Trudy Otdela Vostoka 3 p. 27ff.:2

~3100 BCE·Uruk Period·P005999

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The world it comes from

The birth of the city, the birth of writing.

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P006020 · ~2800 BCE

MS 1952/37

“(obverse, single column; sign-groups without numerals — an archaic text of uncertain genre, rendered sign by s…”

P006025 · ~3100 BCE

MS 2357

“Obverse 1: 1 (unit): SZUBUR SZA3~a 2: 7 (units): MASZ KUR~a ZATU773~a 3: 3 (units): EN~a IB~a PIRIG~b1 4: 1 (u…”

P006026 · ~3100 BCE

MS 2358

“Obverse, column i: 1. 1 (unit of grain): ŠU TUR PAP (personal name or designation) 2. 1: ŠE SI RU 3. 1: BU ŠE …”

P006037 · ~3100 BCE

MS 2396

“Obverse 1 (individual): KAŠ~c ŠE~a+ŠE~a 1 (individual): ZATU659 1 (individual): UNUG~a KI ZATU773~a 1 (individ…”

Transliteration

, KALAM~b EN~a
, PAP~a
, GU 3(N57)
, BAHAR2~b NA~a
, MUSZEN NA~a GI
, GI

Scholarly note

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).

Attribution

Image: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (P005999) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P005999..

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