MSVO 1, 012

~3100 BCE·Uruk Period·P005079

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P005081 · ~3100 BCE

MSVO 1, 014

“(Obverse) [...] , [...] 1(N01) [unit] , X X [...] (two undetermined signs) 3(N01) [units] , [...] 3(N01) [unit…”

P005076 · ~3100 BCE

MSVO 1, 009

“1. 2(N01), grain (SZE~a·SZE~a) — fish (KU6~a) — workers/men (ERIM~a) 2. [...] 1(N22) 2(N01), tablet/record(?) …”

P005075 · ~3100 BCE

MSVO 1, 008

“(Obverse) 1. [...], [...] 2. 1(N14) [...], [...] 3. 1(N14) [...], [...] SANGA~a (temple administrator) 4. [...…”

P005074 · ~3100 BCE

MSVO 1, 007

“1. 3(N14) 4(N01) 1(N39~a) — [broken sign] barley (ŠE~a) [...] 2. 3(N19) 4(N04) — reddish/processed commodity (…”

Transliteration

3(N14) , GAN2 SZE~a BU~a ZATU647 UB PA~a
, ISZ~a KISAL~b1
, X [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — MSVO 1, 012. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P005079) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P005079..

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