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~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 3, 05

1(N34) [large unit], date-palms (SZEN~c@t) [qualifier:] MUSZ3~a ME~a 3(N14) [smaller units], date-palms (SZEN~c@t) [commodity:] GISZIMMAR~b1 (date-palm[s]) [place/institution:] ZABALAM~a [...] [...] [...] [official/heading:] EN~a, KASKAL (road-rations?), U4 (day/date?), AB2 [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 3, 08

[...] , [...] 2(N14) , DUG~a [vessel/jar] 4(N03) 1(N40) , SI4~f NAMESZDA SAR~a 3(N03) , 1(N03) 1(N40) , 2(N03) , SAL HI KA~a 2(N03) 1(N40) , MUD NUN~a [...]

Economy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 3, 14

1(N40) 1(N24~a) — UR2, GISZ 2(N40) 1(N24~a) — male workers, storehouse 4(N40) — MUSZ3~a (snake/winding sign), female, precious/silver 2(N40) 1(N24~a) — SZUBUR, [house + 1(N57)@t] 3(N40) 1(N24~a) — AN, BA (disbursed/allotted) 3(N03) — MUD, AN, TE 3(N03) — HI (mixed?), KA~a 3(N03) — NIR~a# [...] 4(N03) — [...] 3(N40) — SZU, BU~a 2(N03) 2(N40) — HI (mixed?), KA~a [...] — GU7 (rations consumed/disbursed) 3(N18) 4(N40) — GU7 (rations consumed/disbursed) [...] — SAGSZU (head-count / total persons)

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 3, 15

1(N18) — EN~a AN RU 5(N03) — fish (KU6~a) [3(N57)] MUD TE 4(N03) — bird (MUSZEN) junior (TUR) fish (KU6~a) BU~a 3(N03) — SIG storehouse (E2~a) DU DA~a 3(N03) — NIR~a MUD 3(N57) TE — [consumed / ration disbursed] (GU7) 3(N18) 3(N03) — consumed / ration disbursed (GU7) — SAGSZU

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 3, 17

1(N03) [commodity/sign lost], SUKKAL, PAP~a, GI 1(N03) [storehouse?] SZUBUR 3(N03) EN~a RU [...] [...] GU7 1(N18) 1(N03) [...] [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 3, 19

[...] 2(N14)# [...] , [...] [...] 2(N01)# 2(N39~a) , USZ~a |1(N57).SZUBUR| 5(N14)# , NAMESZDA TUR MUSZEN BU~a# TUR# [...] 3(N14)# [...] , [...] 4(N14)# 2(N01)# [...] , LAM~b# X 1(N14) , HAL ME~a SUKKAL 1(N14) , PAP~a BAHAR2~b , [...] GU7 3(N34)# 1(N01) 1(N39~a) , SZE~a [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 3, 22

[...] 1(N01), [...] female(?) X [...] 1(N01) 2(N39~a) 1(N24), NIN cattle-pen [...] 3(N14) 2(N39~a), NUN~a 6(N57) person/head [...] 2(N14) 2(N01), PA~a |1(N58).BAD~a| [...] 1(N24), TE NUN~a [...] [...] 1(N24), [...] [...] 1(N01) 1(N39~a) 1(N24), AZ 1(N01) 1(N39~a) 1(N24), KALAM~b elder/supervisor PA~a , [ration] disbursed [...] 2(N45) 5(N14) 1(N01) 1(N24), [ration] disbursed 8(N14) 2(N01) 4(N39~a) 1(N24), BA [...] [...], [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 3, 24

1(N45) 6(N14) — PAP~a, [official of] SZU/|GISZxSZU2~a| 1(N45) 1(N14) 3(N01) — herald, [festival/place sign] |EZEN~a+KI| 1(N45) 1(N14) 3(N01) — herald, EN BIR3~a 1(N45) — GI6, BU~b, NI~a [night/oil/fat commodity?] 6(N14) — herald, SZITA~a1, DU6~a 1(N45) — herald, BA [disbursed] 5(N14) — E2~b, DU [house/storehouse, delivered/brought] 3(N34) 1(N14) — EN~a, SZIM~a [lord/official, aromatic/spice] 1(N34) — MAR~a, APIN~a [vessel/plow or plow-team] — GU7 [consumed/ration] 6(N34) 1(N45) 1(N14) — GU7 [total consumed/ration disbursed] 4(N34) 2(N45) 2(N14) 3(N01) 3(N39~a) — GI, GAN2 [reeds, field] 1(N48)…

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 3, 30

1(N57) ZAG~a, E2~a, UBI~c 1(N05) PAP~a, NAM2, E2~a 1(N01) SI, ZATU786, |GI&GI|#, SZA3~a1 1(N01) NA~a, NE~a, SZEN~c@t, BU~a 1(N01) AB~a, SIG2~d2?, URI, E2~a 1(N01) |GI&GI|, SZA3~a1, E2~a, KID~b, KID~b, EN~a, UR4~b, TI 1(N01) DA~a, |DUG~bxDIN|, AB2 1(N01) MASZ2, E2~a, AB~a, KI

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 3, 31

4 [units], SZUBUR — not (counted / absent) 4 [units], KAB — BU~a 1 [large unit], SI — AB~b 1 [large unit] 2 [units], NE~a — SZITA~a3 — PAP~a — 3(N57) 2 [units], NIMGIR — ZATU703 2 [units], BU~a — NUN~a — DU — DA~a 1 [large unit] 2 [units], KALAM~b — PA~a 4 [units], ZI~a — A 4 [units], GISZ(?) — [X] — PIRIG~b1(?) — BU~a 2 [units], 3(N57) — [...] 2 [units], NE~a — PAP~a(?) — [...] 2 [units], DA~a — [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 3, 34

1(N45)# 5(N14)# , DU E2~b GI , [...] 3(N34)# 2(N45)# 1(N14)# [...] , [...] 2(N34)# 2(N45)# 3(N14)# [...] , SZAM2# BA# [...] 1(N34)# 2(N45)# 3(N14)# [...] 1(N01)# , DU# E2~b# [...] 1(N34)# [...] , [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 3, 35

2 [units], AN, MUSZ3~a 1 [unit], |NUN~a+EN~a| 4(N39~a) 1(N24) [units], NAM2 KAB 1 [unit], GAL~a [...] HI mixed, [date?] UDU~a [from/in] E2~a GU 1 [unit], [X] [X]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 3, 43

2(N01@f) , |NINDA2xU4| 5(N01@f) , KA2~b 1(N51) , U4 KU6~a 2(N01@f) , SUHUR [...] NE~a SZITA~a3 X PAP~a [...] [...] |LAGAB~axPA~a|? E2~a GU

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 3, 44

5(N14) , SAG [...] 2(N19) , EN~a GA2~a1 ME~a [X] 2(N14) , PA~a [...] 1(N14) , [...] 1(N14) , NE~a PAP~a 4(N04) , |GISZ.TE| EN~a [...] [...] , [...] KINGAL [...] , [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 3, 45

2(N39~a) 1(N24) , LA2? SA~a 2(N39~a) 1(N24) , MUD BULUG3 2(N39~a) 1(N24) , 3(N57) NANNA~a BULUG3 2(N39~a) 1(N24) , MUSZEN NUNUZ~a1 [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 3, 46

[...] 1(N14)# [...] , NAMESZDA# [...] 2(N45) 2(N14) [...] , barley [...] [...] 3(N39~a)# , [...] [...] 1(N39~a)#? [...] , [...] , [...] [...] , [...] MUSZ3~a# [...] , consumed/ration disbursed , [...] BAR [portion/disbursement]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 3, 48

[...] 1(N24), KALAM~b [...] PA~a [...] 1(N39~a), [...] NAGA~a [...], [...] SAL [...], GU7 1(N01), [X] SAL , SZE~a GU7 [...] 1(N14) 1(N01) 1(N39~a) 1(N24), [...] GU7

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 3, 49

1(N34) 3(N14) [units], BA KI 1(N45) [units], KALAM~b BULUG3 PA~a 7(N14) 3(N01) [units], BULUG3 SZURUPPAK~b 1(N45) [units], MUSZEN SZE~a [...], SI4~f NI~a SA~c 2(N34) 3(N01) [units], SZE~a KINGAL

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 3, 57

[...] , [...] X 4(N39~a) 1(N24) , DUG~a 1(N57) |3(N57).AMAR|[?] 2(N01) , RU A GI [...] , [...] X MUSZ3~a 3(N39~a) 1(N28) , KASZ~b X 1(N14) 1(N01) 2(N39~a) 1(N24)[?] 1(N28)[?] [...] , SZE~a [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 3, 58

2(N34) [= 2 × 60 = 120 units], barley — EN [lord/institutional head] — DU — KI 1(N34) 2(N45) 4(N14) [= 1×600 + 2×120 + 4×10 = ~880 units], NI~a — SA~c 3(N14) [= 30 units], BU~a — TUR — MUŠEN [bird/fowl] 5(N14) 5(N01) [= 55 units], |DAR~a×A|? 7(N14) 3(N01) [= 73 units], barley — 1(N04) barley — SANGA [temple administrator] — KU~b2 — ŠIM~a [aromatics/spice] [blank/separator cell], BA — SI4~f [disbursement/reddish commodity] 4(N34) 9(N14) 5(N01) [= 4×60 + 9×10 + 5 = ~335 units], barley — BA — SI4~f [total: barley disbursement, reddish commodity]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 3, 62

2(N45) 7(N14) 1(N01) 1(N39~a) , GAL~a TE [Count: large quantity] — 'large' [category], TE 1(N45) 2(N14) , AB~a TE [Count: medium quantity] — cattle-stall/AB category, TE 1(N45)# 2(N14)# , TE# |ZATU651×EN~a|# [Count: medium quantity] — TE, [complex sign ZATU651×EN] , SI4~f BA NI~a SA~c — [red/dark quality?] disbursed, NI~a [oil/fat?], SA~c , KU~b1# SZIM~a# — fish/food commodity, aromatic plant/spice

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 3, 63

1(N34) 3(N14) [units], GAL~a TE 1(N34) 2(N45) 4(N14) [units], GAL~a SA~c 7(N14) [units], EN~c SAL 8(N14) 1(N01) [units], ZAG~a E2~b 7(N14) [units], KINGAL 5(N14) [units], KINGAL 3(N14) [units], GAL~a TE 5(N01) [units], GAL~a SA~c 3(N34) 2(N45) 8(N14) [units] — barley, [processed/dried?], aromatic/spice commodity, [reddish/dark type?], [oil/fat?], SA~c

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 3, 64

1(N34) 2(N45) 4(N14) — KINGAL 8(N14) 1(N01) — ZAG~a BARA3 7(N14) — EN~c SAL 1(N34) 3(N14) — GAL~a TE SI4~f BA NI~a SA~c 3(N34) 1(N45) 2(N14) 1(N01) — barley, KU~b2, SZIM~a, SI4~f BA NI~a SA~c

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 3, 68

2(N14) — PAP~a, NAM2, ERIM~a [blank/empty] — GU7 [blank/empty] — NIN, TUR3~a 8(N14) — barley (SZE~a) 4(N19) — 1(N45) 2(N14) — barley (SZE~a), large (GAL~a), sanga-administrator, [junior] sanga-administrator, TUR3~a, NIN, NUN~a — consumed/rations disbursed (GU7)

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 3, 69

[...] 5, cattle (GU4) [...] 4, [category: KISZ] [...] , [...] [...] , [...] vessel/jar (DUG~a[?]) [...] , [...] ZAG~a [...] 5 (large unit N14), [...] [...] , [...] [...] SI AN[?] large (GAL~a) |1(N58).BAD~a|

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 3, 73

1(N14) [units], barley — junior storehouse — NIN 2(N14) [units], barley — SI TUN3 — 3(N57) [units of] timber(?) — storehouse 6(N19) [units], storehouse — junior — NIN 2(N04) [units], URI3 — chief carpenter — great SANGA — SANGA [...], NIN — carpenter(?) — junior 1(N19) 3(N41) [units], elder/supervisor — SANGA 2(N04) 1(N41) [units], A RU ZI 2(N04) 1(N41) [units], SZU2 — SZITA 1(N04) [unit], DA — [ZATU694 commodity] — BU — city — overseer 1(N19) [units], 3(N57) [units of] timber(?) — storehouse — SI TUN3 [...], SI4 — AZ — consumed/disbursed [...], SI4 — AZ — [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 3, 74

1(N14)# [...] , [...] X 6(N14) , GU NA~a GAL~a SANGA~a SANGA~a [...] , IB~a PAP~a [...] 2(N45) 5(N14) , SZE~a [...] , [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 3, 76

[...] , [...] X 2(N14) , EN~a SZAGAN SZE~a SI , KALAM~b [...] , [...] , BAR[?] [...] , GAL~a SANGA~a SANGA~a [...] 6(N14) , KALAM~b SZE~a GU7 BAR , GAL~a SANGA~a SANGA~a [...] , [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 3, 80

1(N14) 3(N01) , [X] 1(N14) 1(N01) [...] , [...] 1(N14)# [...] , [...] 1(N14) [...] , MEN~a [...] [...] , [...] NI~a SA~c# , SAR~a KI ME~a [...] , [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 093

[Quantity: 6(N14) (break) 2(N01) 2(N39~a) 1(N24) 1(N30~a)] — barley [Quantity: 4(N19) 4(N41) 1(N24~b)] — purchase/exchange; distribution; NAGA — administrator; administrator; great — lord; place; reed

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 123

[...] | [...] 1(N30~c) | ABGAL — one [large unit]: sage / senior official 1(N24) | DUB~a E2~a — one [unit]: storehouse record(s) [...] 1(N30~c) | [commodity lost] 1(N01) | |DUG~b×HI| — one: mixed-[content] vessel 1(N30~c) | 2(N57)# SAL KU3~a — one [large unit]: [2?] female precious-metal [workers / silver items] 1(N24) | |HI×1(N57)| — one [unit]: [compound commodity, meaning uncertain] 1(N39~a) | TI@t GUG2 — one [medium unit]: TI-type grain product 1(N30~c) | PIRIG~b1 — one [large unit]: lion [product / designation] 1(N30~a) | [...] — one [unit]: [commodity lost] [...] 1(N05) 2(N42~a) 1(N30~a)…

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CUSAS 01, 125

[...] — storehouse [...] — [damaged sign]; [compound] storehouse [with large N57 measure] 5 — large [mixed-]measure storehouse 6 — [mixed-]measure [units] 1 — jar of beer 1[?] — [...] 1 — [BULUG3 category] at [the] mound 1 — Tigris [area]; supervisor [...] — [...] [...] — [...]

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MSVO 4, 60

2(N14): musicians (NAR) — [barley] 1(N14): barley — lord (EN~a), A 1(N14): barley — musicians (NAR) [quantity lost]: [barley] — supervisor (PAP~a) [1]: she-goat (UD5~a) 2: overseer/category (PA~a) [1]: [ZATU710, unidentified sign] — reed (GI) [3]: [SZU?] — female (SAL), supervisor (PAP~a) [2]: cow (AB2) — [returned / replacement (GI4~a)] 1: bull (GU4@g) — [BAR: disbursement / ration-portion] 1: supervisor (PAP~a) — [barley] [1(N14)] [5]: [barley] — total / in hand (SZU)

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

BSOAS 62, 116

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — BSOAS 62, 116. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

CDLN 2015/004

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CDLN 2015/004. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

CUSAS 01, 008

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 008. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

CUSAS 01, 013

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 013. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

CUSAS 01, 022

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 022. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

CUSAS 01, 023

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 023. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

CUSAS 01, 024

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 024. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

CUSAS 01, 027

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 027. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

CUSAS 01, 028

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 028. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

CUSAS 01, 029

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 029. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

CUSAS 01, 032

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 032. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

CUSAS 01, 035

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 035. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

CUSAS 01, 038

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 038. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

CUSAS 01, 041

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 041. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

CUSAS 01, 042

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 042. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

CUSAS 01, 043

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 043. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

CUSAS 01, 048

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 048. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

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