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~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 207

(obverse) [...] M346 M081 M036 — 3(N39B) 1(N24) M380 — 2(N30C) [...] — 2(N30C) 1(N30D) M010~2 — [...] [...] — [...] 1(N30C@b)(?) M297 — 2(N30C)(damaged) [...] M036(damaged) M297 — 1(N01) 3(N39B)(damaged) [...] [...] — 1(N01) 3(N39B) 2(N30C) (The remainder of the surface, and the whole of the second inscribed face, is broken away or effaced; no further entries can be read.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 210

(obverse, upper fragment) [...] , [...] M314 M338~b [...] , [...] [...] (traces) , 1(N01) M370 M072 , 1(N01) (traces) [...] , [...] (traces) M242~ab(?) , 1(N01) M461~q M371 , 1(N01)(?) [...] , 1(N01) M124 M115~a M314 [...] , [...] [...] M371(?) , 1(N01)(?) M175 [...] , [...] [...] M263 M218 , [...] [...] , [...] (The remainder of the surface, including the lower fragment, is abraded and carries no legible signs.)

Economy

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 218

Obverse 1. [...] M010~2 — 1 (N01) 2. [...] M099 [...] — [amount broken] 3. [...] — 1 (N39B) 4. M124, M009, M338~b, M010~2 — 1 (N39B) 5. M002 — 1 (N39B), 2 (N30C) 6. [...] M377, M099, M096, M010~2 — 1 (N24) 7. M124, M218, M295, [...] — [amount broken] 8. [...] — 1 (N01) 9. M206~d — [amount broken] (Reverse uninscribed / surface destroyed; edges bear no legible signs)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 219

(Obverse) 1. [...] 2. M263(?) M387~ef M066 M288 — 4(N39B) 3. M219 M371~a — 1(N24) [...] 4. [...] (traces) M011 M288 — 1(N39B) 2(N30C) 5. M356 M246~s [...] — [...] 6. [...] — 1(N39B@c) 7. M379 — 2(N30C) 8. M504 — 1(N34)(?) [...] 9. M288 — 1(N01) 3(N39B) 1(N24) 2(N30C) 10. (one illegible sign) (No further inscribed text is preserved; the reverse carries only impressed numerical marks along the left margin and is otherwise blank or broken.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 221

Obverse 1. M124 M380~b M329(?) M102~da(?) [ ... ] — [quantity lost] 2. [ ... ] M263 — 1(N01) 3. M387~ef M036 — 1(N39B) 1(N30C@b) [ ... ] 4. M002 — 1(N30C) 5. M370 M288 — 2(N30C) 6. [ ... ] — 1(N30C) 7. M002 — 1(N30C) 8. [ ... ] — 1(N30C) (The signs M124, M380~b, M329, M102~da, M263, M387~ef, M036, M002, M370 and M288 are undeciphered proto-Elamite sign-forms; no phonetic or semantic reading can be given. The numerals belong to the proto-Elamite capacity system: N01, N39B, N30C and its variant N30C@b. Several lines are broken away at the left and right; further entries are lost.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 222

Obverse 1. [ … ] M009(?) — 1 (unit) 2. M009(?) — 1 (unit) 3. M309~a(?) — 4 (units) 4. |M348+M288| (damaged) — 1 (unit) 5. M110~c — 1 (unit) 6. M309 — 1 (unit) 7. M009(?) — 9 (units) 8. M009(?) — 1 (unit) 9. M309~a(?) — 1 (ten) 1 (unit) [= 11] 10. [ … ] — 2 (units) (No further text is legible; the remaining surface is eroded or broken away.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 225

Obverse [...] — 1 (unit) [...] M297 — 1 (unit) M218, M223, M218(?) — [...] [...] — 2 (units) |M218~d + M288|, M218 — 1 (unit) M254~a, M372, [...], M206~d — [...] (The remainder of the surface is blank or effaced; the reverse preserves only traces of signs along the left portion, with no legible entries.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 228

Obverse 1. M305[#?] — (heading sign, no numeral) 2. M387, M124, M081, |M036+1(N39C)| : 1(N24) 1(N30C@b) 3. M387~eg, M036 : 1(N39B) 4. M062 : 1(N30D) 5. M288 : 1(N39B) 1(N24) 1(N30D) 1(N30C@b) 6. (total:) 1(N34) Reverse: uninscribed/effaced apart from faint traces at the upper edge; no readable signs. (Rendered in commodity terms: a heading sign M305, damaged; then three entries — the first of a commodity written M387 with the classifiers M124 and M081 plus a M036-sign bearing an inset numeral 1(N39C), reckoned at 1(N24) and 1(N30C@b); the second of M387~eg with M036, reckoned at 1(N39B); the…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 229

Obverse 1. [...] |M106~2+M288| M256~b M041~d M288 — 5(N14) [= 50] 2. [...] — 2(N14) [= 20] 3. M038~e M295~e M288 — 3(N01) [= 3] 4. M288 — 7(N14) [= 70] 5. M295~ee M288 — 3(N01) [= 3] (The signs themselves are proto-Elamite and remain undeciphered; only the numerals can be read with confidence. N14 is the large round impression of the decimal-type system, N01 the small round/wedge unit. Line 1 and line 2 each begin in a break.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 230

(obverse) [...] M332~c(?) M249~n1(?) [...] , [...] [...] , 2 (units, N01) M115~a M281~f M377~e M223 , 1 (unit, N01) [...] M218 , 1 (unit, N01) M032 M371 , 1 (unit, N01) [...] , 6 (units, N01) (No further inscribed text is preserved; the remainder of the surface, including the reverse, is uninscribed or effaced.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 235

obverse 1. [...] |M305+M288| M388 [...] — [broken] 2. [...] M297 M066 M348 — 3 (N₀₁) 3. M066 [...] — [broken] 4. [...] — 2 (N₀₁) 5. M048~k M080~c M297 M066 M348 — [broken] 6. [...] — 3 (N₀₁) (Left, right, top and bottom edges: no inscribed signs preserved; the edges carry only impressions and surface damage.) reverse (Uninscribed; the surface bears only the modern museum markings "235" and "Sb 22401".)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 237

(obverse) […] M228 — 1 (unit) |M036 + 1(N30D)| — 2 (units) […] — 6 (units) |M036 + 1(N30D)| — 6 (units) […] M101 M101 […] M097~h(?) M175 […] — [number lost] […] — 1 (unit) […] M371(?) |M036 + 1(N30D)| — 5 (units) (No further inscribed text is preserved; the remaining surfaces and edges are broken or blank.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 239

Obverse 1. [...] — 4(N14) 2. [...] M288 — 2(N14) 3. M356 ... M036, M312 ... — 1(N14) 2(N1) 4. [...] ... M288 — 2(N1) 2(N30C) 5. M217, M124, M288 — 2(N14) 1(N1) 6. M288 — 1(N1) 1(N29B) [...] 7. [...] — [...] (The remainder of the obverse is broken away; the reverse, so far as it is preserved, carries no legible signs.) (Modern museum inventory painted on the edge: Sb 6373)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 240

Obverse 1. [...] ... |M377~e+M377~e| M388 M242~n M295~yb(?) M073(?) [...] — [quantity lost] 2. [...] — 3(N01) 3. M254~a M372 — 1(N14) [= 10 units] 4. M032 M387 M218 M288(?) — 1(N01) 5. M206~d M288 — 2(N01)(?) 6. [...] M253(?) M301 |M296+M296| — 3(N01)(?) 7. M146(?) M372 M288 — 1(N14) 2(N01) [= 12 units] 8. M387 M037~a [...] — [quantity lost] 9. [...] ... M009 M371 — 2(N39B) 10. M263~a M387~ef M288 — 1(N01) 11. M124(?) M218(?) M259 M371 M223~d — 1(N01) 12. [...] — 3(N01) 2(N39B) Reverse: uninscribed (blank surface; modern museum markings only).

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 243

(obverse) […] … — 2(N39B) M386 M263 — […] […] … M066 — […] […] M263~a(?) |M036+1(N30D)|(?) — […] […] — 1(N24)(?) 1(N30C)(?) M263 — 1(N01) 1(N24) M175 M136~c — 1(N39B) … … M380 |M218+M288| M263 — 1(N01) M248~a M259 M036 — 1(N24) 2(N30C@b) |M036+1(N30D)|(?) — n 1(N39B) 1(N30C) […] — 2(N39B) 1(N30C) 1(N30D) 1(N39B@b) […] (reverse: uncorrected — no signs preserved; modern museum markings only)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 246

Obverse 1. M157(?) M054, (broken sign) — 1(N14) 2. M218(?) — 1(N01)(?) 3. M096 — 2(N01) 1(N24) 4. M218 — 1(N01) 5. M066 M352~n(?) — [ ... ] 6. M218 — 1(N01) 7. M058 M297 M066 — 1(N01) 8. (broken sign) M223~b M218 — 1(N01) 9. M099 M371 — 1(N01) 10. M352~n M301 M057~a — 1(N01) 11. M057 M058 M057 — 2(N01) 12. [ ... ] — [ ... ] 13. M288(?) M242~d M097~h(?) — 1(N01)(?) (Reverse: surface preserved but effectively uninscribed/erased; no legible signs.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 247

(obverse) […] , 1 (unit) M387 , [ … ] […] , 10 + 9 (units) = 19 M305 , 2 (units) M376 , [ … ] […] , 3 (units) M004 M058 M057~a M346 , 20 (units) […] … M320(?) , 1 (unit) M346 , 10 + 5 (units) = 15 […] M066 M346 , 20 (units) … , [ … ] […] , 4 (units) … … M388 , 1 (unit) […] , 10 + 4 (units) = 14 […] , (number lost)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 248

obverse […] …, 3 (N01) M146 … M101(?), 5 (N01) M207, M057(?) […], […] […] M228~d, M329, M101, 3 (N01) M259(?), M219(?), M101(?), 3 (N01) […], 1 (N23) 5 (N14) M146, M371, M367(?), 1 (N23) 5 (N14) M301, M218, M329(?) …, 1 (N01)(?) […] […], 1 (N23) … M390, M218(?), M367(?), 1 (N23) 5 (N14) … […] M371(?), 1 (N23) 3 (N14) […] … M097~h(?), M218, M367(?), 1 (N23) 3 (N14) M308~e […], […] […] M367, 1 (N14) M057, |M218+X|, M367, 1 (N23) 5 (N14) (reverse uninscribed / not preserved)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 249

[...] , [x] , 2(N39B) M244 [x] , [...] [x] M010~2 , 1(N14) M388? M262 M259 M218 , 1(N30C) [...] [x] M096 , 1(N39B) M048~d M288 , 1(N24) 1(N30C) M057~b1 , [...] [x] M218 M288 , 1(N30C) M024 M024 M288 , 1(N30C) [x] M371 M288 , 1(N30C) M386~a M288 , 1(N24) M155 , [...] [...] , [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 252

[...] [...] M124 M298~a M379~d , 2(N01) [...] , [...] 1(N01)# 1(N39B) 1(N24) M218~g , 1(N01) M379~d |M036+M343~e|? M218~g , 5(N01)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 255

[...] [...] M024 M264~a , 1 [...] M263~a[?] , 1 [...] M260[?] , 1 |M036+1(N14)| , 5 M111 M388 [...] , [...] [...] , 5 [...] , 2(N39B) 1(N24) 2(N30C)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 256

[...] x M388 M057~a M029~b M288 , 2(N01) M346 , [...] [...] M057#? , 2(N01) M346 , 1(N01) M218 M323~c M066 , [...] [...] , 1(N01) M009 M073# , 3(N01) M346 , [...] M288# , 3(N14) 2(N01) M346 , 1(N14)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 257

[...] M250~m M058~b M057, 1 [...] M254~a M262 M024 |M218~d+M288| M066, 1 [...], 1 [x] M259 M218, 1 [x] M372, 1 [...] M388, 1(N14) M254~a M262 M024 [...], [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 258

[...] M218, 1 (unit N01) M243~j, 1 (unit N01) M002, 1 (unit N01) M266~b M066 M352~o M246~b M066 M387# [...], [...] [...], 1 (unit N30C) M387~a# M036#, 2 (unit N30C) M001, 1 (unit N30C)# [x x] M288#, 2 (unit N01) 2 (unit N39B)# [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 259

Line 1: M217~m — 1(N01) Line 2: M387~a [|M036+1(N30D)|] — 1(N14) Line 3: [...] M361~c M361~b M080~ca [|M036+1(N30D)|] — 1(N14)[?] Line 4: [...] M341[?] M038~a[?] M296[?] — 1(N39B) Line 5: M038~a[?] [...] — [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 263

[...] 1(N01) [...] M318~a M259 M218 |M036+1(N30D)| , 2(N30C) [...] |M036+1(N30D)| , 2(N30C) M387 |M036+1(N30D)| , 2(N30C) [...] , 2(N39B) 1(N30C)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 265

M057 M252~r , M269~a# , [...] [M106~a] , [...] [M009] , [...] [M206~g] , 1(N01) M102~d , 2(N01) [M309~a] , [...] [...] , 1(N34) 5(N01)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 266

[Sign M005~a] , [Sign M038~b] [Sign M374~c] , 4(N01) [Sign M288(#)] , [...] [...] [Sign M346] [Sign M001~b] [Sign M034~a] |M305+M009| [Sign M288(#)] , [...] [...] [Sign M424(#)] , 1(N14) 1(N01) [...] , [...] 2(N39B) 1(N24) 1(N34)(#)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 267

M367, 6(N01)# [...] M006, 4(N01) M367~a1#, [...] M006@g~1, 1(N14) 4(N01)# [...] [...], [...] 3(N01)# [...], [...] 4(N14)# [...], [...] 1(N01)#

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 271

[...] , 1(N30C) M387~ef , [...] [...] , 2(N30C) M387~ef M297 , 1(N39B) M387~ef M297 , 2(N39B) 1(N24) M387 M128~de x [...] , [...] M057 |M296+M296| M010~2 , 3(N39B) M387 M057~b M002 , 1(N30C)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 272

[...] M096 M004 M218 x , 2(N01) x M390(?) , 4(N01) [...] , 1(N01) |M036+1(N30D)|(?) , 5(N01) M240 M370~c M004 [...] , [...] [...] , 1(N01) 1(N30D)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 275

[...] , 3(N14) 4(N01) M367 , 2(N14) 3(N01) [...] , [...] 5(N14) 8(N01) M346~1 , 1(N23) 3(N14) 9(N01) [...] , 1(N14) 4(N01) M346~1 , 1(N23) 8(N14) [...] , [...] 6(N14) x M362 , 1(N51) 2(N23) [...] M346~1 , 4(N23) [...] M006 , [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 279

[...] M066 M096, 3(N01) M203~c M066 M352~o M131~d [...], [...] [...], 2(N01) M388 M315 M263~1 M297, 2(N01) [x x] [...], [...] [...] |M296+M296| M096, 2(N01) M254 M352~n M218 [...], [...] [...] x M371, 1(N01) M124 M057 M099 M371, 1(N01) [...] M240 M096, 3(N01) x, 3(N01) M311 M314 [...], [...] [...], 2(N39B) 1(N24) M066 [...] M218 M066, 2(N39B) [...], 9(N14) 1(N39B) 1(N24)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 281

[...] x, M001 M259 M218(?) M278~e, 1(N01) M195~m M220 M218 x [...], 1(N01) M152 M097~h(?) M387 M387 M377 M295(?) M096(?) M066, 1(N01) |M296+M296|(?) M263~1 x M096 [...], 1(N01) M066~a M057, 1(N01) M263~1(?) x [...] M066~a, 1(N01) [...], 6(N01)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 284

[...] , [...] M362, 3 M367, 2 [...] , [...] M252 M362, 7 M367, 4 M006, 1 [sign illegible] , [...] [...] , [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 285

[...], M006[?], 3 M362, 4 × N14 [...], 2 M006, 2 M362~a, 1 × N14 + 3 M346, 2 M101, 1 [x], [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 286

[...] , 2(N39B) M002 , 1(N39B) M098[?] , 2(N39B) M388 M219 M352~o M315[?] M297 [x] , [...] [x] M288 , 1(N01) M096 , 1(N24) M295~p M222[?] M288 , 1(N01) [...] , [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 297 + 299

[...] M386~a, M024, M371[?], 1 [M329?] [...] , [...] [...] M371[?], 1 M125~a, M124[?], M259, M229~e1, 1[?] M035, M066, 1 M029~e[?], M124[?], 1 M218, M242~ab, 1

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 300

[...] 1(N14) 1(N39B) M139 M048~d M288 , [...] M297~b , 9(N01) 2(N01)[?] [...] x [...] , [...] [...] , [...] 3(N01)[?] [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 303

[...] M263, 3(N01) M387~ef M036#, [...] [...], 2(N30C) 1(N30C@b) M387 M263, 1(N01) n(n@b)# [...], 1(N30C)# 1(N30C@b) x M243~e#, 2(N30C) [...], 1(N01) M263, 1(N01) [...], 1(N30C)# M387~ef M048~d M263, 1(N01) 1(N30C@b) x, [...] [...], n x x x, 1(N01)#? M057~b [...], [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 317

[...] M388 M009(?) M318~a1(?) M371 M036(?) , [...] M010~6 , 1(N01) 1(N30C) M103 [...] , [...] M010~6(?) , 2(N01) 1(N39B) M387 M011(?) , [...] [...] , 1(N39B) 1(N30C)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 318

[...] M346, 2 M066 M219(?) M066 M346, 1 M433 M096 [...], [...] [x] [x] M377 [x] M346, 2 M059 M317~a [...], [...] [...], 2 M218 M035 M066 M346, [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 328

M288 [commodity/category], 4(N39B) 1(N24) 1(N30C)# [...] M288 [commodity/category], 4(N39B) 1(N24) 2(N30C)# [...] [...], 4(N39B) 1(N24) 2(N30C)# [...] [...], 4(N39B) 1(N24) 2(N30C)# [...] [...], 4(N39B) 1(N24) 2(N30C) [...] [...], 4(N39B) 2(N30C)# [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 332

|M317+X| M297 M288, 6(N14)# [...] [...], 3(N14) M005~a M263~1 M387 M219 [...], [...] [...] M099 M102~da, 4(N01)#? 1(N01@b)#? [...] [...], 3(N14@b) 2(N1@b) |M157+M131|#, [...] 1(N34)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 334

Line 1: [Signs M388, M380, M218+M320, M347, M377~e] , 1(N01) Line 2: [M222] , 1(N30C) Line 3: [x] , 1(N01) 1(N24) Line 4: [M175, M380, x, ...] , [...] Line 5: [...] , 1(N30C)# [n] Line 6: [x, x] , 1(N30C) Line 7: [..., M009] , 1(N30C)# Line 8: [x, x, M371#?] , [...] Line 9: [x] , [n] Line 10: [M011] , 1(N24) 1(N30C)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 335

[...] [...] 1(N39B) M379 , 1(N24) M050~k[?] , [...] |M175+M136| M266~b M263 , 2(N01) M124 M377 [...] , [...] [...] , 1(N30C) M124 M024 M242~b[?] M096 M288 , [...] [x x] , 2(N39B) [...] M288[?] , n(N01)[?]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 339

[...] M081 M387~l [x] M376 , [...] [...] M376 , 1(N01) M054~b [x] [...] , [...] [...] M376 , 1(N01) M388 [x] , 4(N14) [...] M136~a [x] M376 , [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 342

[...] 3(N01) 1(N39B) M264~d [...] , [...] [...] M036 M343~h , 1(N14) 3(N01) 1(N14@b) 2(N1@b) [...] , [...] 1(N14)# 1(N01) 1(N30C)#? n(n@b)#

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 343

[...] [...] 1 M255 M096[?] [...] [...] [...] [...] 1 M386~a M295~s M110~a M297 M066 , 1 [...] M327[?] M219 M218 , 1 M248~f x [...] [...] x , 1(N24) M218 , 1 x x , [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 344

[...] , 1(N34) 1(N45) 3(N14) 3(N01) [...] , [...] 2(N14@b) [M009?] [M388?] , 1(N39B)? [...] [...] , 1(N34) 1(N45) 4(N14) 1(N01) 3(N39B)

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