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~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

MSVO 1, 152

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — MSVO 1, 152. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

MSVO 1, 197

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — MSVO 1, 197. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

MSVO 1, 213

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — MSVO 1, 213. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

MSVO 1, 215

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — MSVO 1, 215. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

MSVO 1, 222

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — MSVO 1, 222. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

MSVO 1, 243

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — MSVO 1, 243. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

MSVO 3, 13

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — MSVO 3, 13. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

MSVO 3, 16

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — MSVO 3, 16. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

MSVO 3, 18

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — MSVO 3, 18. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

MSVO 3, 21

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — MSVO 3, 21. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

MSVO 3, 40

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — MSVO 3, 40. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

MSVO 3, 41

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — MSVO 3, 41. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

MSVO 3, 60

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — MSVO 3, 60. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

MSVO 3, 67

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — MSVO 3, 67. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

MSVO 3, 72

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — MSVO 3, 72. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

MSVO 3, 75

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — MSVO 3, 75. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

MSVO 3, 81

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — MSVO 3, 81. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

Jemdet Nasr tablet AN1926.602

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Tablet with cuneiform administrative text, Jemdet Nasr, ca 3100-3000 BC. Ashmolean Museum AN1926.602 https://collections.ashmolean.org/object/741775

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

CUSAS 01, 031

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 031. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

CUSAS 01, 033

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 033. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

CUSAS 01, 067

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 067. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

CUSAS 01, 091

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 091. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

CUSAS 01, 124

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 124. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

CUSAS 01, 170

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 170. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

CUSAS 01, 171

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 171. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

CUSAS 01, 204

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 204. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

CUSAS 01, 205

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 205. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

CUSAS 21, 067

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) ?) — CUSAS 21, 067. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

MSVO 4, 61

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — MSVO 4, 61. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

MSVO 4, 73

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — MSVO 4, 73. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

CDLI Seals 006583 (physical)

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CDLI Seals 006583 (physical). No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

CDLI Seals 006603 (physical)

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CDLI Seals 006603 (physical). No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CahDAFI 8, 95 16

[...] [Sign M377] [Sign M251] x x , [...] [...] , 1(N39B) [Sign M146] x 1(N14) 2(N01) [Sign M387] [Sign M240] [Sign M096] , 1(N14) 3(N01) x x [Sign M218] [Sign M177~a] , 3(N01) x , [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 06, 201

M157 [sign/commodity label] — M319 + M032: 17 [units] M321~j: 1 [unit] M321: 2 [units] M005: 4 [units] M376: 1 (large unit) + 3 (standard units) + 1 (fractional unit) M310(?) + M376: 1 (large unit) + 9 [units] M149~a: 9 [units] M381(?) + M149~a: 2 [units] M218 + M039~b(?): [quantity lost or unrecorded]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 06, 202

|M175+M288| , |M305+M111~c| M264~a , 3(N01) M263~b# [...] , [...] |M002+M379| , 3(N39B) 2(N30C) |M305+M324~c| M264~a# , 2(N01) M263~b , 2(N01) M297~b , 2(N39B) 2(N30C) M054#? M264~a , 2(N01) M297 , 1(N39B) [... M297] , [n] 1(N24) 1(N30C) 1(N34)#

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 06, 203

M157 [header/classifier] M302~t? M387 M009 M264~a1 , 2(N01) M297 , 2(N39B) M340 M372 M263~b , 1(N01) M354# , 5(N01) M153 M388 M260~a , 1(N01) M354 , 2(N01) M387~c M388 , 1(N14) 8(N01) [= 18 units] M266~b? , 1(N14) 8(N01) [= 18 units] |M036+1(N14)| , 1(N14) 8(N01) [= 18 units] [x] M388 M228~b |M296+M296| M057 M354 , 2(N01) M305 M388 M128~d# M128~d# M096# M354 , 5(N01) M387~ee M057~a? M354 , 5(N01) M288 , 1(N01) 3(N39B) 1(N24) Total: 1(N34) [= 1 large unit / summary total]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 06, 205

[Heading/label sign (M157)] [M381?] [M124] [M024~1] [M004] [M218] [M297] [commodity sign (M150~a)], 1 (unit) [M102~d] [M318~a3] [M371] [M297] [commodity sign (M150~a)], 1 (unit) [M218] [M259] [M371] [M223#] [commodity sign (M150~a)], 1 (unit) [M124] [M386~a] [M230] [M096] [commodity sign (M150~a)], 1 (unit) [M297] [commodity sign (M150~a)], 4 (units)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 06, 206

Line 1: [Sign M157 — commodity/institutional heading] Line 2: [M124] [M263~1] [M371, damaged] x , [...] Line 3: [...] [M024~1] [M033] [M371] , 1 (large unit of count) Line 4: [M218] [M295~y] [M218] [...] , [...] Line 5: [...] [|M106+M288|] [M066] , 1 (large unit of count) Line 6: [M009, damaged] [M102~d] [M004] x , [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 06, 207

[...] , 1(N14) 1(N01) M346 , 2(N01) [x] M371 , 4(N01)[?] M346 , [...] [...] M124[?] M246~ca M386~a M066 , 3(N01) M263~1 M387~ee M066~a , 5(N01) [x x] , 3(N01)[?] M346 , 1(N01) [...] [...] , 2(N14) [...] M005~a[?] M348 , [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 06, 208

[...] (signs M175, M218, M003~c), 2 (units) M376 [...] [...] M218 (x), 1 (unit) M218 M250~ba M386~a M240 M376, 1 (unit) M044 [...], [...] M240 (x) M376, 1 (unit) (x) |M218+M099| M240 M370 M376, 1 (large unit/N08A)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 06, 210

M157 , M124 M338 M009 M288 , 3(N01) [...] M320~f M320# , 2(N39B) 1(N24) M218 M175 , 2(N01) M387~ee [...] , [...] M124 M009 M139 M295~a , 2(N39B) 1(N24) [...] , [...] 1(N45)# 6(N14) 1(N24) |M218+M288|# M288 , 1(N45) 3(N14)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 06, 211

[Heading/rubric: M157] [M157+X]: [M036+1(N14)], 4 (units) [M260+1(N14)]: 1 (unit) [M157+M131] [M370?] x: 2 (units) [M351+1(N14)]: 1 (unit) [M036+1(N14)]: 9 (units) Total: 1 (higher-order unit = 10)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 06, 212

[Heading/rubric: M157~a] M343 M388 M004 |M218+M101| M371 M346 : 2(N14) 2(N01) [= 22 units] M139 M004 |M218+M101| M371 : 9(N01) [= 9 units] M352~c M346 : 1(N14) 8(N01) [= 18 units] M057~a1 M346 : 1(N14) 6(N01) [= 16 units] M346 : 6(N14) 5(N01) [= 65 units] M139

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 06, 217

|M218+M218| , M056~f M288 , 1(N14) 3(N01) |M054+M384~i+M054~i| M365 , 5(N01) M111~e , 4(N14) 1(N01) 3(N39B) M365 , 1(N14) 3(N01) M075~g , 1(N14) 3(N01) M387~l M348 , 1(N14) 3(N01) M056~f M288 , 1(N45) 1(N14)[?] 3(N39B)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 06, 220

M157 [heading/rubric sign — document type or commodity classifier] |M195+M038| |M218+M288| M288 , 1(N34) 9(N14) [= 1×600 + 9×10 = 690 units] |M195+M038|? |M218+M288| M288 , 1(N34) 1(N45) [= 1×600 + 1×120 = 720 units] |M195+M038|? |M218+M288| M288 , 2(N34) 3(N14) 3(N01) [= 2×600 + 3×10 + 3×1 = 1,233 units] M218 [commodity/category marker] M288 , 4(N34) 2(N45)? 2(N14) 3(N01) [= 4×600 + 2×120 + 2×10 + 3×1 = 2,663 units]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 06, 225

M157 [heading/rubric] M066~a × M346(?), 2 |M351+M346| M066~a M346, 1 M305 M388 ×, [...] [...], 1 M302~t(?) M346, 1 [...], [...] 1

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 06, 238

[Heading/rubric: M157] [Commodity: M195+M038~a] [with M249~n1] [M288], 4 × N14 [Commodity: M134~e], 3 × N14 [Commodity: M218+M218], 5 × N01 [Commodity: M158], 1 × N14 + 3 × N01 [Commodity: M180], 1 × N14 + 3 × N01 [Commodity: M075~b], 3 × N14 [+] 2 × N01 [M348] [M288], [5 × N14] + 5 × N01 [M288], 1 × N45 + 4 × N14 + 1 × N01 [M348] [M288], 5 × N14 + 5 × N01

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 06, 240

[Heading/rubric:] M157 [Entry 1:] M377 M124 M048~c M009 M371 M296~a [broken] [...] [Entry 2:] [...] M380~b M371 — 1 (large quantity unit) [Entry 3:] M347 M110 M371 — 1 (large quantity unit) [Entry 4:] M024~1 M035 M066[?] M263~1 M221~1 — 1 (large quantity unit) [Closing sign:] |M157~a+M131~a| (compound sign, possible document closure or total marker)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 06, 242

[Heading/rubric sign M157] [Commodity signs M195+M038~a, M153+M106~a] [Category M288], 1(N45) 2(N34) [...] [...] [Category M288], 1(N14) 4(N01) [Signs M066 M352~o M387~a M110 M380] [Category sign], [...] [...] [Commodity M218?] [Signs M223 M314 M096] [Category M288?], 1(N14) [...] [...] [Category M288?], 1(N14) [...] [...], 1(N45) 8(N14) 2(N01) [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 06, 243

[...] (sign M072), 1 M387, M066~1, M370, M072: 2 M365, M362, [broken sign], [...] [...] [broken sign]: 1 M370: 1 M371, M332~d, M218: 1 M250~n(?), M388, M387~c [...]: [...] [...] M066~2, M352~n, M096: 1 M139, M388, M387~l, M387~ca, M388, M057, M219(?) [...]: [...] [...] M357, M388, M099, [broken sign], M066, M386~a, M066(?): 1 M327, M388 [...]: [...]

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