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~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 210

(obverse, upper fragment) [...] , [...] M314 M338~b [...] , [...] [...] (traces) , 1(N01) M370 M072 , 1(N01) (traces) [...] , [...] (traces) M242~ab(?) , 1(N01) M461~q M371 , 1(N01)(?) [...] , 1(N01) M124 M115~a M314 [...] , [...] [...] M371(?) , 1(N01)(?) M175 [...] , [...] [...] M263 M218 , [...] [...] , [...] (The remainder of the surface, including the lower fragment, is abraded and carries no legible signs.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 218

Obverse 1. [...] M010~2 — 1 (N01) 2. [...] M099 [...] — [amount broken] 3. [...] — 1 (N39B) 4. M124, M009, M338~b, M010~2 — 1 (N39B) 5. M002 — 1 (N39B), 2 (N30C) 6. [...] M377, M099, M096, M010~2 — 1 (N24) 7. M124, M218, M295, [...] — [amount broken] 8. [...] — 1 (N01) 9. M206~d — [amount broken] (Reverse uninscribed / surface destroyed; edges bear no legible signs)

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~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 219

(Obverse) 1. [...] 2. M263(?) M387~ef M066 M288 — 4(N39B) 3. M219 M371~a — 1(N24) [...] 4. [...] (traces) M011 M288 — 1(N39B) 2(N30C) 5. M356 M246~s [...] — [...] 6. [...] — 1(N39B@c) 7. M379 — 2(N30C) 8. M504 — 1(N34)(?) [...] 9. M288 — 1(N01) 3(N39B) 1(N24) 2(N30C) 10. (one illegible sign) (No further inscribed text is preserved; the reverse carries only impressed numerical marks along the left margin and is otherwise blank or broken.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 221

Obverse 1. M124 M380~b M329(?) M102~da(?) [ ... ] — [quantity lost] 2. [ ... ] M263 — 1(N01) 3. M387~ef M036 — 1(N39B) 1(N30C@b) [ ... ] 4. M002 — 1(N30C) 5. M370 M288 — 2(N30C) 6. [ ... ] — 1(N30C) 7. M002 — 1(N30C) 8. [ ... ] — 1(N30C) (The signs M124, M380~b, M329, M102~da, M263, M387~ef, M036, M002, M370 and M288 are undeciphered proto-Elamite sign-forms; no phonetic or semantic reading can be given. The numerals belong to the proto-Elamite capacity system: N01, N39B, N30C and its variant N30C@b. Several lines are broken away at the left and right; further entries are lost.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 222

Obverse 1. [ … ] M009(?) — 1 (unit) 2. M009(?) — 1 (unit) 3. M309~a(?) — 4 (units) 4. |M348+M288| (damaged) — 1 (unit) 5. M110~c — 1 (unit) 6. M309 — 1 (unit) 7. M009(?) — 9 (units) 8. M009(?) — 1 (unit) 9. M309~a(?) — 1 (ten) 1 (unit) [= 11] 10. [ … ] — 2 (units) (No further text is legible; the remaining surface is eroded or broken away.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 225

Obverse [...] — 1 (unit) [...] M297 — 1 (unit) M218, M223, M218(?) — [...] [...] — 2 (units) |M218~d + M288|, M218 — 1 (unit) M254~a, M372, [...], M206~d — [...] (The remainder of the surface is blank or effaced; the reverse preserves only traces of signs along the left portion, with no legible entries.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 228

Obverse 1. M305[#?] — (heading sign, no numeral) 2. M387, M124, M081, |M036+1(N39C)| : 1(N24) 1(N30C@b) 3. M387~eg, M036 : 1(N39B) 4. M062 : 1(N30D) 5. M288 : 1(N39B) 1(N24) 1(N30D) 1(N30C@b) 6. (total:) 1(N34) Reverse: uninscribed/effaced apart from faint traces at the upper edge; no readable signs. (Rendered in commodity terms: a heading sign M305, damaged; then three entries — the first of a commodity written M387 with the classifiers M124 and M081 plus a M036-sign bearing an inset numeral 1(N39C), reckoned at 1(N24) and 1(N30C@b); the second of M387~eg with M036, reckoned at 1(N39B); the…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 229

Obverse 1. [...] |M106~2+M288| M256~b M041~d M288 — 5(N14) [= 50] 2. [...] — 2(N14) [= 20] 3. M038~e M295~e M288 — 3(N01) [= 3] 4. M288 — 7(N14) [= 70] 5. M295~ee M288 — 3(N01) [= 3] (The signs themselves are proto-Elamite and remain undeciphered; only the numerals can be read with confidence. N14 is the large round impression of the decimal-type system, N01 the small round/wedge unit. Line 1 and line 2 each begin in a break.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 230

(obverse) [...] M332~c(?) M249~n1(?) [...] , [...] [...] , 2 (units, N01) M115~a M281~f M377~e M223 , 1 (unit, N01) [...] M218 , 1 (unit, N01) M032 M371 , 1 (unit, N01) [...] , 6 (units, N01) (No further inscribed text is preserved; the remainder of the surface, including the reverse, is uninscribed or effaced.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 235

obverse 1. [...] |M305+M288| M388 [...] — [broken] 2. [...] M297 M066 M348 — 3 (N₀₁) 3. M066 [...] — [broken] 4. [...] — 2 (N₀₁) 5. M048~k M080~c M297 M066 M348 — [broken] 6. [...] — 3 (N₀₁) (Left, right, top and bottom edges: no inscribed signs preserved; the edges carry only impressions and surface damage.) reverse (Uninscribed; the surface bears only the modern museum markings "235" and "Sb 22401".)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 237

(obverse) […] M228 — 1 (unit) |M036 + 1(N30D)| — 2 (units) […] — 6 (units) |M036 + 1(N30D)| — 6 (units) […] M101 M101 […] M097~h(?) M175 […] — [number lost] […] — 1 (unit) […] M371(?) |M036 + 1(N30D)| — 5 (units) (No further inscribed text is preserved; the remaining surfaces and edges are broken or blank.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 239

Obverse 1. [...] — 4(N14) 2. [...] M288 — 2(N14) 3. M356 ... M036, M312 ... — 1(N14) 2(N1) 4. [...] ... M288 — 2(N1) 2(N30C) 5. M217, M124, M288 — 2(N14) 1(N1) 6. M288 — 1(N1) 1(N29B) [...] 7. [...] — [...] (The remainder of the obverse is broken away; the reverse, so far as it is preserved, carries no legible signs.) (Modern museum inventory painted on the edge: Sb 6373)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 240

Obverse 1. [...] ... |M377~e+M377~e| M388 M242~n M295~yb(?) M073(?) [...] — [quantity lost] 2. [...] — 3(N01) 3. M254~a M372 — 1(N14) [= 10 units] 4. M032 M387 M218 M288(?) — 1(N01) 5. M206~d M288 — 2(N01)(?) 6. [...] M253(?) M301 |M296+M296| — 3(N01)(?) 7. M146(?) M372 M288 — 1(N14) 2(N01) [= 12 units] 8. M387 M037~a [...] — [quantity lost] 9. [...] ... M009 M371 — 2(N39B) 10. M263~a M387~ef M288 — 1(N01) 11. M124(?) M218(?) M259 M371 M223~d — 1(N01) 12. [...] — 3(N01) 2(N39B) Reverse: uninscribed (blank surface; modern museum markings only).

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 243

(obverse) […] … — 2(N39B) M386 M263 — […] […] … M066 — […] […] M263~a(?) |M036+1(N30D)|(?) — […] […] — 1(N24)(?) 1(N30C)(?) M263 — 1(N01) 1(N24) M175 M136~c — 1(N39B) … … M380 |M218+M288| M263 — 1(N01) M248~a M259 M036 — 1(N24) 2(N30C@b) |M036+1(N30D)|(?) — n 1(N39B) 1(N30C) […] — 2(N39B) 1(N30C) 1(N30D) 1(N39B@b) […] (reverse: uncorrected — no signs preserved; modern museum markings only)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 246

Obverse 1. M157(?) M054, (broken sign) — 1(N14) 2. M218(?) — 1(N01)(?) 3. M096 — 2(N01) 1(N24) 4. M218 — 1(N01) 5. M066 M352~n(?) — [ ... ] 6. M218 — 1(N01) 7. M058 M297 M066 — 1(N01) 8. (broken sign) M223~b M218 — 1(N01) 9. M099 M371 — 1(N01) 10. M352~n M301 M057~a — 1(N01) 11. M057 M058 M057 — 2(N01) 12. [ ... ] — [ ... ] 13. M288(?) M242~d M097~h(?) — 1(N01)(?) (Reverse: surface preserved but effectively uninscribed/erased; no legible signs.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 247

(obverse) […] , 1 (unit) M387 , [ … ] […] , 10 + 9 (units) = 19 M305 , 2 (units) M376 , [ … ] […] , 3 (units) M004 M058 M057~a M346 , 20 (units) […] … M320(?) , 1 (unit) M346 , 10 + 5 (units) = 15 […] M066 M346 , 20 (units) … , [ … ] […] , 4 (units) … … M388 , 1 (unit) […] , 10 + 4 (units) = 14 […] , (number lost)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 248

obverse […] …, 3 (N01) M146 … M101(?), 5 (N01) M207, M057(?) […], […] […] M228~d, M329, M101, 3 (N01) M259(?), M219(?), M101(?), 3 (N01) […], 1 (N23) 5 (N14) M146, M371, M367(?), 1 (N23) 5 (N14) M301, M218, M329(?) …, 1 (N01)(?) […] […], 1 (N23) … M390, M218(?), M367(?), 1 (N23) 5 (N14) … […] M371(?), 1 (N23) 3 (N14) […] … M097~h(?), M218, M367(?), 1 (N23) 3 (N14) M308~e […], […] […] M367, 1 (N14) M057, |M218+X|, M367, 1 (N23) 5 (N14) (reverse uninscribed / not preserved)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 249

(obverse, upper portion broken) [...] [...] — 2 (N39B) M244, [...] — [broken] [...] M010~2 — 1 (N14) M388(?) M262 M259 M218 — 1 (N30C) [...] M096 — 1 (N39B) M048~d M288 — 1 (N24) 1 (N30C) M057~b1 — [broken] [...] M218 M288 — 1 (N30C) M024 M024 M288 — 1 (N30C) [...] M371 M288 — 1 (N30C) M386~a M288 — 1 (N24) M155 — [broken] [...] — [broken] (The remainder of the tablet, including the lower obverse and the reverse, is broken away or too damaged to read.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 252

(Line 1) [...] — (Line 2) [...] M124, M298~a, M379~d : 2(N01) (Line 3) [...] : [...] 1(N01)(?), 1(N39B), 1(N24) (Line 4) M218~g : 1(N01) (Line 5) M379~d, |M036+M343~e|(?), M218~g : 5(N01) (No further inscribed text is preserved; the surviving reverse and edges carry only impressed numerical strokes and modern museum markings.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 255

(obverse) […] — (entry heading lost) […] M024 M264~a — 1 (unit, N01) […] M263~a(?) — 1 (unit, N01) […] M260 — 1 (unit, N01) |M036 + 10 (N14)| — 5 (units, N01) M111 M388 […] — [amount lost] […] — 5 (units, N01) […] — 2 (N39B) 1 (N24) 2 (N30C) (reverse: uninscribed)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 256

Obverse 1. [...] ... M388 M057~a M029~b M288 — 2 (N01) 2. M346 — [amount broken] 3. [...] M057(?) — 2 (N01) 4. M346 — 1 (N01) 5. M218 M323~c M066 — [amount broken] 6. [...] — 1 (N01) 7. M009 M073(?) — 3 (N01) 8. M346 — [amount broken] (Larger amounts, probably the totalling section) 9. M288(?) — 3 (N14) 2 (N01) [i.e. three tens and two units] 10. M346 — 1 (N14) [i.e. one ten] (Sign values are conventional catalogue designations; Proto-Elamite remains undeciphered, so the commodity words themselves cannot be put into English.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 257

Obverse 1. [...] M250~m, M058~b, M057 — 1(N01) 2. [...] M254~a, M262, M024, |M218~d+M288|, M066 — 1(N01) 3. [...] — 1(N01) 4. [...] M259, M218 — 1(N01) 5. [...] M372 — 1(N01) 6. [...] M388 — 1(N14) [= 10 units] Reverse 7. M254~a, M262, M024, [...] — [number lost] (The rest of both surfaces is broken away; the left, right, top and bottom edges preserve no legible signs.) Note: the script is Proto-Elamite and remains undeciphered. Sign names are given in their conventional catalogue designations (M-numbers); only the numerals can be read with confidence — a series of single units (1 N01 each)…

~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

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.)

~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.)

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