or edges; the surviving faces are blank or broken away.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 272

(obverse) [...] M096 M004 M218 x — 2(N01) x M390(?) — 4(N01) [...] — 1(N01) |M036+1(N30D)|(?) — 5(N01) M240 M370~c M004 [...] — [amount broken away] [...] — 1(N01) 1(N30D) (the remainder of the surface, and the reverse, are effaced; no further signs legible)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 275

Obverse 1. [(sign lost)] — 3(N14) 4(N1) [= 34 units] 2. M367(?) — 2(N14) 3(N1) [= 23 units] 3. [(sign lost)] — [...] 5(N14) 8(N1) [= 58+ units] 4. M346~1 — 1(N23) 3(N14) 9(N1) [= 1 N23 + 39 units] 5. [(sign lost)] — 1(N14) 4(N1) [= 14 units] 6. M346~1 — 1(N23) 8(N14) [= 1 N23 + 80 units] 7. [(sign lost)] — [...] 6(N14) [= 60+ units] 8. [(illegible sign)] M362 — 1(N51) 2(N23) [...] 9. M346~1 — 4(N23) [...] 10. M006 — [...] (the numeral is entirely lost in the break) (The remainder of the tablet is broken away; the reverse fragment preserves further impressed numerals and at least one cr…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 279

Obverse 1. [...] M066, M096(?) — 3 (N01) 2. M203~c, M066, M352~o(?), M131~d(?) [...] — [numeral lost] 3. [...] — 2 (N01)(?) 4. M388, M315, M263~1, M297 — 2 (N01) 5. (two illegible signs) [...] — [numeral lost] 6. [...] |M296+M296|, M096 — 2 (N01) 7. M254(?), M352~n, M218(?) [...] — [numeral lost] 8. [...] (illegible sign), M371(?) — 1 (N01) 9. M124, M057, M099, M371 — 1 (N01) 10. [...] M240(?), M096 — 3 (N01)(?) 11. (illegible sign) — 3 (N01) 12. M311, M314 [...] — [numeral lost] 13. [...] — 2 (N39B) 1 (N24) 14. M066 [...] M218, M066 — 2 (N39B) 15. [...] — 9 (N14) 1 (N39B) 1 (N24) (The lower…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 281

(Obverse) [...] ... , M001 M259 M218[?] M278~e — 1(N01) M195~m M220 M218 ... [...] — 1(N01) M152 M097~h[?] M387 M387 M377 M295[?] M096[?] M066 — 1(N01) |M296+M296|[?] M263~1 ... M096 [...] — 1(N01) M066~a M057 — 1(N01) M263~1[?] ... [...] M066~a — 1(N01) [...] — 6(N01) (Reverse: uninscribed except for a few impressed marks at the lower right; no readable text.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 284

Obverse […] , […] (sign M362) , 3 (units, N01) (sign M367) , 2 (units, N01) […] , […] (signs M252 + M362) , 7 (units, N01) (sign M367) , 4 (units, N01) (sign M006) , 1 (unit, N01) (illegible sign) , […] […] , […] (Remainder broken away; reverse uninscribed as preserved.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 285

(obverse) [...] , (broken) M006 : 3 (units, N01) M362 : 4 (tens, N14) — i.e. 40 [...] : 2 (units, N01) M006 : 2 (units, N01) M362~a : 1 (ten, N14) 3 (units, N01) — i.e. 13 M346 : 2 (units, N01) M101 : 1 (unit, N01) (one further sign, illegible) : [...] (number broken away) (No further inscribed lines survive; the remaining faces and edges shown in the photograph are uninscribed or broken.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 286

Obverse [ … ] — 2 (units, N39B) [sign damaged] M002 — 1 (unit, N39B) M098(?) — 2 (units, N39B) M388 M219 M352~o M315(?) M297 x — [ amount broken away ] [x] M288 — 1 (unit, N01) M096 — 1 (unit, N24) M295~p M222(?) M288 — 1 (unit, N01) [ … ] — [ … ] (Remainder of the obverse lost; the reverse carries no writing.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 297 + 299

(obverse) [...] M386~a M024 M371[?] — 1(N01)[?] M329[?] [...] — [...] [...] M371[?] — 1(N01) M125~a M124[?] M259 M229~e1 — 1(N01) M035 M066 — 1(N01) M029~e[?] M124[?] — 1(N01) M218 M242~ab — 1(N01) (No further inscribed surface preserved; the remaining faces and edges of the fragment are blank or destroyed.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 300

(obverse, fragmentary) 1. [...] — 1(N14) 1(N39B) [i.e. one "ten"-unit and one N39B measure] 2. M139 M048~d M288 — [numeral broken away] 3. M297~b(?) — 9(N01) 2(N01) [nine units, two units] 4. [...] x [...] — [...] 5. [...] — [...] 3(N01)(?) [...] (The remainder of the surface, and the reverse, are broken away or uninscribed; no further signs are preserved.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 303

Obverse [...] M263 — 3(N01) M387~ef M036[?] — [...] [...] — 2(N30C) 1(N30C@b) M387 M263 — 1(N01) n(n@b)[?] [...] — 1(N30C)[?] 1(N30C@b) (x) M243~e[?] — 2(N30C) [...] — 1(N01) M263 — 1(N01) [...] — 1(N30C)[?] Reverse M387~ef M048~d M263 — 1(N01) 1(N30C@b) (x) — [...] [...] — n (number lost) (x) (x) (x) — 1(N01)[?] M057~b [...] — [...] (Remainder broken away)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 317

Obverse: [...] M388 M009 M318~a1 M371 M036 , [...] M010~6 , 1(N01) 1(N30C) M103 [...] , [...] M010~6 , 2(N01) 1(N39B) M387 M011? , [...] [...] , 1(N39B) 1(N30C) (Rendered as an account:) [Heading/entry:] signs M388, M009, M318~a1, M371, M036 — [quantity lost] Entry M010~6: 1 (N01) and 1 (N30C) Entry M103 [...]: [quantity lost] Entry M010~6: 2 (N01) and 1 (N39B) Entry M387 M011?: [quantity lost] [Entry lost]: 1 (N39B) and 1 (N30C) Reverse: uninscribed apart from an incised mark and a modern ink number (317).

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 318

[...] M346, 2(N01) M066 M219 M066 M346, 1(N01) M433 M096 [...], [...] ... ... M377 ... M346, 2(N01) M059 M317~a [...], [...] [...], 2(N01) M218 M035 M066 M346, [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 328

Obverse (numerical entries, Proto-Elamite): (1) M288 — 4 (N39B), 1 (N24), 1 (N30C) [...] (2) M288 — 4 (N39B), 1 (N24), 2 (N30C) [...] (3) [...] — 4 (N39B), 1 (N24), 2 (N30C) [...] (4) [...] — 4 (N39B), 1 (N24), 2 (N30C) [...] (5) [...] — 4 (N39B), 1 (N24), 2 (N30C) [...] (6) [...] — 4 (N39B), 2 (N30C) [...] (Remainder of tablet broken.) Reverse: a single incised sign/seal-like marking; no transliterated text.

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 332

Obverse (line 1) [Sign group] M317+X, M297, M288 — 6(N14) [...] (line 2) [...] — 3(N14) (line 3) M005~a, M263~1, M387, M219 [...] — [quantity lost] (line 4) [...] M099, M102~da — 4(N01)? 1(N01@b)? [...] (line 5) [...] — 3(N14@b) 2(N01@b) (line 6) [Sign group] M157+M131 — [quantity lost] Reverse (line 7, total) 1(N34)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 334

Obverse: (line 1) M388 M380 |M218+M320| M347 M377~e — 1 (N01) (line 2) M222 — 1 (N30C) (line 3) [sign illegible] — 1 (N01) 1 (N24) (line 4) M175 M380 [sign illegible] [...] — [...] (line 5) [...] — 1 (N30C) [+ n] (line 6) [two signs illegible] — 1 (N30C) (line 7) [...] M009 — 1 (N30C) (line 8) [two signs illegible] M371(?) — [...] (line 9) [sign illegible] — [number lost] (line 10) M011 — 1 (N24) 1 (N30C)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 335

[...] , [...] 1 (N39B — a fraction unit) M379 , 1 (N24) M050k? , [...] M175+M136 M266b M263 , 2 (N1) M124 M377 [...] , [...] [...] , 1 (N30C) M124 M024 M242b? M096 M288 , [...] (two illegible signs) , 2 (N39B) [...] M288? , n (N1)? (Remainder lost in the break; the reverse as photographed bears no legible signs beyond museum numbers.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 339

[...] M081 M387-variant [x] M376 — [quantity lost] [...] M376 — 1 (N01) M054-variant [x] [...] — [quantity lost] [...] M376 — 1 (N01) M388 [x] — 4 (N14) [...] M136-variant [x] M376 — [quantity lost] (remainder broken)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 342

(obverse, fragment) [...] — 3 (N01) 1 (N39B) M264~d [...] — [...] [...] M036 M343~h — 1 (N14) 3 (N01) 1 (N14@b) 2 (N1@b) [...] — [...] 1 (N14) 1 (N01) 1 (N30C)(?) n (n@b) (remainder broken; reverse uninscribed)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 343

Obverse (proto-Elamite account; signs are undeciphered and rendered by their catalogue numbers): [...] , [...] 1 (N01) M255 M096(?) [...] , [...] [...] , [...] 1 (N01) M386~a M295~s M110~a M297 M066 , 1 (N01) [...] M327(?) M219 M218 , 1 (N01) M248~f [x] [...] , [...] [x] , 1 (N24) M218 , 1 (N01) [x x] , [...] (The reverse, as photographed, bears no legible writing.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 344

Obverse (fragmentary): [...] , 1 N34 1 N45 3 N14 3 N01 (numerical notation: one large unit, one N45 unit, three N14 units, three N01 units) [...] , [...] 2 N14@b (two N14-type units, variant form) M009(?) M388(?) , 1 N39B(?) [...] (commodity/category signs M009 and M388, tentative; one N39B unit) [...] , 1 N34 1 N45 4 N14 1 N01 3 N39B (one N34, one N45, four N14, one N01, three N39B units)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 345

(Obverse, fragmentary proto-Elamite account) [...] M009 M318 M371 M321 : 1 [...] [...] M371 M376 : 5 M509 x [...] : [...] [...] : 2 x [...] : [...] [...] M376 : 2 M099 M136(?) [...] : [...] x x x : [...] (The signs M009, M318, M371, M321, M376, M509, M099, M136 are undeciphered proto-Elamite signs; only the numerals — 1, 5, 2, 2 — can be read with meaning. The rest of the tablet is broken.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 349

Obverse (fragmentary) [...] (unread sign) M388 M066~a M087 [...] : [number lost] [...] : 1 M259 M150 [...] : [number lost] M320 M388 M346(?) : [number lost] [...] : 9 M346 : [number lost] (Remainder of tablet broken)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 353

Obverse (proto-Elamite account): (1) [Sign M111] [sign M036 + 1 N30D] — 3 (N14) (2) [Sign M001] [...] — [...] (3) [Sign M264] — 1 (N14) 3 (N01) (4) [Sign M263] — 3 (N01) (5) [illegible sign] — [...] (6) [...] — 3 (N14) (7) [sign M036 + 1 N30D] — [...] (8) [...] — 1 (N30C)(?) [n] Reverse (total): 3 (N1@b) 1 (N24@b)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 359

Obverse [...] , [...] M305 M388 [...] , [...] [...] , 3 (N39B) M297 M218 M329 [...] , [...] [...] [...] [...] , [...] [...] , [...] 1 (N30C) 1 (N30D) [...] , n (number lost)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 368

Obverse (fragment; eleven partial lines) [...] : 1 [...] M110 : 1 M370 : 2 M072 : [...] M387 M009 M371 : 1 M370 : 1 M066(?) M001(?) M376(?) : [...] [sign lost] : 1 M370(?) : 1 M145~a M377 [sign] M371 : [...] [...] : 3(?) (Remainder of the tablet broken; reverse uninscribed as far as the photo shows.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 377

Obverse: ... [...] , [...] [...] (sign M003~b) (sign M329) , 2(N14) [= 20 units] [...] , 5(N01) [= 5 units] (sign M203~c) , 1(N14) [= 10 units] [...] , 3(N01) [= 3 units] (sign M005~a) [...] , [...] [...] , 2(N45) 1(N14) [...] [= 2 large units, 10 units ...] [...] 3(N01) [= 3 units] Reverse: 1(N34) [= 1 unit of the large N34 order — a total]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 381

Obverse [...] : 3 (N14@b) units M263~1 ... [...] : [...] [...] : 3 (N14) units M153 M068~a [...] : [...] M288 : 1 (N45) 4 (N14) 2 (N01)# [...] [...] : 1 (N14) 3 (N01) 1 (N39B) 1 (N14@b) 1 (N01@b)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 383

Obverse (fragmentary): [...] , [...] 2 (N01) [...] , [...] 1 (N30C)? 1 (N30D) M438 M209~a , 1 (N14) 1 (N01) [...] [sign lost] , 2 (N01) M059 , 1 (N39B) [sign lost] [...] , [...] [...] , [...] 1 (N24) 1 (N30C) [sign lost] [...] , [...] (Reverse: uninscribed apart from museum number.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 387

Obverse: (line 1) [Heading sign:] |M327+M342| (compound sign, no numeral) (line 2) x, M388, M057 [...] — [numeral lost] (line 3) [...] M218 — 1 (unit) (line 4) |M131+M388| [...] M032 [...] — [numeral lost] (line 5) [...] M218(?), M259, M386~a, |M131+M388|, M263 [...] — [numeral lost] (line 6) [...] M099, M371 — 1 (unit) (line 7) M386~a, M240, M096 [...] — [numeral lost] (Reverse: uninscribed / no legible signs)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 405

[...] : 5 [sign illegible] : [...] M376 : 1 (N08A, a fractional/small unit) M327+M059(d)? : [...] M009 : 1 M376? : 1 (N08A) [...] : 1 [sign illegible] : [number lost] M346 : 1

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 408

(obverse, fragmentary — proto-Elamite account) Line 1: [...] ... (sign M218) (sign M297) — 1 unit (numeral N39B) Line 2: (sign M048~k, a commodity sign) [...] — [quantity lost] Line 3: [...] (sign M387~ca) (sign M318~a1) [...] — [quantity lost] Line 4: [...] ... (sign M387~o) (sign M009) (sign M298, damaged) [...] — [quantity lost] (remainder of tablet broken)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 413

(Proto-Elamite account; the script is undeciphered, so the non-numerical signs are rendered by their standard sign numbers.) (Header/owner sign:) M365 , M056 (commodity/person sign) — 4(N34) [...] [... sign lost] — 3(N01) 1(N08A) M193~g — 1(N01) [...] M188~g — 5(N01) M059 — [quantity lost] M324~e — 4(N14) [... sign lost] — 2(N14) [... sign lost] — 6(N34) (Reverse: uninscribed apart from scattered numeral impressions; no further legible entries.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 418

(Heading) M157~a , M384~e M054 — 1 (N01) M297 — 1 (N39B) [...] [...] — 2 (N14) M001 — 1 (N01) M297 — 2 (N39B) M122 M054 [...] — [...] [...] ... — 1 (N30D), 1 (N14) (Subscript/total:) 1 (N34)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 419

(Obverse) (Heading:) M157 M124 M288 — 2 (units) M175+M286 — 2 (units) M265 — 2 (units) M081 — 2 (units) M001 — 4 (units) M134~b — 2 (units) M041 — 2 (units) M317~a — 1 (unit) M005~a(?) — 2 (units) M111~o — 2 (units) M316~f — 2 (units) M385~f — 4 (units) (Reverse — total:) 4(N14) 3(N01) — i.e. 4 large units (tens) and 3 single units, written in the curved/punched numeral variant.

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 420

(Obverse) 1. M153+M342(?) (heading/owner sign; no numeral preserved) 2. M292~d M288 — 1 (N01) 3. (illegible sign) — 1 (N01) 4. (illegible sign) [...] — [numeral lost] 5. [...] M219 M387 M240 M096 — 1 (N01) 6. M217 — 1 (N01) 1 (N39B) [...] 7. M036 — 1 (N39B) 1 (N30C) 8. [broken entry] — 4 (N39B) 1 (N30C) (Reverse/total) 9. Total: 1 (N34)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 428

(Obverse) (Entry 1) Sign M351~m (heading?) — , (Entry 2) Signs M377 M377 M388 M125 M102~k(?) M096(?) [...] — [quantity lost] (Entry 3) [signs lost] — 1(N14) 1(N01) (i.e. one large unit of ten and one single unit) (Entry 4) Signs M384~d1 M124 M251~c3 M218~b(?) M001(?) — [quantity lost] (Entry 5) Signs M356 M387 M218 — 1(N01) 2(N39B) (one unit and two fractional units) (Entry 6) [illegible sign] — [quantity lost] (Entry 7) [...] signs M263 M281~d(?) [illegible] — 1(N01) (one unit) (Entry 8) [signs lost] — [1(N01) 2(N39B)] (one unit and two fractional units; numerals damaged) (The text is proto-…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 433

(Heading) M157. (Entry 1) [compound sign] M195+M038a, M301(?), M056f, M206d1, [sign lost] — [quantity lost]. (Entry 2) [sign lost], M066(?), M024(?), M001, [sign lost], M387, M218 — 3 units (3 N01). (Entry 3) M195d, [sign lost] [...] — [quantity lost]. (Entry 4) [...] [compound sign] M377+M320+M377 — 24 units (2 N14, 4 N01). (Entry 5) M097h(?), M066, [sign lost] [...] — [quantity lost]. (Entry 6) M388, M037, M102k1, M218b, M066 — 30 units (3 N14). (Entry 7) [sign lost] [...] — 5 units (5 N01). (Note: the sign designations M-numbers refer to the standard Proto-Elamite sign list; the script is…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 436

(obverse — proto-Elamite account; the script is undeciphered, so entries are rendered by sign designation and numeral) [...] M388 M122 M242 M096 M388 M218 M044 [...] — [quantity lost] [...] M388 M099 ... (three illegible signs) ... M036? ... — 1 [...] M057 M218 M386 M259? M102? M371 — 1 M295? M223 M377 [...] — [quantity lost] [...] ... M131+M388 (compound sign) — 1 M001 M218 — 1 M032 M371 — 1 M377 ... [...] — [quantity lost] [...] ... M218 — 1 M122 M242 M387 ... (two illegible signs) — 2 ... (illegible sign) — [quantity lost] (reverse: uninscribed)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 438

(Obverse; upper portion broken) [...] — 2 (N39B, capacity units) M096 M099 [...] — [quantity lost] [...] ... M218 — 1 (N01) M240 M329 [...] — [quantity lost] [...] ... M057 — 2 (N39B) 1 (N24) [...] ... M066 — 1 (N39B) M146 M066 M096 [...] — [quantity lost] [...] M387 (ef-variant) M066 — 2 (N39B) 1 (N24) M004 — [quantity lost] M243 — 2 (N01) [...] (The signs designate commodities, persons, or institutions whose values remain undeciphered; only the numerical notations can be read with confidence. The remainder of the tablet is broken.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 442

(obverse) [M387] M069~a — 1 (N01 unit) M387 M069~a — 1 M387 M069~a — 1 M387 M069~a — 1 M387 M069~a — 1 M387 M069~a — 1 M387 M069~a — 1 [M387 M069~a] — 1 M387 M069~a — 1 M387 M069~a — 1 M387 M069~a — 1 [...] — 2 (N01 units) M038~a [...] — [...] [...] M112~e — 3 (N39B units) [...] — [...] (The signs M387, M069~a, M038~a, and M112~e are undeciphered proto-Elamite commodity or category signs; they cannot be translated into English words. The tablet is an account: eleven identical entries of one unit each of the M387 M069~a category, followed by a damaged summary section — an entry of 2 units, an M…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 445

(Proto-Elamite account; entries consist of undeciphered commodity/owner signs followed by quantities. N14 = 10, N01 = 1 in the decimal counting system for discrete objects.) [...] : 10 M009 M259 (illegible sign) : 10 [+ ...] [...] : 20 M347 M377 M218 : 6 [...] M057 M032(?) M066 : 16 M054 [...] : [quantity lost] [...] (two illegible signs) M240 : 14 M387 M262 [...] : [quantity lost] [...] : 10 [...] (illegible sign) M304(?) : 8 M001 M388 [...] : [quantity lost] [...] M096 : 6 [...] : [...] 20 [+ ...] (The tablet is broken; the beginnings of most entries and several quantities are lost.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 446

(Heading/rubric:) M325~d M388 [x] M057~b M387 M218 — 2 (units, N01) [...] M388(?) M347 M371 — 1 (unit, N01) M066 [x] M218 — 1 (unit, N01) [two illegible signs] — [quantity lost] M242~n M386~a M240~e(?) M096 — 1 (unit, N01) [...] — 2 (units, N01) (Subscript/final entry:) M291 M371 (Note: proto-Elamite remains undeciphered; the sign sequences designate commodities, persons, or institutions whose identities cannot yet be read. Only the numerals — here counts in the basic unit N01 — can be interpreted with confidence.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 449

(obverse) (Entry headed by sign) M288~f: 1(N34) 4(N14) [...] [...]: [...] 1(N30C@b) 1(N30D@b) (Entry headed by sign) M157~a: 1(N14) [...] (Total/final entry): [...] 1(N24) 1(N30C) 1(N30D) (The right portion of the tablet is broken away; the reverse is uninscribed apart from modern museum ink numbers.)

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