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~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5037

(obverse) [...] M371 M387 M009 M264~a₁ — 3 (N01) [...] M066 M066 |M036 + 1(N30D)| — 5 (N01) M146 [...] — [...] [...] — 1 (N01) |M305 + M320| [...] M260~1 — 1 (N01) |M036 + 1(N30D)| — 2 (N01) [...] M297 — 2 (N01), 1 (N39B), 2 (N30C) (No further text is preserved; the remaining faces of the fragment carry no legible signs.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5038

Obverse (Heading) M157~a — M038~a, M381, M388, M338~b[?] … — [numeral lost] … M242~ab[?], M380~b, M048~c, M218 — 2(N01)[?] … — 2(N01) M254~a, M380~b[?], (traces) … — [numeral lost] (Remainder of the obverse broken away) Reverse: uninscribed.

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~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5041

Obverse 1. M288(?) — 200 [...] 2. [...] — [...] 50 3. M284~m — 1 4. M288 — 200 [...] 5. [...] — [...] 94 6. |M106~2+M288|(?) — 1 7. M288(?) — [...] 8. [...] — 270 9. |M106~2+M288|(?) — [...] (Numerals rendered in the proto-Elamite decimal system: N01 = 1, N14 = 10, N34 = 100. Thus 2(N34) = 200; 5(N14) = 50; 9(N14) 4(N01) = 94; 2(N34) 7(N14) = 270.) Reverse: uninscribed (blank surface; modern museum markings only).

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5045

(obverse) […] — 1 (unit N01), 1 (unit N24) M318~a1 M318~a1 M371 — 1 (unit N01) M377 […] — […] […] … M347 M371 […] — […] […] … M377~e … […] — […] […] … M057~a — 1 (unit N01) M219 M338~b […] — […] […] … |M131+M388| M101 M066 — 1 (unit N01) M388 — 1 (N14) 2 (N01) [= 12 units] (No inscribed text preserved on the reverse or edges.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5047

(obverse) 1. [...] (illegible sign) — 1 (unit) 2. (illegible sign) — 1 (unit) 3. (illegible sign) — 1 (unit) 4. M288(?) — 1 (unit) 5. M262(?) [...] — [...] 6. M288(?) — 1 (unit) 7. M146~d M388 M218 M223 M218 — 1 (unit) 8. (illegible sign) [...] — [...] (The remaining surfaces of the fragment are blank or too eroded to yield signs.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5055

(obverse) 1. M250~a, M315[?], (one illegible sign) — 3(N01) 2. M250~a, M131, M262, M218 — 2(N01)[?] 3. (illegible sign) [...] — [quantity lost] 4. [...] M347[?], (one illegible sign), M223 — 1(N14) 5. M054[?], M004, M066 — 3(N01) 6. M262, |M106+M288|, M066 — 2(N01)[?] 7. [...] M388[?], M066[?], M066[?], (one illegible sign), M057[?] — 1(N01)[?] 8. M371[?], M332[?], M131, M263, (one illegible sign) — 1(N01)[?] 9. [...] (one illegible sign), M096[?] — 3(N01) 10. M390, M262[?], M096[?] — 3(N01) 11. (two illegible signs) [...] — [quantity lost] 12. [...] M390, M004, M218 — 2(N01) (The remainder…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5196

(Obverse, column i) M157 — (heading sign; document classifier) M325~d, M388, M314, [two illegible signs], M096, M297 — 1(N14) 3(N01) = 13 M377~e, M347(?), M371 — [1(N14)?] 3(N01) = [13?] M254~c, M297 — 1(N01) = 1 M297 — 3(N14) 1(N01) = 31 (The remainder of the obverse face is uninscribed; the reverse is blank/eroded and carries no legible signs. The edges bear no writing beyond the modern museum number Sb 15363.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5197

(obverse — accounting entries; each line: commodity/recipient designation, then quantity) […] — 5 (N01) [damaged] M009 — 8 (N01) M376 — 1 (N14) [damaged] […] […] — 9 (N01) [damaged], 1 (N08A) M270~c, M009 [damaged] — 5 (N01) M387~c [damaged], M005~a, M032 — 1 (N01) |M157+M381| […] — […] […] — 9 (N01) M112~c — 2 (N30C) M009 [damaged] — 6 (N01) M032 — 1 (N01) M292~f — 1 (N14) [damaged], 1 (N01) […] — 1 (N14) [damaged], 1 (N01) (unread sign) — 1 (N01) [damaged] (unread sign) […] — […] (reverse — surface preserved but uninscribed/effaced; no signs legible)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5206

(obverse) 1. [ ... ] , 2. [ ... ] , 1(N01) — one unit (sign damaged) 3. (one illegible sign) , [ ... ] 4. [ ... ] M347 M371 |M036+1(N30D)| , 1(N14@b) — one N14 unit (= 10) 5. [ ... ] M305 M388 M285~s M371 M210~g(?) [ ... ] , [ ... ] 6. [ ... ] , 4(N1@b) — four units 7. M176~b(?) [ ... ] , [ ... ] (reverse: uninscribed; bears only the modern museum markings Sb 15372 / 5206)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5212

obverse 1. [...] |M106~2+M288| , 1(N02) [...] (sign group M106~2 combined with M288) — 1 unit (N02) 2. M288 , 2(N34)# 5(N14)# [...] M288 — 2 (N34) 5 (N14) [remainder lost] 3. [|M106~2+M288|] , [1(N02)] [(sign group M106~2 combined with M288)] — [1 unit (N02)] 4. [M288] , 2(N34)# 1(N45) 5(N14) 4(N01) [M288] — 2 (N34) 1 (N45) 5 (N14) 4 (N01) 5. [...] , [...] 7(N34)# 5(N14) [...] [...] — [...] 7 (N34) 5 (N14) [remainder lost] (The tablet breaks off; no further text is preserved. Numerals marked # are damaged but legible in outline.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5217

(obverse) [...] — 1 (unit) M338~c M024 M371 M010 — [...] [...] — 4 (tens) 2 (units) M136~c(?) — 2 (units) [...] M371 M010 — 4 (units) M388 [...] — [...] [...] — 3 (units) M180 [...] — [...] [...] — 4 (tens) 3 (units) 2 (N39B-units) (No further inscribed text is preserved; the remainder of the surface is broken away or effaced.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5218

(Obverse — fragmentary account) [...] , [... commodity entry:] M388 M146 M377 M347 M371 M054 — 1 (N01) M032 — [quantity broken] [... sign(s) lost] — 1 (N01) M054 — 1 (N01) M373 — 2 (N01) M046 — 1 (N01) M288 — 1 (N01) M033 — 2 (N14) [= 2 large/ten-units] M376 M124 — 2 (N14) M072 — [quantity broken] (Probable total line:) M288 — 1 (N45), 3 (N14), 4 (N39B) [...] (The commodity signs M388, M146, M377, M347, M371, M054, M032, M373, M046, M288, M033, M376, M124, M072 are proto-Elamite and remain undeciphered; only the numerical notations can be read with assurance.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5223

(obverse) (rubric/heading:) M157~a (line 1:) [sign illegible] [...] (line 2:) [...] M384~d M297 [...] (undeciphered commodity entry) (line 3:) [...] — 1(N14) 1(N14@b) (i.e. one unit of the N14 series and one of its derived @b series) (line 4:) [sign illegible] [...] — [...] (line 5:) [...] — 1(N24) 1(N24@b) 2(N30D@b) (one N24 unit, one N24@b unit, two N30D@b fractional units) (final entry / total:) 1(N34) (one large-unit numeral) (remainder of tablet broken or uninscribed)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5235

(Fragment; proto-Elamite entries, entry-by-entry with counts) [...] M128(?) M096 [...] — [count lost] [...] M250+BA (disbursement marker?) M066-a — 1 (unit) M388 (classifier) [...] — [count lost] [... entry lost ...] — 1 (unit) M510 ... [...] — [count lost] [...] M367(?) (commodity sign) — 2 (units) M388 (classifier) [...] — [count lost]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5239

obverse (line 1) [...] — 1(N24) 1(N30d) [fractional measures] (line 2) M131~e [...] — [quantity lost] (line 3) [...] M304, M388, M285~b, M288 — 1(N14) 2(N01) [= 12 units in the sexagesimal system] (line 4) [...] M388(?), M285~c(?), M288 — 1(N39b) 1(N24) [fractional measures] (The signs designated by M-numbers are proto-cuneiform/proto-Elamite graphemes without established phonetic readings; they mark commodities, categories, or account-holders whose identity cannot yet be translated. The reverse is uninscribed apart from modern museum markings.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 26S, 5240

(Proto-Elamite administrative account; the non-numerical signs are undeciphered and are given by their sign-list numbers. Each entry pairs a sign-group with a quantity.) [...] : 1(N45) 6(N14) [...] [...] : [...] 1(N14)? M305 M388 M110 M242b M096 [...] : [quantity lost] [...] (illegible sign) : 2(N01) 1(N39B) (two illegible signs) : 1(N01) [...] M320 M288 : 1(N01) 1(N39B) 1(N24) [...] M103(var.2) M254a (illegible) M387c M288 : 5(N01) 3(N39B) 1(N14)? [...] (illegible sign) : 2(N14) 1(N01) 2(N39B) 1(N30D) [...] M259? M281f M096 M288 : 3(N14) 2(N01) [...] [...] : [...] 1(N24) M304 M388 M115 |M296…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 31, 007

(Header) M247~d. (Entry 1) M297~bc: 2(N01) 3(N39B). (Entry 2) M001+M379~d (ligature): 1(N24) 2(N30C). (Entry 3) M297~b: 1(N24@b) 2(N30C@b). (Entry 4) M314: 1(N01) 1(N39B). (Entry 5) M003~b+M379~c (ligature): 1(N39B) 1(N24). (Entry 6) M297~b: 1(N39B@b) 1(N24@b). The signs M247, M297, M314, M001, M003 and M379 are undeciphered Proto-Elamite signs; the N-numbers are numerals of the Proto-Elamite capacity/fraction system, given here exactly as written. The reverse of the tablet is uninscribed.

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 31, 015

(Heading) M157 (document-type rubric) M305 M033~c M270~d — 2 (units, N01) M036 (compounded with 1 N30D) — 1 (tens-unit, N14) M387~ca, M036 (compounded with 1 N30C) — 2 (tens-units, N14) M305 M387~ha, M036 (compounded with 1 N30C) — 2 (tens-units, N14) M340 M054 M265~2 — 2 (units, N01) [numeral partly damaged] [broken sign], M036 (compounded with 1 N30D) — 6 (units, N01) 1 (unit, N01) (Reverse uninscribed)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 31, 019

(obverse) M059 — 1(N14) [= 10 units] M252~i — 4(N01) [= 4 units] M136~k — 1(N14) [= 10 units] M210~b — 1(N14) [= 10 units] [sign lost] — 1(N14) [= 10 units] [sign illegible] — 1(N14) [= 10 units] M147 — 1(N14) [= 10 units] (reverse) [sign lost] — 6(N14) 4(N01) [= 64 units; the total]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 31, 024

(Proto-Elamite account; the script is undeciphered — sign designations are given by their standard M-numbers) (entry 1) [sign M305+M342] (commodity/category, damaged) — 2 units (2 N01) (entry 2) signs M291, M371, M320 (damaged) — 1 unit (1 N01, damaged) (entry 3) [illegible sign], signs M301, M057 — 1 unit (1 N01) (entry 4) sign M263 (variant 1), sign M347 (damaged) [...] — [quantity lost] (entry 5) [entry heading lost] — 1 unit (1 N01) (entry 6) [three illegible signs] — [quantity lost] (entry 7) [three illegible signs] [...] — [quantity lost]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 31, 025

(obverse) [... (commodity) M278~f]: [3(N14)] 8(N01) — [3]8 units (commodity) M278~f: 2(N14) [5(N01)] — 2[5] units (commodity) M278+1(N24): 3(N01) — 3 units (commodity) M283~a1: 5(N01) — 5 units (commodity) M276~e: 5(N01) — 5 units (commodity) M290~a: 7(N01) — 7 units (commodity) M064~a: 1(N14) — 10 units (summary line) M228~gb, M278~f, M351+1(N14): 1(N34) 3(N01) — 63 units (reverse) (commodity) M278+1(N24): [3(N01)] — [3] units (commodity) M290~a: 7(N01) — 7 units (commodity) M064~a: 1(N14) — 10 units (commodity) M276~e: 5(N01) — 5 units

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 31, 027

(Proto-Elamite account; the signs are undeciphered — sign designations are given with their numerical notations) M305 (heading/rubric, no numeral) M269~b — 2 N01 M260 — 2 N01 M036+1(N30D) — 3 N39B, 1 N24 [numeral damaged] M379 — 1 N30C M278~g — 1 N30C M293~d — 1 N30C [damaged], 2 N30D(?) [illegible sign] — 1 N39B M210~g — 3 N39B, 1 N24 M293~d — 2 N01, 1 N39B, 1 N24, 2 N30C(?) (N01 is the basic whole unit; N39B, N24, N30C and N30D are successively smaller fractional units of the proto-Elamite grain-capacity system. The final, larger entry for M293~d may be a running total.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 31, 030

(Header) [...]-M383-[...] (compound sign, entry heading; no numeral) M376 M388 M352 M320 M371 ... , 2 (units) ... M371 , 2 (units) M124 ... , 2 (units) ... M218 , 2 (units) ... M242 M096 , 2 (units) ... , 2 (units) ... , 2 (units) [...] , 22 (units) — total: 2 tens and 2 units (The signs M376, M388, M352, M320, M371, M124, M218, M242, and M096 are proto-Elamite signs whose meanings remain undeciphered; only the numerals can be read with confidence.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 31, 031

(Header) [Compound sign M327+X] — (owner/institution heading; no quantity) (Entry 1) M388, M387(?), M263, M314, M096(?), M388, M301, M372, M367 — 2 N51, 5 N23 (Entry 2) [two illegible signs], M066, M367 — 3 N51, 1 N23 (Entry 3) [compound sign M195+X], [four illegible signs], M367(?) — 2 N51, 7 N23 (Entry 4) M066, [three illegible signs], M367(?) — 2 N51(damaged), 6 N23 (Entry 5) M195(variant m), [two illegible signs], M367 — 2 N51, 7 N23 (Total) M367(?) — 2 N54, 3 N51, 6 N23 (All numerals belong to the proto-Elamite grain-capacity system, marked G; N54 > N51 > N23 in descending unit size. T…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 31, 033

(Heading:) [compound sign M327+X] — (rubric, no numeral) M157 … M305 M057 M263: 2 (units, N01) [...] M263: 2 (units, N01) … M263: 5 (units, N01) M387 M263: 4 (units, N01) [...] M263: 1 (unit, N01) M004 [M218+M288] M066 M263: 1 (unit, N01) M024 M004 M218 M263 M038 M263: 2 (units, N01) M243: 4 (N39B) 1 (N24) 1 (N30C) — (fractional grain-measure notation) (Total line:) 1 (N34) (The reverse is uninscribed apart from traces at the upper edge; the sign-values themselves are proto-Elamite and remain undeciphered — only the numerals can be read with confidence.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 31, 036

Obverse: (Header) |M327+X| (compound sign, second element unidentified) — [entry heading, quantity lost or none] M054 (variant i), M388, M219, M048 (variant k), M096, ... (two signs illegible): [1 unit (N01)] |M131+M388| (compound), M263, M218: 1 unit (N01) M004, M058, M057: 1 unit (N01) M387 (variant ee), M057, ... (sign lost), M101, M066: 1 unit (N01) M029 (variant b), M128, M096: 1 unit (N01) M066, M352 (variant n), M347(?), M297: 1 unit (N01) ... (sign lost), M372: 1 unit (N01) (Total) M388(?): 7 units (N01) (The signs are proto-Elamite and remain undeciphered; only the numerals and the a…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 31, 037

(Heading) Compound sign M377~e+M320+M377~e (damaged) — document classifier. M157, M388, M218, M329~b, M388, M066, M136 (damaged), M259(?), M388, M218, M314, M297, M206~d — 1 unit (N01). M352~o(!), M338~b, M066 — 1 unit. M365~g, M218 — 1 unit. M263, M318 (damaged), M371 — 1 unit. M001(?), M066(?), M217~j, M352~o, M218~b, M388, M338~b, M009 (damaged), M371 — 2 units (damaged). M377~e (damaged), M347, M371(?), M388, M377~e, M040, M372, M365~g, [sign lost] — 1 unit. M325~d, M388, M218, M220, compound M218+M288(?), M066 — 1 unit(?). [sign lost], M295~e(?), M218 — 1 unit (damaged). (Break) [...] — 9…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 31, 038

(Obverse) [...] : [...] 2(N45) 1(N48) [...] 5(N14)# (illegible sign) : 2(N34) 1(N45) [...] 5(N14)# M038~b1 (undeciphered commodity sign) : 8(N34) 4(N14) 3(N01) [...] : 1(N01) 1(N24) 1(N30C) 1(N30D) [...] : 4(N23) (Reverse: uninscribed) [If the numerals follow the sexagesimal system, line 3 records a quantity of 8×60 + 4×10 + 3 = 523 units of the commodity M038; lines 4–5 record small fractional quantities; lines 1–2 record large totals in the hundreds and thousands, partly broken.]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 31, 042

(obverse) [...] — [number lost] M383 — 3(N14) ... M325 — 1(N01) ... — 9(N01) M059 — 9(N01) [...] — 5(N01) M124 — 4(N14) M059 — 4(N01) M124 — 4(N14) 4(N01) M054 M124 — 1(N23) 2(N14) 5(N01) (The signs M383, M325, M059, M124, and M054 are undeciphered proto-Elamite graphs — commodity, institutional, or personal designators whose meaning is unknown. N14 denotes the higher decimal unit, N01 the basic unit, N23 a unit of a distinct metrological series. The final line, with its mixed high-value notation, likely serves as a total or summary entry.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 31, 043

(Heading) M388. (Entry 1) M057~e M099 M371 M139~a1 — 1 (N01, small unit). (Entry 2) M175 M128~da, the compound sign M218+M288~f (damaged), M066 — 1 (N01). (Entry 3) M124 M004 M223~b M218 — 1 (N01). (Entry 4) M049~da M109(?) M066 — 1 (N01). (Entry 5) M242~b M410(?) M218 — 1 (N01). (Entry 6) M204~g M054~i M297 — 1 (N01). (Entry 7) M203~a — 1 (N01). (Entry 8) M066 M352~n (damaged) M131~ia(?) M101 M066 — 1 (N01). (Entry 9) M102~l M371 — 1 (N01). (Entry 10) The compound sign M218+M288~f, [illegible sign], M057 — 1 (N01). (Subtotal/total) 2 (N14, large units), [illegible]. (Final entry) M139~a2 — 1…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

RA 050, 202 01

(Obverse — a proto-Elamite account; the script is undeciphered, so entries can only be rendered structurally) 1. [... illegible signs ...] 2. ... ... (sign M367) — 1 unit (N01) 3. (sign M367) (sign M001) ... (sign M372) — 1 unit (N01) 4. (sign M371) (sign M219) ... ... — [number lost] 5. ... ... (sign M097, variant h) (sign M218) — 1 unit (N01) 6. (compound sign M096+M029?) (sign M218, variant c) (sign M066) — 1 unit (N01) 7. (sign M230) — [number lost] 8. ... (sign M001) (sign M219) (sign M151, variant e) (sign M371, variant c) (sign M066) ... 9. ... — [remainder lost] (The reverse is uninscr…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

RA 050, 202 13

(Obverse) [...] : 8 (N01 units) [illegible sign] : 8 (N01 units) [illegible sign] : 1 (N01 unit) [illegible sign] : 1 (N30C fraction) [illegible sign] : 1 (N30C fraction) [...] [illegible sign] : 2 (N39B grain-measures) [illegible sign] : 1 (N30C fraction) [illegible sign] : 1 (N30C fraction) M367 (undeciphered commodity sign) : 1 (N30C fraction)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

Sb 15222

(Obverse) Line 1: M157 (heading/rubric sign — document classifier) Line 2: M386~da, M304, M297 — 1(N01) 2(N30C) 1(N30D) [= 1 unit plus fractions] Line 3: [x] M139, M297 — 3(N01) 3(N39B) 2(N30C) 1(N30D) [= 3 units plus fractions] Line 4: M297(?) — 1(N39B)(?) 1(N30D) 1(N39C) [fractional quantities only] Line 5: [...] — [...] (entry lost in break) (Final entry / reverse) Line 6: 1(N34) [a single large-unit numeral, most likely the total of the account]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

SE 124

(obverse) [Entry headed by] M207 [— quantity broken], M054 — 24 (2 × N14, 4 × N01), M373 — 11 (1 × N14, 1 × N01), M072 — 46 (4 × N14, 6 × N01), M046 — 12 (1 × N14, 2 × N01), M370 — 6 (6 × N01). (reverse) M207 — 99 (9 × N14, 9 × N01) [total].

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

SE 125

(Header) M252~q — [label/classifier, undeciphered] M001 M376 — 1 unit (1 N01) M387~c M387~c — 1 unit (1 N01) M365 — 4 units (4 N01) M175 M248~b(?) — 3 units (3 N01) M125 (damaged) M310 — 1 unit (1 N01) M310 (damaged) — 6 units (6 N01, numeral partly damaged) (Reverse/total) M376 — 16 units (1 N14 + 6 N01)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

SE 126

(obverse) (line 1) ... [entry illegible] (line 2) [compound sign M195+M038] ... [commodity sign M388] [sign M371] ... [...] — [quantity lost] (line 3) [...] [sign M314] [sign M128] [commodity sign M388] [sign M297] ... [classifier M206] — 1 (unit) (line 4) [sign M177] — 2 (units) (line 5) ... [entry illegible] — [quantity lost] (line 6) [...] — [...] (line 7) [compound sign-cluster M377+M320+M377] — 2 (units) (reverse: uninscribed apart from a few numeral impressions; no continuous text)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

SE 127

(Obverse — proto-Elamite account, entries read right to left; commodity terms are undeciphered signs) [...] ... M001, M388, ..., M296+M296 — 5(N01) [5 units] [...] — 1(N14) [10 units] M124, M009, M338~b — 1(N14) 2(N01) [12 units] M388, ..., [...] — [quantity lost] [...] — 1(N14) 1(N01) [11 units] M388, M295~y(?), M219 — 1(N14) 1(N01) 2(N39B) 1(N24) [11 units plus two small-capacity fractions and one further fraction] [...] ... — 1(N14) 2(N01) [12 units] M146~d, M388(?), [...] — [quantity lost] [...] — 4(N14) 1(N01) 2(N39B) 1(N24) [41 units plus fractions; probably the total of the account]

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 191

[...] 1(N58).BAD~a lord(?): IB~a (title/category) [...] linen(-garment): vizier great garment-official: overseer garment: overseer [...] great one of the throne(?) great one of the DI-sign(-office) temple-administrator of the X(-office) temple-administrator of the X(-office) ZATU725(?) spouse(?)

Writing & Literature·Daily Life

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 034

1(N01), NAM2 [...] 1(N01), GAL~a ("great/large") SZAH2~a ("pig") 1(N01), NAM2 APIN~a ("plow") 1(N01), GAL~a [...] 1(N01), GAL~a ("great/large") SZAB~a 1(N01), PA~a NAM2 [...] 1(N01), AB~a [...] 1(N01), GAL~a [...]

Writing & Literature·Daily Life

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 471

(obverse) [...] — [...] [...] — [...] 4 — ...(UR?) ... goat(s), DA 4 — given/deposited (RU) 4 — USZ(?), first quality [...] — [...] dar-bird(s) (francolin?) [...] — [...] DA, GA(?) 4 — calf/calves, the EN (lord/priest-ruler), disbursed(?) 2 — E2(?), BU, NINDA2xNE (ration/bread-measure sign) [...] — NINDA2xNE, two illegible signs, [...] (remainder broken)

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

FMB 27

(obverse, archaic administrative entries) [...] : PA (overseer/classifier), oxen(?) 4(N14) [= 40?] : first-fruits offering (NESAG), with(?) the EN (lord), NAM2, KAB, GAR (placed?) 5(N14) [= 50?] : field (GAN2), cow(?) ..., the EN(?) 3(N14) [= 30?] : ..., AD(?) 3(N14) [= 30?] : KA, mound (DU6) 2(N50) 7(N14) : field (GAN2), (the sign) SILA3-vessel-in-jar (a capacity/vessel designation) [...] : IB, goat (MASZ), copper [...] : TUM3 (brought/delivered?), tablet (DUB) [...] : MUSZ3, ... (damaged) 2(N14) [= 20?] : GISZ×SZU2, ... [break] 2(N14) [= 20?] : BU [break] 2(N14) [= 20?] : ..., BU [break] 4(N…

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MS 1952/37

(obverse, single column; sign-groups without numerals — an archaic text of uncertain genre, rendered sign by sign) 1. Fish ... TU ("born"?) 2. NAM2 NAM2 (a doubled title/category sign) 3. NAM2(?) — dagger (GIR2) 4. Delivered(?) (DU) — AN — water (A) 5. Yoke(?) (ŠUDUN) — RI 6. Yoke(?) (ŠUDUN) — dagger (GIR2) 7. ... — water (A) — NI 8. Fire(?) (NE) — day (U4) — RA 9. NI — RA 10. ŠE3 — BU 11. Day (U4) — builder/mason (ŠIDIM) — foot(?) (GIR3, damaged) 12. To carry(?) (IL) — left(-hand)(?) (GUB3) — ... 13. ... — (an archaic sign of unidentified value) — dog(?) (UR) — NI — to sit(?) (DUR2) 14. Mixed…

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nisaba 25, 01

(obverse) [1?] ... field(?) (GAN2) [1?] Sud-ur(?) 1 — U-ma 1 — Šul-šul 1 — ... [...] 1 — Šul-la 1 — a woman, ... (SAL + illegible sign) (remainder broken; reverse uninscribed/eroded)

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nisaba 25, 02

(obverse) [1] female kid — X-me-en (name partly illegible) [1] nanny goat — Zur-zur ... ... [...] (line too damaged to read) 1 (male) kid — En-kulaba-si 1 female kid — Nanna-mud 1 female kid — Igi-gigi 2 (male) kids — [...] (recipient's name lost in break)

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nisaba 25, 05

(obverse) 1. NI NI — ... (two NI signs; perhaps 'oil'?) ... 2. MA NI AN NA — a container(?) ... AN ... (reading of the sign cluster uncertain) 3. NA NI — ... 4. NA NI — ... 5. NI ŠEŠ — ... brother(?) ... 6. (one illegible sign) 7. Tablet [...] 8. Tablet ... (DUB NE) 9. AK NIM GI₄ — ... performed(?) ... returned(?) ... 10. (illegible sign) SI — ... horn(?)/SI ... (Break) 11. Mother(?) (AMA) [...] 12. Addition(?) (DAH) [...] 13. Addition(?) (DAH) ... tablet ... syrup/honey (LAL₃) (reverse: uninscribed / broken away)

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nisaba 25, 10

(obverse) [...] SAR [...] UR(?)-A [Pa]-bilga(?) [...] SI-A(?) [Amar(?)]-e-gibil 1 [...] 1 ... SI(?) [1(?)] the governor (ensi) (remainder, including reverse, uninscribed or effaced)

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nisaba 25, 13

(Beginning broken) 1 — beer(?) 1 — beer(?) 1 — ... multicolored(?) ... 2 — ME, NAGA(?) (Break) ... KU(?), work-troop(?), KI 1 — [...] 2 — é-ak ("of the house"?) (Break) 2 — [...] barley 1 — ... 2 — ... (Remainder lost)

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nisaba 25, 18

... calves. 1 sheep — Amar-egal ('Calf-of-the-palace'). [...] sheep — Nanna-duggen. 1 kid goat — Ama-e-si. 1 sheep (and) nanny-goat — ...-gi (name partly unreadable).

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nisaba 25, 23

1 — Šešib-du (ŠEŠ+IB-du10) 1 — Ur-ge (Ur-ge6, "dog/man of the night") 1 — Amar-ME-TE 1 — Amar-Niraḫ ("calf of the snake-god Niraḫ") 1 — Ama-ulgal [1 — Munus?]-alan 1 — Pabilga 1 — Bil-mesi 1 — Ama-GAsi (ama-GA2-si) (remainder broken)

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

Nisaba 25, 28

Obverse: 2 (units) — young animal(s) of Nirah(?), first quality(?) 1 (unit) — ... (two illegible signs) ... egg(?) 1 (unit) — MU [...] 2 (units) — Dilmun 2 (units) — [...] ... AN ... (unidentified archaic sign)

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