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~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…

Uruk Period

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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)

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~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.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 450

(fragmentary proto-Elamite account) ... [two illegible signs] , [quantity lost] [...] , 2 (units) M371 M218 M220 M131+M388 M263 , 2 (units) ... [...] , [quantity lost] [...] , [...] 2 (units) M131+M388 M218 , 10 (units)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 451

[...] , (illegible sign) — 1(N01) M288 — 2(N14) 3(N01) M050~f — 2(N01) [...] — 3(N01) M217~f M124 (damaged) — [...] [...] — 3(N39B) (damaged) M288 — 8(N14) [...] — 1(N14) (An account of undeciphered Proto-Elamite commodities: entries of one unit, twenty-three units [2 tens and 3 ones], two units, three units, a broken quantity, three fractional (N39B) measures, then a large entry of eight tens under M288, and a final broken entry of one ten.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 453

M327 (header/classifier) M009 : 3(N14) [= 30 units] M309~d : 4(N01) [= 4 units] [...] [...] : 1(N01) 5(N08A) [= 1 unit and 5 fractional units] x : 1(N14) 1(N01) [= 11 units] x : 1(N14) 3(N01) [= 13 units] x : 1(N01) [= 1 unit] [...] [...] : 8(N01) [= 8 units] x : 8(N01) [= 8 units] M452 : 2(N14) 1(N01) [= 21 units] [...] [...] : 2(N14) 4(N01) [= 24 units] M123~d : 1(N48) 3(N34) [large-value numerals] [...] x : 2(N01) [= 2 units] x : 2(N01) [= 2 units] (remainder broken)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 455

(Column of entries; each line pairs an undeciphered proto-Elamite sign with a numerical notation) [...] — 3(N34)? (damaged) M123~ca? — 3(N14) M039~a? — 1(N45) [...] — 2(N01) M032 — 1(N14) M506 — 3(N01) M296 — 2(N14) M375 — 6(N01) M269~a1? — 1(N01) (illegible sign) — [...] [...] — 1(N01) M069~b — 1(N01) M123~ca — 2(N34) M255~b — 2(N34) M039~a — 1(N34) (The M-signs are undeciphered proto-Elamite commodity or entity designations; the N-notations are numerals: N01 = unit, N14 = 10, with N34 and N45 as higher-order units — in the proto-Elamite decimal system likely 100 and 1,000 respectively.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 456

(Obverse) [...entry broken...] [... commodity lost ...] — 1 unit (1 N01) M206~g (undeciphered commodity, reading uncertain) — 10 units (1 N14) [... commodity lost ...] — 1 unit (1 N01) M352~a (undeciphered commodity) — 10 units (1 N14) M297~b M030~a ... [...] — [quantity lost] [...] ... — 4 units (4 N01) M453 (undeciphered commodity) — 10 units (1 N14) M351+1(N14) (compound sign incorporating the numeral 10) — [quantity lost] [... commodity lost ...] — 21 units (2 N14 1 N01) M449~b (undeciphered commodity) — 1 unit (1 N01)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 458

obverse [...] — 7 (units) M346~1 — 1(N23) 2(N14) […] — 1 (unit) M101 — 1(N14) 2(N01) (= 12 units) M009 — 2(N14) [...] (= 20+ units) [...] — 1(N34) 4(N14) 4(N01) [...] (= 100 + 40 + 4 …) [...] — 3 (units) M054(?) — [...] [...] — 3 (units) reverse (uninscribed / surface blank as preserved)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 463

obverse […] M203~e, M346~b — 2 (units) M377, M298, M001(?) […] — […] […] M377(?), M099, M390, M218, M346~b — 2 (units) M348 […] — […] […] — 1 (unit) M206~d, M346~b — 1 (unit) […] — 1 (unit) M254~a, M295~b(?) […] — […] M346~b — 15 (units: 1 N14 + 5 N01) (one further sign, illegible) — […]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 465

Obverse 1. [...] M388 M032 (x) M096 M288(?) , [...] 2. [...] M288 , 1(N14) 3. M032 M128~da M096 M288 , 1(N14) [...] 4. [...] (x) M288 , 1(N14) 5. M103~3 M032 (x) [...] , [...] (Total) 6. [...] , 8(N14) 5(N01) (Signs marked # are damaged on the tablet; (x) marks an illegible sign; [...] marks a break. The M-numbers are sign designations from the proto-Elamite sign list — their phonetic and semantic values are not established, so they are left untranslated. The numerals are written with the round stylus-impressions of the Susa numerical system: N14, the large circular impression, and N01, the…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 466

Obverse […] — 1(N14) 7(N01) (= 17 units) |M136+M195~d| — 1(N14) (= 10 units) […] — 6(N01) M383~c — 1(N14) 5(N01) (= 15 units) M054~b — 1(N14) (= 10 units) […] — 2(N01) M365 — 3(N01) (The left portion of the tablet, where the commodity/beneficiary signs stood, is broken away in several lines; no reverse text is preserved.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 467

(obverse) (head-sign) |M175+M153| M124 M243~aa [...] , [...] [...] M301~g , 1(N01@b) M243~aa , 1(N39B@b) [...] [...] , [...] 3(N01) 2(N39B) 1(N34) (Rendered as an account:) Heading: |M175+M153|. M124, M243~aa, [broken] — [quantity broken]. [broken], M301~g — 1 (N01@b). M243~aa — 1 (N39B@b), [remainder broken]. [broken] — [broken], 3 (N01), 2 (N39B). Total(?): 1 (N34). (The lower portion of the tablet and the reverse are broken away; no further signs are preserved in the transliteration.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 468

(obverse, ruled cases; Proto-Elamite signs, largely without established readings) [...] — 1 (N01) M124 M386~a M263[?] M048[?] M096[?] M288[?] — 1 (N01)[?] [...] M049~d M240~e M038~i M096 M288 — 3 (N01)[?] [...] M384~d[?] M001 M288 — 1 (N14) M251~c M009 M371 M288 — 1 (N14) [...] M288[?] — [quantity lost] [...] — 2 (N45) 6 (N14) M391 — [quantity lost] [...] — 2 (N01) M004 M263~1 [...] — [quantity lost] (reverse: uninscribed / effaced apart from modern museum markings)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 0216

(obverse) [...] , M218 , [...] M296(?) , 9(N01) M024~1 M262 [...] , [...] [...] , 2(N01) |M153+M342| , 1(N14) |M305+X| , 2(N14) [...] , 6(N01)(?) M387 × M371(?) , 1(N01) [...] , 2(N01)(?) M386~a × M057~a2 , 1(N14) |M153+M342| , 5(N01) |M305+M342|(?) , [...] (Remainder of the tablet lost; the surviving surface preserves no further legible entries.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 0249

(obverse) […] , […] M110, M250~ba, M218 — 3(N39B) […] M218(?) — 2(N39B) M068~c, |M296+M296|, M066 […] — […] […] — […] 1(N39B) M254~a, M301(?), |M296+M296|, M057(?) — […] […] M352~n, M218, |M106+M288|, M066 — 2(N39B)(?) […] — […] 1(N39B) M318~a, M066, M320, M390, M285~c […] — […] M063~d, M001~b — 1(N14) 4(N39B) (reverse: uninscribed)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 0259

Obverse […] — 20 (units), 1 (measure of grain, N39B). M304 M002 — 20 (units). […] — [broken numeral]. […] — 2 (units). M049~m M372 M010 — 2 (units). M230 M009 M314 M377~e M218 — 2 (units). […] … M057 |M305+M136| M056~f M288 — 20 (units). M057 … — 30 (units). […] — [broken numeral]. […] … |M218+M101| M371 — 13 (units: 1×10 + 3). (The remaining fragments preserve no legible signs.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 0284

Obverse 1. [...] — 1(N01)(?) 3(N39B)(?) 2. [...] — 1(N01) 3. [...] — 2(N01) 4. M380, |M218+M288|, [...] [...] — 1(N01) [...] 5. [...] M288(?) — 2(N01) 6. |M218+M288|, M004, M218 — 2(N01) 7. [...] [...] — [...] (Reverse: uninscribed)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 0298

Obverse 1. [...] M377 M263 M380~b M371 M003~b — [quantity lost] 2. [...] M376 — 3 (N01) 3. [...] ... — [quantity lost] 4. [...] — 7 (N01) 5. M003~b M388 — 24 (2 N14, 4 N01) 6. M054 [...] — [quantity lost] 7. M003~b M054 [...] — [... ] 2 (N01) (Reverse: uninscribed or effaced apart from traces; no legible signs.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 0340

obverse 1. [...] M377, M010~1, M288 — 2(N45) [...] 2. [...] M324~a, M288 — 1(N14) 3(N01) 3. [...] x, M288 — [...] 4. [...] M288 — 1(N01) 3(N39B) 2(N30C) 1(N30D) 5. [...] — [...] 6(N14) [...] (All line beginnings, and the ends of lines 1, 3 and 5, are lost in the breaks. The signs M377, M010~1, M324~a and M288 are undeciphered Proto-Elamite graphemes; the parenthesised N-signs are numerical/metrological impressions and are given in their conventional notation, since the systems to which N45, N39B, N30C and N30D belong are not securely convertible into modern units.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 4754

M157~a (heading sign; no quantity) M038~e M141 M264~a(?) — 1(N01) M261~d(?) — 1(N01) |M036 + 1(N24)| — 2(N01) 2(N1@b) |M036 + 1(N30D)| — 6(N01) M323~i, [x ...] — [quantity lost] M297 — 3(N39B) M038~a M080~b M387 M009 M263~a — 2(N01) [...] M388(?) M305 M066(?) M338~b, x — [quantity lost] [...] — [...] 1(N39B) 1(N39C) (total/final entry:) 1(N34)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 4755

(obverse) M157 (heading sign) M144 M388 — 7(N01) |M288+1(N39B)| — 1(N01) 2(N39B) [...] M288 — 3(N39B) M382~f — 3(N01) M288 — 1(N39B) [...] M288 — 1(N01) 4(N39B) M305 M305 M001 — 1(N01) [...] M288 — 1(N39B) M209~d(?) M001 — 1(N01) M288 — 1(N01) [...] M249~c — 2(N39B) [...] — [...] 2(N01)(?) 2(N39B) (total) 1(N34) (reverse: uninscribed)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 4756

(Obverse) 1. M157~a — [heading; no numeral] 2. M041~d(?) M319 M124 x |M218+M288| M066 |M029~l + 1(N08A)| — [quantity broken] 3. [x] M386~a M242~b(?) M066 — 1(N39B) 4. M259 M260~1 M096 — 1(N39B) 5. M124(?) M371 [...] — [quantity broken] 6. [x] — 1(N39B) 7. [x] M230(?) [...] — 1(N39B) 8. [x] [x] — 1(N39B) 9. |M029~l + 1(N08A)| M297 — 1(N01) 4(N39B) 10. |M305+M342|(?) — [no numeral preserved] (No word-level translation is possible: the Proto-Elamite script is undeciphered. The signs above are cited by their standard sign-list numbers; only the numerical notations — units of the capacit…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 4758

(Obverse) [Heading:] |M327+X| — (the compound sign is damaged; its second element is lost) M157 |M175+M288| M124~c M259 M318 M371 M297(?) — 1 (N01) […] M281 M124 M259(?) M101 […] M297(?) — 1 (N01) M193 […] M226~c M218 […] M219 M029~a M242~d M096 M243~ee — 1 (N08A) |M131+M388| M024~1(?) M281 M096 M243~ee — 1 (N08A) M024~a1 M281(?) M096(?) M297(?) — 1 (N08A) […broken…] — 3 (N01) M243~ee(?) — 1 (N01) (Reverse: uninscribed / surface blank as preserved.) (Left edge: a short series of impressed numerical strokes is visible on the tablet; not covered by the transliteration.) Note: Proto-El…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 4760

Obverse 1. [… …] (two signs, illegible) — M288: 7(N14) [ … ] 2. M288(?): 1(N45) 4(N14) 5(N01) 3. M010~3: 1(N14) [ … ] 4. [ … ]: 1(N01)(?) 5. M005~a(?) |M305+X|: 8(N14) 6. M288: 1(N34) 1(N14) 1(N01) (Reverse: essentially uninscribed; a single round impression and one short stroke are visible near the left edge, with no readable entry.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 4761

(obverse) M157~a — (heading) M402, M111~a, M388, M146, [...] — [amount lost] [...] M314, M297, |M036+1(N30D)| — 2(N01) M107~a(?), M388, [x], [...] — [amount lost] [...] M057, |M260~1+1(N24)| — 1(N01) M036 — 2(N01) [...] [x] [x], M101, M066, M260~1 — 1(N01) [...] — 1(N39B) 1(N24) 1(N34) (The lower part of the obverse and the whole of the reverse are broken away or uninscribed; no further text is preserved.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 4762

(Obverse, column entries) M157 — (heading; no quantity preserved) [...] M054(?) — 3(N01) M001 — 1(N01) (illegible sign) — 1(N39B) M354 — 1(N14) M340 M054 — [quantity lost] [...] — 2(N01) M354 — 2(N01) M387~l M001 — 1(N01) (illegible sign) [...] — [quantity lost] M297~b — 1(N39B) M354 — [quantity lost] M387 (illegible sign) M354 — 2(N01) M341 — [quantity lost] (Total / final entry) 1(N34)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 4765

Obverse 1. [ ... ] (entry lost) 2. M482[?] (heading sign) — 3(N14) 3. M103, M277~g, |M136+M365|, [ ... ] — [ ... ] 4. [ ... ] M388, |M036+1(N30D)| — 2(N14@b) 5. M482 — 1(N14) 6. M131~k, M136~g, [ ... ] — [ ... ] 7. [ ... ] — [ ... ] n(n@b) (numeral of unreadable value) 8. M482[?] — 1(N14) 9. M302~b, |M136+M365|, |M036+1(N30D)| — 1(N14@b) 10. M388 [ ... ] — [ ... ] Reverse 11. |M036+1(N30D)| — 1(N34@b) 3(N14@b) 1(N01@b)[?] 12. [M482?] — 1(N34) 13. M297~b — 2(N39B) 1(N24) (The remainder of the reverse is uninscribed or broken away.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 4767

(obverse) [...] M038~e M288, 1(N39B) [...] M297(?), 1(N39B) M305 M388 M146 M128 M096 M387~a M011 [x], 2(N01)(?) [...] x, 1(N24) M218 M243~h, 1(N39B) M297, [...] [...], 1(N01) M297, 1(N24) x, [...] (reverse: uninscribed / surface blank as preserved)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 4768

(obverse) M157~a (heading sign) — [no quantity] M387~i M387~i M054 — 5 (units, N01) [...] — 5 (units, N01) |M305+M136~c| M354 — 1 (N14, i.e. ten units) [...] [...] — [...] 1 (N30C) 1 (N30D) 1 (N39C) 1 (N34) (reverse: uninscribed)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 4769

(Heading:) M157 M177~a M388 M032 M297 M288 — 1(N14) M348 M288 — 1(N01) 1(N39B) M292 M388 M146 M032 M332~g [...] — 1(N14)(?) [...] M347 M219(?) M101 — 1(N14) (reverse / summation) M288 — 3(N14) 1(N01) 1(N39B)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 4770

(Obverse) M157 (heading sign) [...] — M206~d: 1 (unit) M153+M320+M153 — M206~d: 6 (units) M195+M038~a — M206~d: 2 (units) [... ...]: 2 (units) M206~d: 9 (units) (Summary / reverse) M288: 1(N14) 5(N01) 2(N39B) 1(N24) 1(N34)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 4771

(obverse) M401 (heading / label sign) M393~a M340 [x x x] M054 : 3(N01) M288 : 1(N01) 2(N39B) 1(N24) M054 : 1(N01) M265 : 1(N01) M354 : 1(N01) M286(?) — sign damaged M297~b : 2(N01) 2(N39B) 1(N24) 1(N30D) 1(N39C) (total / final entry) 1(N34) Rendered as a ledger, so far as the numerical notations can be read: Heading: M401. Entry: M393~a M340 [three illegible signs] M054 — 3 units (N01). Entry: M288 — 1 unit (N01), 2 (N39B), 1 (N24). Entry: M054 — 1 unit (N01). Entry: M265 — 1 unit (N01). Entry: M354 — 1 unit (N01). Entry: M286 (broken, reading uncertain). Entry: M297~b — 2…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 4776

(Obverse) 1. M157 — (heading) 2. M005~a M213~b M346 — 2 (units) 3. M005~a (x) [...] — [2 (units)] 4. [...] — 2 (units) 5. M249~c M001 — 2 (units) 6. M131 M388 [...] — 2 (units) 7. [...] M388 M260~1 M260~1 — 2 (units) 8. M075~ab [...] (remainder of line lost) 9. [M346] — [...] 2 (units) 10. 2 (units) (Reverse: uninscribed / surface blank and broken) Note: the counted commodity is not named in any surviving line; all preserved quantities are written with the numeral sign N01, twice in each entry, in the decimal-type system used for discrete counted objects.

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 4782

(Obverse) (heading) M157~a M387~a M036 — 1(N39B) 1(N30C)(?) M387 M036 — 1(N39B) 1(N30C) M387~ef M036 — 1(N39B) 1(N30C) |M260~1 + 1(N24)| — 1(N01) M288 — 3(N39B) 1(N24) (total) 1(N34) (Reverse: uninscribed / surface blank)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 4786

(Heading) M157~a M038~i(?) M141 M086 |M036+1(N24)| — 4(N01) |M036+1(N30C)| — 1(N14) 2(N01) M140~a M288 — 1(N39B) M262~b — 1(N01) M262~ba — 1(N01)# [...] — 1(N01) M248~a M002 — 1(N30D) |M343~h+1(N30C)| M037 M288 — 1(N01) 1(N39B)# (Total) M288 — 2(N01) 4(N39B) 1(N24) 2(N30C) 1(N30D)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 4787

(obverse, column entries) [...] , [...] — 1(N45) 9(N14) 2(N01) […] [...] — 2(N14) 4(N01) 3(N39B) 1(N30C) M203~c M288 — 6(N14) [...] [...] M387~i M387~i M054 M288 — 4(N14) 3(N39B) 1(N30C) M340 [...] — [...] [...] — [...] 1(N01) M054 […] M288 — 3(N01) M371(?) […] […] M048~c M288 — 4(N14) [...] (The remaining surfaces — the four edges and the reverse — are uninscribed or too abraded to bear legible signs.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 4788

Obverse 1. [...] — 4(N14) [40] 2. [...] M288 — 1(N14) 2(N01) [12] 3. [...] M066(?) M288 — 1(N14) 3(N01) [13] 4. M387~a M111~i M242~b [...] — [numeral lost] 5. [...] M066 M352~o M218 M259(?) M218 M288 — 1(N14) [10] 6. M038~h [...] — [numeral lost] 7. [...] M288 — 3(N01) [3] 8. M047 [...] M288 — 3(N01)(?) 1(N39B)(?) 9. M288 — 1(N45) 3(N14) 4(N01) (Reverse uninscribed; only modern museum markings — "4788" and "Sb 15295" — are written on it.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 4790

(obverse) 1. M157~a — (heading; no quantity) 2. M305, (illegible sign) — 1(N14) 3. M096 M112 M136~c M263~b1 — 1(N01) 4. M305 [...] M260 — 1(N01) 5. |M036 + 1(N30D)| — 5(N01) 6. M111~b M388 [...] — [quantity lost] 7. |M036 + 1(N30D)| — 5(N01) 8. (illegible sign) [...] — [quantity lost] 9. |M036 + 1(N30D)| — 5(N01) 10. [...] — [quantity lost] 11. (illegible sign) |M036 + 1(N30D)| — 1(N01)(?) 12. (illegible sign) — 1(N01) 13. M297 — 1(N01) 2(N39B) 2(N30C) 1(N30D) 1(N39C) (reverse / total) 14. 1(N34)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 4791

(obverse) 1. M005~a — (header; no quantity) 2. M305 M388 M009 M004 [...] — [quantity lost] 3. [...] — 9 (N01) 4. |M036 + 1(N30D)| — 4 (N14) 5 (N01) 5. [...] — 3 (N01) 6. |M036 + 1(N30D)| — 1 (N14) 6 (N01) 7. [...] — 1 (N14) 8. M228~d M265~1(?) — 4 (N01) 9. |M036 + 1(N30D)| — [quantity lost] 10. M246~b M263 — 1 (N01) 11. |M036 + 1(N30D)| — 4 (N01) 12. [...] — [...] 1 (N39B) 2 (N30C) 1 (N30D) (No further inscribed text survives; the reverse carries only a few isolated impressions.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 4793

(obverse) 1. [M327+M342](?) — 2. M157~a[…] (one unread sign) […] , […] 3. […] M387 (one unread sign) , 1(N39B) 4. M387~ef (one unread sign) , 1(N39B) 5. M387 M016 M288 , 3(N39B) 1(N24) 6. 1(N34) (The head of the account is broken away; the surviving entries pair an undeciphered commodity/category sign with a numeral, and the last line stands alone as a summation.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 4795

(obverse) [M157] — (heading sign, damaged) M304 M146~d M383~n M151~c : 1 (N30C) 1 (N30D) M033 [—] : 1 (N30C) 1 (N30D) [ ... ] : 1 (N30C) 1 (N30D) M111~n M218(?) |M036 + 1(N30D)| : 1 (N14) M219 [ ... ] : 1 (N30C) 1 (N30D) [one further line, traces only — illegible] (reverse: uninscribed)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 4797

(obverse) (Heading:) M157~a M319 M218 M297 — 5(N14) 1(N01) [...] (= 51 units) [...] M325~d M380 M297 — 1(N14) 1(N01) (= 11 units) M001 M388 M259 ... [...] — [amount lost] [...] |M106+M288| M218 M073~b — 1(N01) (reverse: uninscribed apart from a few faint traces; lower portion of the obverse broken away)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 4804

(obverse) 1. M157 — 2. M051~b, |M054+M365+M054~i|(?) , [ ... ] — [ ... ] 3. [ ... ] M243~j(?) — 3(N39B) 4. (illegible sign) — 1(N01)(?) 5. (two illegible signs) [ ... ] — [ ... ] 6. (illegible sign) M180(?) [ ... ] — [ ... ] 7. [ ... ] M297@b M379~c@b — 1(N39B@b)(?) 8. [ ... ] — [ ... ] 9. [ ... ] M379~c(?) — 1(N39B) 1(N24) 1(N30C) 10. M243~j — 3(N39B@c) (reverse: uninscribed/blank as preserved)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 4805

(obverse) M051~b M264~a — 1 (N01) M262~ba — 1 (N01) [...] — 1 (N24) 2 (N30C) M051~b M263~b — 1 (N01) [...] — 5 (N01) M033~b M048~c M263~b(?) — 3 (N01) |M036 + 1(N30D)| — 1 (N14) |M305 + X|(?) M388(?) M009 M004 M218 M263~b1 — 1 (N01) |M036 + 1(N30D)| — 5 (N01) M297~b — 1 (N01), 4 (N39B), 1 (N24) (reverse: surface preserved but uninscribed / effaced — no text recoverable)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 4806

(obverse) M157 — [heading/rubric sign] M081(?) M033 M009~a M269~b — [remainder broken] [...] M325~d M304 M278~e — 1 (N01) [...] M269~b — 1 (N01) M354 — 2 (N14) [...] — 1 (N01) M354 — 2 (N01) [...] — 2 (N30C~b) 1 (N34) (The signs are proto-Elamite and remain undeciphered; only the numerical notations can be read with confidence. The reverse of the tablet is uninscribed apart from impressed numerical marks along the left edge.)