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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…

Economy

Daily Life

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 188

1(N01) , NAM-ESZDA 1(N01) , NAM2 KAB[?] 1(N01) , NAM2 DI 1(N01) , NAM2 NAM2 1(N01) , NAM2 URU[?] 1(N01) , PA~a ŠE~a NAM2 1(N01) , NAM2 RAD~a 1(N01) , AB~a ME~a[?] 1(N01) , GAL~a X 1(N01)[?] , EN[?] [...] 1(N01)[?] , X [...] 1(N01)[?] , X [...] 1(N01)[?] , [...] 1(N01)[?] , [...] [N] 1(N14) , EN~a 2(N57) [E2 ...]

Writing & LiteratureDaily Life

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

Trudy Otdela Vostoka 3 p. 27ff.:2

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — Trudy Otdela Vostoka 3 p. 27ff.:2. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Religion & MythDaily Life

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 191

Writing & LiteratureDaily Life

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 034

1 unit — NAM2[...] 1 unit — GAL~a (great/large) SZAH2~a 1 unit — NAM2 APIN~a (plow [official]) 1 unit — GAL~a [...] 1 unit — GAL~a SZAB~a 1 unit — PA~a NAM2 [...] 1 unit — AB~a [...] 1 unit — GAL~a [...]

Writing & LiteratureDaily Life

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

MS 1952/37

1. [fish (KU6~a)] TU~b 2. NAM2 NAM2 3. NAM2(?) GIR2~b 4. DU AN A 5. SZUDUN(?) RI 6. SZUDUN(?) GIR2~b 7. [X] A NI~b 8. NE~a U4 RA 9. NI~b RA 10. SZE3 BU~a 11. U4 SZIDIM GIR3@g~b[?] 12. IL GUB3~c [X] 13. [X] ZATU726~a(?) UR~a(?) NI~b DUR2(?) 14. HI A[?]

Religion & MythDaily Life

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

Fs Krecher 330-332 01

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC) ?) — Fs Krecher 330-332 01. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & LiteratureDaily Life

~2800 BCE·Early DynasticEditorial

Fs Krecher 342-343 11

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC) ?) — Fs Krecher 342-343 11. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & LiteratureDaily Life

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CDLI Literary 006205, ex. 010

[...] she-goat(?) [LAK20] — [...] place(?) — not having [...] ... place GU [...] LUM — not having [...] servant/Subarian [...] MAR — not having [... ...] ... not(?) — [dairy/ghee?] [complex sign cluster] — not eggs/roe — fish — not LI TAR [...] ... [...] KU [... ...]

Religion & MythDaily Life

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 32, 002

Enuru, [... serpent(?),] dark — of the Abzu [...]; its tail rising, its nature — the mouth opened and opened. Its mouth-enclosure — matched, declared. The serpent bites; the great dragon bites. The spotted field — [pure-water ...] [laden-water ...] [...] ... The serpent — its mouth laden. Its tongue, the voice — very small, very small — filled. The serpent — mouth burdened — [the sun's mouth?] — may it not [harm ...] [harm ...]. The sanga-administrator Ur-Gibil, the scribe, [wrote it].

Religion & Myth

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 028

1 Ur-Ninmug, 1 Ur-Šer7-da — Adab: they are stationed there; may [it] be settled; asz11-lum, iritum — šu-[x]-DU-NI (plural).

Daily LifeEconomy

~2550 BCE·Early DynasticOur engine

CUSAS 35, 269

1 (person): Ur-E2, [son of] Lugalsisa, fisherman; 1 (person): Enlil-la, cupbearer; 1 (person): Du-du; Ur-lu2, farmer; 1 (person): Ur-Nin-[...], Ur-E2-Igi-Nim; An-ne-šum2; Be-li2-du10.

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

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 188

Trudy Otdela Vostoka 3 p. 27ff.:2

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 191

CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 034

MS 1952/37

Fs Krecher 330-332 01

Fs Krecher 342-343 11

CDLI Literary 006205, ex. 010

CUSAS 32, 002

CUSAS 35, 028

CUSAS 35, 269

CUSAS 17, 001

MRAH O.5015

RIME 1.15.add006.01, ex. 01

SF 014

CDLB 2006/002

CDLI Literary 000782, ex. 003

CDLI Literary 006205, ex. 001

CDLI Literary 006205, ex. 002

CUSAS 32, 001

CUSAS 32, 003

OSP 1, 001

OSP 1, 003

RIME 1.09.05.03, ex. add44

ROM 962.143.028

SF 018

SF 031

SF 036

SF 038

SF 039

SF 040

SF 045

SF 049*

SF 050

SF 050*

SF 051

SF 052

SF 053

SF 056

SF 078

OIM A33679

SF 055

SF 060

TSŠ 0271

Abzu-kidu 2

An(u)bu 3

Anonymous Nippur 02 (FAOS 05/2, AnNip 02)

Anonymous Nippur 04 (FAOS 05/2, AnNip 04)

Anonymous Nippur 05 (FAOS 05/2, AnNip 05)