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~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 040

Obverse (entry 1) M105a (undeciphered sign) — 1(N34) 4(N14) [= 140 in the decimal system] (entry 2) M385f (partially preserved) — 1(N34) 4(N14) [= 140] (entry 3) M254c — 1(N34) 4(N14) [= 140] (entry 4) [sign illegible] — 1(N34) 4(N14) [= 140] (entry 5) M377+M377 (doubled sign) with M054(?) — 2(N34) 2(N14) [= 220] (entry 6) [sign illegible] M260 (damaged) — 1(N34) 4(N14) [= 140] (entry 7) [sign illegible] — 1(N34) 4(N14) [= 140] (entry 8) [sign illegible] — 1(N34) 4(N14) [= 140] (entry 9) M304 (damaged) — 1(N34) 5(N14) [= 150] (entry 10) M365 — 1(N34) 4(N14) [= 140] (entry 11) M324f — 1(N34) 4(…

Uruk Period

Our engine

MDP 17, 043

(obverse) [... beginning broken; several entries lost ...] (the one designated) M387-M388 M057a-M029b-M057a: 1 (unit of) M217+M124 (the one designated) [...]: [1] (unit of) M217+M388 (the one designated) M390-M128-M096: 1 (unit of) M217+M388 (the one designated) M254a-M058-M058-M057a: 1 (unit of) M217+M388 (the one designated) M124-M386a-M386a-M066: 1 (unit of) M217+M388 (the one designated) M124-M390-M338b-M066: 1 (unit of) M217+M388 (the one designated) M240e-M347-M371: 1 (unit of) M217+M388 (the one designated) M124-M218-M032-M096: 1 (unit of) M217+M388 (the one designated) M124-M218-M219-M…

Economy

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 046

(Header) [M327+M342?] (sign broken, reading queried) , M054 M377+M383+M377 M054 M388 M066 M314 M128 M096 — 2(N45) 5(N14) M009 M321~fa — 1(N14) 5(N01) M346 — 3(N14) (The non-numerical signs are proto-Elamite and remain undeciphered; only the numerical notation can be read with confidence: entry one records 2 large N45-units and 5 N14-units; entry two, 1 N14-unit and 5 N01-units; entry three, 3 N14-units.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 047

(obverse) (Heading) M136~c — [no numeral; rubric or classifier] M305+M332(?) [damaged] ... : 1 (N30C@b) M379~g : 1 (N30D@b) M057 M243~j : 1 (N39B) M386~a M240 M263 M371 [damaged sign] : 1 (N01) 1 (N14) M243~j [damaged] : 1 (N39B) 1 (N24) M002 : 1 (N30C@b) 1 (N14) (The non-numerical signs are proto-Elamite and remain undeciphered; only the numerical notations — units of the proto-Elamite counting and capacity systems — can be read with any security. The reverse is uninscribed apart from the end of the final numeral column wrapping around from the obverse.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 048

(Header) [Sign M175+M136 — compound heading, damaged] , M387~a [M036 with 1(N39C) inscribed] , 2(N30C) M261~a1 , 1(N01) M263 , 2(N01) [...] M124 , 1(N30C) 1(N30D) M387~ef M248~e , 1(N30C) 1(N30D) M036(?) , 1(N24) 1(N30C@b) 1(N30D@b) (The signs are proto-Elamite and remain undeciphered; only the numerical notations — one to two full units and several fractional capacity units per entry — can be read with confidence. The reverse is uninscribed.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 054

(obverse) [entry lost] , [quantity lost] M384-g, M056-f, M288 (commodity/entry): 2(N01) 1(N39B) — 2 units, 1 small measure M047(?) [rest of entry lost] , [quantity lost] M288 (commodity/entry): 1(N01) — 1 unit M010-2 (commodity/entry): 2(N39B) 1(N24) — 2 small measures, 1 quarter-measure M059-a, M388, M263, M387-c(?), [illegible sign] , [quantity lost] [entry lost] , 4(N01) — 4 units M010-2 (commodity/entry): 3(N01) — 3 units [final entry, probably the total] , 1(N14) 2(N01) 3(N39B) 1(N24) — 1 ten-unit, 2 units, 3 small measures, 1 quarter-measure (reverse: uninscribed)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 061

(Header) M024~1(?) — [category/label sign, subject of the account] M304 M260 — 1 (N01) M354 — 10 (1 N14) M059~d M251 — 1 (N01) M354 — 5 (N01) [damaged sign] M260 — 1 (N01) M354 — 5 (N01) [two damaged signs] — 2 (N01) M354 — 4 (N01) [two damaged signs] — 1 (N01) M354 — 2 (N01) M387~b M387~b M260 — 1 (N01) M354 — 2 (N01) M297~b — 4 (N39B, a larger capacity unit) M387 — (no numeral preserved; entry or closing sign)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 062

(Heading) M175+M136 (entry heading; undeciphered sign compound, possibly an institutional title or account heading), M124 (with classifier?) M288 — 2(N14) 1(N24) [= 2 large units and 1 fractional unit], M128 M377 M347 M371 [M288] — 6(N14) 2(N01) [= 6 large units and 2 single units], M195 M288 — 1(N14) [= 1 large unit], M147 M101 M288 — [count lost], M288(?) — [count lost], [sign lost] M288 — [count lost].

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 064

(Header) M341 — (category label, no numeral) M038~b1 M032 — 2 (units) M210~n — [quantity broken away] M184~e M032 — 2 (units) M323~d M032 — 2 (units) M368~d M032 — 1 (unit) [sign lost] M032 M032 — 1 (unit, damaged) (The signs are Proto-Elamite and undeciphered; only the numerical notations — one header entry followed by six quantified entries in the N01 counting system — can be read with confidence. The reverse is uninscribed.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 072

Obverse: [...] (line broken away) [...] M266~b M288 — 5 (N1) units, 3 (N39B) fractional units, 1 (N30C) small fractional unit [...] ... M036 M266~b M288 — 1 (N14) ten-unit, 1 (N1) unit, 1 (N39B) fractional unit [...] M288 — 2 (N14) ten-units, 1 (N1) unit, 3 (N39B) fractional units Reverse: M010~1 — 2 (N1) units [...] (remainder broken)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 075

(Proto-Elamite account; beginning broken) [entry lost] , [sign lost] — 4 (N01 units) M193 — 4 (N01 units) (illegible sign) — 1 (N14, ten) 1 (N01 unit), i.e. 11 M136~k — 1 (N14, ten) M210~g — 1 (N01 unit) [sign lost] — 4 (N01 units) M348 — 1 (N01 unit) M325 — 3 (N01 units) [sign lost] — 3 (N01 units, damaged) [sign lost] (illegible) — 1 (N34, sixty) 1 (N14, ten) [remainder of numeral lost]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 076

(Header, damaged:) M103[?] — (no numeral preserved) (Entry 1:) M380 M387 M261a — 1(N01) (Entry 2:) M260 (variant 1, damaged) — 2(N01) 2(N39B) (Entry 3:) M387ef M248a[?] M010(6) — 2(N30C) (Entry 4:) M036+1(N39C) M297 — 2(N39B) 1(N24b)[?] (Entry 5:) M387 M346 — 2(N01) (Entry 6:) M036 — 2(N39B) 1(N24b)[?] (Entry 7:) M246s — 2(N39B) (Entry 8:) M036+1(N39B) (plus one unread sign) — 2(N39B) 1(N39Bb) 2(N30C) Note: the sign sequences (M-numbers) belong to the undeciphered proto-Elamite/proto-cuneiform script and cannot be translated as words; the numerals belong to the capacity/counting notations (N0…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 080

(obverse) (Heading:) M305+M342 (compound sign, no numeral — rubric/heading) M320 M243: 1 N39B (small capacity/fractional unit) M024 M033 M376(?) [...] : [quantity lost] [...] : [...] 3 N01 (units) M124 M146 M218 M263: 1 N01 M131 [...] : [quantity lost] [...] : [...] 2 N01 M320 M243: 2 N30C (fractional units) M032 M376(?) [...] : [quantity lost] M305 M263: 1 N01 M382(?) M263: 1(?) N01 [...] M263: 1 N01 (Total:) 1 N34 (one large unit, i.e. the grand total of the entries)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 087

(obverse) [...] M136+M365 (damaged) M288 — 2(N14) 2(N01) [i.e. 2 tens and 2 units] M057~a M288 — 3(N01) [3 units] [...] — [...] 1(N24) [1 fractional unit] M208 M288 — 2(N14) 2(N39B) 1(N24) [2 tens, 2 and 1 fractional units] M288 — [...] [...] — [...] M288 — 4(N01) 1(N39B) 1(N24) [4 units, 1 and 1 fractional units] (Signs M057, M136, M208, M288, M365 are proto-Elamite signs whose meanings remain undeciphered; only the numerical notations can be read with confidence.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 088

(Heading:) M157~a — [undeciphered rubric sign] (Entry 1) |M195+M057~a4| M324~c M056~f M206~d [...] , [amount lost] (Entry 2) [...] M288 : 3(N14) 4(N39B) — thirty (units) and four (fractional grain-measure units) (Entry 3) |M167~a+M131~k| M056~f [...] , [amount lost] (Entry 4) [...] : 2(N01) 4(N39B) — two (units) and four (fractional units) (Entry 5) M005~a M206~d [...] , [amount lost] (Entry 6) [...] : [...] 2(N01) 2(N39B) — [...] two (units) and two (fractional units) (The non-numerical signs are proto-Elamite and remain undeciphered; only the numerals can be read with assurance. The right…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 090

(Obverse — an account in entries of "sign heading : quantity") [...] (compound sign M195+M057) : [quantity broken] M206~f : 4(N14) M206~fa : 2(N34) 1(N14) (unidentified sign) : 1(N39B) 1(N24) M252~qa : 4(N14) 6(N01) M206~f : 4(N39B) M039~b : 3(N01) 1(N39B) M005~a(?) (compound sign M195+M057) M206~f : 2(N34) 4(N14) M206~fa : 5(N34) (unidentified sign) : 3(N39B) M252~qa : 1(N34) 2(N14) (The sign entries are proto-Elamite and undeciphered; only the numerical notations can be read with assurance. N01 is the basic unit, N14 the ten-unit, N34 the next higher unit of the counting system used; N39B an…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 092

(Header) M327+M342 (undeciphered classifier/heading sign): M180 M387 M381 M263-b1 — 3 (N1 units) M261-d — 1 (N1 unit) M387-a M328-b [...] — 2 (N1 units) 4 (N39B fractional units) M144 M243-j — 1 (N1 unit) 1 (N39B fractional unit) [...] — [...] 1 (N39B fractional unit) 1 (N24 fractional unit) (damaged) (Reverse uninscribed.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 096 + 325 + 380

(Proto-Elamite account; the signs are undeciphered, so entries are rendered as sign-designations with their numerical notations) M362+M005 (with) M207b : 3 units (3 N01) M362+M059d (with) M312a : 6 units (6 N01) M362+M384a : 47 units (4 N14, 7 N01) M362+M059 (with) M001+M379c : 40 units (4 N14) M362+M383c : 10 units (1 N14) M362+M158 : 10 units (1 N14) [+ broken] M362+M026h : 5 units (5 N01) M351c M362 : 3 units (3 N01) M362+M244(?) : 33 units (3 N14, 3 N01) M362+M099b : 21 units (2 N14, 1 N01)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 099

(Proto-Elamite account; the non-numerical signs are undeciphered, so each entry is rendered as its sign designation plus its exact numerical notation.) [...] M038~e M057 M263~a — 1(N01) [1 unit] M002 (M036 combined with 1(N24)) — 4(N01) [4 units] (illegible sign) (M036 combined with 1(N24)) — 4(N01) [4 units] M288 — 1(N24)? [...] [1 lesser unit(?); rest broken] [...] — 2(N01)? [2 units(?)] (illegible sign) — 1(N01) [1 unit] (illegible sign) — 1(N01) [1 unit] M263~a — 1(N01) [1 unit] (M036 combined with an unidentified sign) — 1(N30D) [1 fractional unit] (M036 combined with 1(N24)) — [...] [qu…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 100

(obverse) (entry 1) M291 (and) M036 — 1 (N30C unit) (entry 2) M387 (and) M036 — 2 (N30C units) (entry 3) M010 — [quantity lost] (entry 4) [...] M010 — 1 (N30C unit) (entry 5) M124, the compound sign M217+M124, M066, (one illegible sign) — [quantity lost] (entry 6) [...] the compound sign M036 with 1 (N30D) — [quantity lost] (The signs are proto-Elamite and remain undeciphered; only the numerals can be read with confidence. The reverse is uninscribed or effaced.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 110

(obverse) (Heading) M157+M153 (rubric/header sign, undeciphered) — M286, M036+1(N30D): 1(N14) [= 10 units] and an uncertain number of a broken numeral; M036+1(N30D): 1(N14) [= 10 units]; M305 M388 M297: 1(N39B) [...]; M297: 3(N39B); M081 (damaged), M036+1(N30D): [quantity lost]; M297: 2(N39B) 1(N24); M388 [...]: [quantity lost]; [... sign(s) lost ...]: [...] 2(N39B) 1(N24) 1(N14); (Total?) 1(N34). (reverse uninscribed)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 116

(Heading:) [The compound sign] M305+M342. M057 (variant i), M106 [...] — [numeral lost] [...] M263 (variant 1), M281 (variant g) — 1 (N01) M388, (illegible sign) [...] — [numeral lost] [...] M004, M218 — 1 (N01) M391, M320 [...] — [numeral lost] [...] M390, M218 — 1 (N01) M315 [...] — [numeral lost] (Remainder broken; reverse uninscribed apart from stray strokes.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 121

OBVERSE [...] (four undeciphered signs: M386~a, M131, M218, M288) — 3 N39B (grain-measure fractions) [...] (entry heading lost) — 2 N30C (small fractional units) (M219, M371~a — undeciphered commodity/category signs) — 1 N39B, 1 N24 (illegible sign) M288 — 1 N24, 2 N30C [...] (entry heading lost) — 2 N30C (M371, M009, M371 — undeciphered signs) — 1 N39B (illegible sign) — 2 N01 (whole units), 1 N24 (The final line, with the largest quantity in whole units, is most likely the total of the preceding fractional entries.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 125

(obverse) (Heading:) M157 ... M387 M266~b M261~b1 — 3 (units) M263~a — 2 (units) M387~ef [...] — [amount lost] M387 M260~1 — 1 (unit) M263 — 4 (units) M175+M136 M266~b M261~b1 — 2 (units) M261~b1 — 1 (unit) (reverse uninscribed)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 139

(Header/classifier:) M327~p. M001 M139: 2(N01) [= 2 units]#? [...] [...] M099 M102~k2: 1(N14) [= 10 units]. M115~b M146 [...]: [quantity lost]. [...] M089# M250~m M377 M347 M371 [...]: [quantity lost]. (illegible sign): 3(N14) 1(N01) [= 31 units]. M057~b1 M057~a2: [quantity lost]. [...]: [...] (remainder broken).

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 140

(obverse, fragmentary account; entries separated as SIGN(S) , QUANTITY) [...] M032(?) — [...] 1 unit (1 N01) ... M314 M032(?) — 10 units (1 N14) [...] [...] — 2 units (2 N01) M147~e M218 M386~a M223 M139 M388 M066 M066 — 11 units (1 N14 + 1 N01) [...] ... M218 — 11 units (1 N14 + 1 N01) M145 M066 M314 — 11 units (1 N14 + 1 N01) M263 [...] — [quantity lost] [...] — [quantity lost] (remainder broken)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 143

(Obverse, fragmentary — accounting entries) [...] , [...] , [...] 1(N30c) 1(N30d) 1(N39c)? 3(N14) — [an entry of] 1 N30c-unit, 1 N30d-unit, 1 N39c-unit(?), and 3 N14-units [...] , [...] 4(N39b) 1(N24) 1(N30c) 1(N30d) 1(N39c)? — [an entry of] 4 N39b-units, 1 N24-unit, 1 N30c-unit, 1 N30d-unit, and 1 N39c-unit(?) [...] , [...] 2(N01) [...] — [an entry of] 2 N01-units [...] 1(N34) 1(N14) [...] — [a total or entry of] 1 N34-unit and 1 N14-unit [...] (The owners of the entries and any commodity signs are lost in the breaks.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 144

(obverse, fragmentary account) [...] M054 M144 [...] : [numeral lost] [...] M388 (+ one unread sign) M220 M218 : 1 (N01) M144 [...] : [numeral lost] M388 M347 M110~b M371 : 1 (N01) M144 [...] : [numeral lost] (remainder of the tablet broken; the reverse as preserved bears no legible text)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 145

Obverse (fragmentary account, entries of the form 'sign group , numeral'): [...] — 2 units (2 N01) [...] (sign M175) — 14 units (1 N14, 4 N01) (sign M124) [...] — [count lost] [...] (sign M003, variant b) — 2 units (2 N01) (signs M080b, M320, M066a) — 2 units (2 N01) (sign M248c) [...] — [count lost] [...] — 2 units (2 N01) (signs M136g, M041) — 3 units (3 N01) (signs M124, M218, M332) [...] — [count lost] [...] — 2 units (2 N01) (signs M153, M145, M371) — 2 units (2 N01) Note: the sign groups are proto-Elamite and remain undeciphered; only the numerical notations can be read with confidence.…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 146

(Proto-Elamite account; the non-numerical signs are undeciphered and are given by their sign-numbers) |M136+M365| (heading/entry sign) , [quantity lost] M327 (damaged) [...] , [quantity lost] [entry sign lost] , 3 units (3 N01) M005 , 5 units (5 N01) M321 (damaged, reading queried) , [quantity lost] [...] |M327+M342| M032 , 5 units (5 N01) M321 (damaged) , [no quantity preserved] [entry sign lost] , 5 units (5 N01, damaged) [entry sign lost] , 5 units (5 N01) M005 , 10 units (1 N14) Total: 1 N34 (one unit of the next-higher order, i.e. the summation of the entries).

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 147

(obverse — a proto-Elamite account; the non-numerical signs are undeciphered and are given by their sign numbers) [...] M325 M263b1 — 2 (N1 units) (two illegible signs) [...] — [number lost] [...] — 2 (N1 units) M263b1 M388 M297 — 1 (N39B, a capacity/grain measure) M117 M263b1 — 1 (N1 unit) [...] M131e M263a — 1 (N1 unit) M297 — 1 (N24, a fractional measure) M301 M263a(?) — [no numeral preserved] [...] — 1 (N1 unit) M297 — 1 (N24, a fractional measure) M263a(?) — [number lost] (remainder broken; the reverse is uninscribed)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 148

(Header) |M377+M320+M377| (compound sign, no numeral — likely a heading or account owner). Obverse (individual entries): M388 M218 M352~n M318~c M371 M288~g — 4(N14) 2(N01) (= 42 units) [...] M032 — 1(N01) (= 1 unit) M376 — 5(N01) (= 5 units) M367 — 3(N01) (= 3 units) M218(?) M242 M096 — 3(N14) (= 30 units) M367 — 9(N01) (= 9 units) M376 — [1(N01)] 1(N08A) (= 1 and a fraction) Reverse (totals): M288~g — 7(N14) 2(N01) (= 72 units) M032 — 1(N01) (= 1 unit) M376 — 6(N01) 1(N08A) (= 6 and a fraction) M367 — 1(N14) 2(N01) (= 12 units) (The commodity signs are proto-Elamite and remain undeciphere…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 149

(Obverse; beginning broken) [entry lost] — 4 (N39B fractional units) (illegible sign) — 1 (N39B@c) 1 (N39B) M327(?) — 1 (N39B@c) M354 — 1 (N14, i.e. ten) M136~i — 1 (N39B@c) 2 (N39B) M354 — 1 (N14, i.e. ten) (illegible sign) — 1 (N39B@c) M354 — 1 (N14, i.e. ten) M386~d — 1 (N39B@c) 1 (N39B) (illegible sign) — [broken number] 1 (N39B) M195+M057 (compound, uncertain) — 1 (N01@c) 3 (N39B@c) M001 — 1 (N01) 3 (N39B) M354 — 3 (N14, i.e. thirty) (Proto-Elamite is undeciphered: the non-numerical signs cannot be translated; only the accounting structure and the numerals are recoverable.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 150

(Obverse) […] M381 M366 […] , […] M387 M263~b1 M288 , 2(N39B) M036 , […] […] , 2(N30C) M036 , 1(N24) 2(N30C) […] , 1(N01) M036 , 1(N30C) 2(N30C@b) M387~ef M050~m , 2(N30C) M036 , 1(N24) […] […] , 1(N01) M309~d , 3(N14) M387~ef [unread sign] , […] M297 , 2(N30C) […] , […] (Total) 1(N34) Note: the signs of this tablet belong to the proto-Elamite script, which remains undeciphered. The sign names (M-numbers) and numeral notations (N01, N14, N24, N30C, N34, N39B) are conventional modern labels, not readable words. What can be recovered with confidence is the structure: a sequence of headed entri…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 153

(Obverse, heading) M327(?) — (Entries) M388 |M106~2+M288| M386(?) M124 M218 M386(?) M240~e M096 M288~i(?) — 2 (N01) M124 M217 M259 M218 M288~i — 2 (N01) M124 M352~n M254~a M096 M288~i — 2 (N01) M219 M387~c M066 M288~i — 2 (N01) M124 M096(?) M227 M066(?) M288~i — 2 (N01) M124 M372 |M218+M099| M371 |M131+M388| [ … ] M218 M288~i — 2 (N01) (Total) M288~i — 2 (N14) [i.e. 2 units of the tens-sign] (Reverse) Uninscribed apart from a single large impressed sign in the middle of the surface and two small round numerical impressions near the upper left; no readable line…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 155

(Obverse — proto-Elamite account; the sign values are undeciphered, so the commodity words are given by their sign designations) […] M288 — 1 N14 (= 10 units) M206~d, M288 — 3 N01 (= 3 units) M004, |M106+M288|, […] — [quantity lost] […] M301, |M296+M296|, M057, M288 — 3 N01 (= 3 units) M242~b, M295~yb, M281~g, M386~a, M066(?), […] — [quantity lost] […] M386~a, M218, M288 — 3 N01 (= 3 units) (Reverse: uninscribed / no surviving signs; the surface bears only modern museum markings.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 157

(Obverse) M387 M124 M009 M338~b M066~a M288 — 2(N39B) M124[?] [...] — [...] [...] M288[?] — 2(N39B) M066 M246~b M066 M288 — 1(N39B) M124[?] [...] — [...] [...] (x) M288 — 2(N39B), 2(N30C) M124 M371 M009[?] M371[?] (x) [...] — [...] [...] M288[?] — 1(N39B), 1(N24) M304 M001 M288 — 2(N30C) [...] M243~j[?] — 1(N39B), 1(N24) M288 — 1(N30C) [...] — 3(N39B), 1(N24), 2(N30C) (apparent total) (Remaining surfaces: broken and effaced; no further legible entries.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 159

(obverse, column i) 1. |M136+M365| (damaged) — [numeral lost] 2. |M351+3(N01)| ... [break] — [numeral lost] 3. [...] M195 M388 M371 M387 (unread sign) [...] — [numeral lost] 4. [...] M004 |M106+M288| (damaged) M066 — 3(N01) (damaged) (remainder of the obverse broken away; reverse uninscribed)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 161

(obverse) [...] — [...] — 5 (units) M367 — 7 (units) [...] — 2 (units) M367~c — 1 (ten) 6 (units) = 16 M346~a2 — 6 (units) M006 — 1 (unit) (illegible sign) — 4 (tens) = 40 M269~a2 — 2 (units) [...] (The remainder is broken away; the head of the account and its opening entries are lost.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 167

(obverse) 1. M157~a — (heading; no numeral preserved) 2. |M317+M269| M297~d : 1(N14) [...] 3. [...] M262~1 M262~1 M096 : 1(N14) 4. (illegible sign) : [...] 5. M297~d : 2(N39B) 6. (illegible sign) [...] : [...] 7. 1(N34) (No text preserved on the reverse; the surface is blank and eroded.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 168

(obverse) 1. [...] , 2. ... M338[#] [...] , [...] 3. M322~g[#] M388[#] M317[#?] M024 [...] , [...] 4. [...] M219[#?] , 1(N01) 5. M371 M128~dc[#] , 1(N01) 6. M124[#?] [...] , [...] 7. [...] , 1(N01) 8. [...] , [...] (Rendered as an account:) [entry lost] [...], sign M338 [...] — quantity lost M322~g, M388, M317(?), M024 [...] — quantity lost [...] M219(?) — 1 (unit N01) M371, M128~dc — 1 (unit N01) M124(?) [...] — quantity lost [...] — 1 (unit N01) [...] — [quantity lost] (The remaining surfaces — edges and reverse — carry no legible signs; the reverse bears only modern museum markings.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 171

(obverse) [M305+M342] (heading; damaged, no numeral) M217~a, M387~a, [M260~2 containing 1(N24)] : 1(N01) M033, M033, [M260~2 containing 1(N24)] : 2(N01) (damaged) [...], M384, M288 : 1(N39B) M387~ef, M248, [M036 containing 1(N39C)] : 1(N39B) 1(N24) M266~b, M248, (one unread sign) : 1(N30C) 1(N30D) 1(N30C@b) (total, reverse) M288 : 4(N39B) 1(N24) 1(N30C) 1(N30D) 1(N30C@b) 1(N34)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 173

(Obverse and reverse are not distinguished in the transliteration; entries are given as sign(s), followed by numerical notation.) […] — 3(N14) M377 M175 […] […] — [broken] […] […] — 1(N14) M084 M388 — 3(N14) M066 M219 M438(?) — [broken] […] — 2(N14) […] — [broken] […] — [broken] […] — 2(N01) M305 […] — [broken] […] — 2(N01)(?) (N14 = the large round impression, standing for ten units of the basic counted item; N01 = the small round impression, standing for one unit. The commodity signs M377, M175, M084, M388, M066, M219, M438 and M305 are proto-Elamite signs whose readings are not establishe…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 180

Obverse (1) [compound sign |M054 + M393~f + M054~i|] (uncertain) — (no numeral preserved) (2) [...] — 1 (N01) (3) M352~n, M003~b, M390, [...] — [amount lost] (4) [...] — 2 (N01) (5) M346 — 1 (N01) (6) |M218+M101|, [one illegible sign], [...] — [amount lost] (7) [...] — 1 (N01) (8) M153, M057~a — 3 (N01) (reading of the numeral uncertain) (9) [illegible sign], M057~f (?), [illegible sign] — [amount lost] (The left and lower portions of the obverse are broken away; the reverse is uninscribed.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 182

(obverse) M362~gc M059~d — 4(N14) 8(N01) [...] [M269] — 1(N01) M106~a — 1(N01) 2(N39B) 1(N24) M009 — 1(N01) [...] [M206~g] — [quantity lost] [M102~d] — [quantity lost] M309~a — 1(N01) (The remainder of the tablet, including the reverse, is uninscribed or lost; the surviving surface bears a seal impression.) Note on the numerals: 4(N14) 8(N01) = forty-eight units in the decimal-type sequence (N14 = ten N01); 2(N39B) and 1(N24) belong to a separate capacity system and are given here as written.

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 189 + 336

(Obverse) [Heading:] |M175+M136| M380 M266~b M263 — 1(N01) M387~ef — [numeral broken away] [sign(s) broken away] — 2(N30C) M010~2 — 1(N30C) M387~a M002 — 1(N30C@b)(?) M294~a M050~k4 — 2(N30C) M036 — 1(N24) 1(N30C) [one unread sign] — 1(N30C) M387~a M346 M081 — 1(N01) [sign(s) broken away] — 1(N39B) 2(N30C) (Reverse: uninscribed apart from a single large sign; no further entries preserved.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 192

obverse [...] M376 — 1(N14) 1(N01) [= 11 units] M124 — 1(N14)(?) [...] [...] M124, M374~c, M124 — 1(N14) 3(N01) [= 13 units] [...] — [...] 3(N01) M376 — 3(N01) 1(N08A) [3 units and a fraction] M374~c — 1(N01) M376 M203~a — [...] (The remainder of the tablet is broken away; the reverse and edges preserve no legible signs.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 193

Obverse [...] M317 — 1(N14) 2(N01) [= 12] x x — [...] M054 — [...] [...] — 1(N14) 5(N01) [= 15] M003~b — 3(N01) [= 3] M054 — 2(N14) [...] [= 20+] [...] M066~a(?) M317 — 1(N14) 2(N01) [= 12] M373 — 2(N01) [...] x(?) — 8(N01) [= 8] (Reverse: uninscribed / surface abraded; no legible signs)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 197

M387~ef [commodity/category sign], 2(N01) 1(N24)[?] x [...] , [...] [...] x |M131+M388| M263~a M218[?] , 1(N01) M218 M219 M057~e [...] , [...] x x , [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 201

Line 1: [Sign M388] x [Sign M377~e] [Sign M049~d] [Sign M325~e] [Sign M386~a(?)] [...] , [...] Line 2: [...] , [...] 1(N01) Line 3: x [Sign M388] [Sign M066] [Sign M352~o] [Sign M251~c2] [Sign M066] Line 4: [...] , 8(N01)

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