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~3300 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

Clay tablet, late Uruk period, 3300-3100 BCE. Proto-cuneiform signs, food issue list " rations" written by combining a human head and a bowl. Purchased via Christie's in 1989, with contribution from the British Museum Friends

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Clay tablet, late Uruk period, 3300-3100 BCE. Proto-cuneiform signs, food issue list " rations" written by combining a human head and a bowl (the triangular object…

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~3200 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

Proto-Cuneiform Account Tablet (VAT 15211)

An early example of administrative writing from Uruk. Its fragmentary numerical entries and commodity signs document record-keeping during the formative period of writing.

Writing & LiteratureEconomy

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 183

1. [1(N01)] : [......] (broken) 2. 1(N01) : [......] KAB 3. 1(N01) : NAM2 DI 4. 1(N01) : NAM2 NAM2 5. 1(N01) : [......] (broken) 6. 1(N01) : NAM2 PA RAD 7. 1(N01) : AB ME 8. 1(N01) : GAL, 1(N58).BAD (compound sign) 9. 1(N01) : EN [......] (broken) 10. 1(N01) : [......] (broken) 11. 1(N01) : [......] (broken) 12. 1(N01) : [......] (broken) 13. 41 (4(N14) 1(N01)) : X [......] (broken — closing total line)

Clay tablet, late Uruk period, 3300-3100 BCE. Proto-cuneiform signs, food issue list " rations" written by combining a human head and a bowl. Purchased via Christie's in 1989, with contribution from the British Museum Friends

Proto-Cuneiform Account Tablet (VAT 15211)

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 183

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 184

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 188

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 194

CDLI Lexical 000022, ex. 032

CDLI Lexical 000023, ex. 098

CDLI Lexical 000026, ex. 055

CDLI Lexical 000026, ex. 056

Kish Tablet

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 176

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 182

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 185

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 186

CDLI Lexical 000022, ex. 031

CDLI Lexical 000023, ex. 097

CDLI Lexical Archaic Unidentified, ex. 127

CDLI Lexical Archaic Unidentified, ex. 128

MS 2900/04

Trudy Otdela Vostoka 3 p. 27ff.:2

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 177

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 178

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 179

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 180

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 181

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 187

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 189

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 190

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 192

CDLI Lexical 000023, ex. 001

CDLI Lexical 000023, ex. 095

CDLI Lexical 000023, ex. 096

CDLI Lexical 000265, ex. 011

MSVO 1, 243

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 191

CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 034

MS 1952/37

CDLI Lexical 000013, ex. 023

CUSAS 17, 103

CUSAS 17, 104

CUSAS 17, 105

OIP 104, 002

Fs Krecher 330-332 01

Fs Krecher 342-343 11

CDLI Literary 006205, ex. 010

CUSAS 35, 028

MRAH O.5012

SF 002

SF 025