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~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 252

(Line 1) [...] — (Line 2) [...] M124, M298~a, M379~d : 2(N01) (Line 3) [...] : [...] 1(N01)(?), 1(N39B), 1(N24) (Line 4) M218~g : 1(N01) (Line 5) M379~d, |M036+M343~e|(?), M218~g : 5(N01) (No further inscribed text is preserved; the surviving reverse and edges carry only impressed numerical strokes and modern museum markings.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 255

(obverse) […] — (entry heading lost) […] M024 M264~a — 1 (unit, N01) […] M263~a(?) — 1 (unit, N01) […] M260 — 1 (unit, N01) |M036 + 10 (N14)| — 5 (units, N01) M111 M388 […] — [amount lost] […] — 5 (units, N01) […] — 2 (N39B) 1 (N24) 2 (N30C) (reverse: uninscribed)

Economy

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 256

Obverse 1. [...] ... M388 M057~a M029~b M288 — 2 (N01) 2. M346 — [amount broken] 3. [...] M057(?) — 2 (N01) 4. M346 — 1 (N01) 5. M218 M323~c M066 — [amount broken] 6. [...] — 1 (N01) 7. M009 M073(?) — 3 (N01) 8. M346 — [amount broken] (Larger amounts, probably the totalling section) 9. M288(?) — 3 (N14) 2 (N01) [i.e. three tens and two units] 10. M346 — 1 (N14) [i.e. one ten] (Sign values are conventional catalogue designations; Proto-Elamite remains undeciphered, so the commodity words themselves cannot be put into English.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 257

Obverse 1. [...] M250~m, M058~b, M057 — 1(N01) 2. [...] M254~a, M262, M024, |M218~d+M288|, M066 — 1(N01) 3. [...] — 1(N01) 4. [...] M259, M218 — 1(N01) 5. [...] M372 — 1(N01) 6. [...] M388 — 1(N14) [= 10 units] Reverse 7. M254~a, M262, M024, [...] — [number lost] (The rest of both surfaces is broken away; the left, right, top and bottom edges preserve no legible signs.) Note: the script is Proto-Elamite and remains undeciphered. Sign names are given in their conventional catalogue designations (M-numbers); only the numerals can be read with confidence — a series of single units (1 N01 each)…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 258

(Obverse, single column — surface broken at top and along the right edge) [...] M218 — 1(N01) M243~j — 1(N01) M002 — 1(N01) M266~b M066 M352~o M246~b M066 M387[...] — [numeral lost] [...] — 1(N30C) M387~a M036 — 2(N30C) M001 — 1(N30C) [x x] M288 — 2(N01) 2(N39B) [...] (The remainder of the tablet — the lower part of the obverse, the edges and the reverse as photographed — carries no further legible signs; the surfaces are eroded or broken away.)

~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

(obverse) M005~a — M038~b M374~c : 4 (N01) M288 : [...] [...] M346 M001~b M034~a |M305+M009| M288 : [...] [...] M424 : 1 (N14) 1 (N01) [...] : [...] 2 (N39B) 1 (N24) (total / summary) 1 (N34)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 267

Obverse (sign M367): 6 units [(N01)] [...] (sign M006): 4 units (N01) (sign M367~a1): [...] (sign M006@g~1): 1 ten-unit (N14) and 4 units (N01) [...] [...] : [...] 3 units (N01) [...] : [...] 4 ten-units (N14) [...] : [...] 1 unit (N01) (The remainder of the tablet is broken or uninscribed; no further legible entries.)

~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

Obverse 1. [...] M066, M096(?) — 3 (N01) 2. M203~c, M066, M352~o(?), M131~d(?) [...] — [numeral lost] 3. [...] — 2 (N01)(?) 4. M388, M315, M263~1, M297 — 2 (N01) 5. (two illegible signs) [...] — [numeral lost] 6. [...] |M296+M296|, M096 — 2 (N01) 7. M254(?), M352~n, M218(?) [...] — [numeral lost] 8. [...] (illegible sign), M371(?) — 1 (N01) 9. M124, M057, M099, M371 — 1 (N01) 10. [...] M240(?), M096 — 3 (N01)(?) 11. (illegible sign) — 3 (N01) 12. M311, M314 [...] — [numeral lost] 13. [...] — 2 (N39B) 1 (N24) 14. M066 [...] M218, M066 — 2 (N39B) 15. [...] — 9 (N14) 1 (N39B) 1 (N24) (The lower…

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 281

(Obverse) [...] ... , M001 M259 M218[?] M278~e — 1(N01) M195~m M220 M218 ... [...] — 1(N01) M152 M097~h[?] M387 M387 M377 M295[?] M096[?] M066 — 1(N01) |M296+M296|[?] M263~1 ... M096 [...] — 1(N01) M066~a M057 — 1(N01) M263~1[?] ... [...] M066~a — 1(N01) [...] — 6(N01) (Reverse: uninscribed except for a few impressed marks at the lower right; no readable text.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 284

Obverse […] , […] (sign M362) , 3 (units, N01) (sign M367) , 2 (units, N01) […] , […] (signs M252 + M362) , 7 (units, N01) (sign M367) , 4 (units, N01) (sign M006) , 1 (unit, N01) (illegible sign) , […] […] , […] (Remainder broken away; reverse uninscribed as preserved.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 285

(obverse) [...] , (broken) M006 : 3 (units, N01) M362 : 4 (tens, N14) — i.e. 40 [...] : 2 (units, N01) M006 : 2 (units, N01) M362~a : 1 (ten, N14) 3 (units, N01) — i.e. 13 M346 : 2 (units, N01) M101 : 1 (unit, N01) (one further sign, illegible) : [...] (number broken away) (No further inscribed lines survive; the remaining faces and edges shown in the photograph are uninscribed or broken.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 286

Obverse [ … ] — 2 (units, N39B) [sign damaged] M002 — 1 (unit, N39B) M098(?) — 2 (units, N39B) M388 M219 M352~o M315(?) M297 x — [ amount broken away ] [x] M288 — 1 (unit, N01) M096 — 1 (unit, N24) M295~p M222(?) M288 — 1 (unit, N01) [ … ] — [ … ] (Remainder of the obverse lost; the reverse carries no writing.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 297 + 299

(obverse) [...] M386~a M024 M371[?] — 1(N01)[?] M329[?] [...] — [...] [...] M371[?] — 1(N01) M125~a M124[?] M259 M229~e1 — 1(N01) M035 M066 — 1(N01) M029~e[?] M124[?] — 1(N01) M218 M242~ab — 1(N01) (No further inscribed surface preserved; the remaining faces and edges of the fragment are blank or destroyed.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 300

(obverse, fragmentary) 1. [...] — 1(N14) 1(N39B) [i.e. one "ten"-unit and one N39B measure] 2. M139 M048~d M288 — [numeral broken away] 3. M297~b(?) — 9(N01) 2(N01) [nine units, two units] 4. [...] x [...] — [...] 5. [...] — [...] 3(N01)(?) [...] (The remainder of the surface, and the reverse, are broken away or uninscribed; no further signs are preserved.)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 303

Obverse [...] 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)[?] Reverse M387~ef M048~d M263 — 1(N01) 1(N30C@b) (x) — [...] [...] — n (number lost) (x) (x) (x) — 1(N01)[?] M057~b [...] — [...] (Remainder broken away)

~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)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 345

[...] M009 M318(~a2?) M371 M321 , 1(N01)# [...] [...] M371 M376 , 5(N01) M509 x [...] , [...] [...] , 2(N01)# x [...] , [...] [...] M376 , 2(N01) M099 M136#? [...] , [...] x x x , [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 349

[...] x M388 M066~a M087 [...], [...] [...], 1(N01) M259 M150 [...], [...] M320# M388# M346#?, [...] [...], 9(N01)# M346, [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 353

M111~o with |M036+1(N30D)| — 3(N14) M001 [...] — [...] M264~a — 1(N14) 3(N01) M263~a — 3(N01) [x] — [...] [...] — 3(N14) |M036+1(N30D)| — [...] [...] — 1(N30C)# [and further numerals lost] 3(N1@b) 1(N24@b)#

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 359

[...] [x] M305(#) M388 [x] [...] [...] 3(N39B) M297 M218(#) M329(#) [...] [...] [x] [x] [x] [...] [...] 1(N30C)(#) 1(N30D) [...] [n]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 368

[...], 1 [...] M110, 1 M370, 2 M072, [...] M387 M009 M371, 1 M370, 1 M066(?) M001(?) M376(?), [...] [x], 1 M370(?), 1 M145~a M377 [x] M371, [...] [...], 3(?)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 377

x [...] , [...] [...] M003~b M329 , 2(N14)# [...] , 5(N01) M203~c , 1(N14) [...] , 3(N01) M005~a [...] , [...] [...] , 2(N45) 1(N14) [...] [...] 3(N01) 1(N34)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 381

[...] , 3(N14@b) M263~1 × [...] , [...] [...] , 3(N14) M153 M068~a [...] , [...] M288 , 1(N45) 4(N14) 2(N01)# [...] [...] , 1(N14) 3(N01) 1(N39B) 1(N14@b) 1(N01@b)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 383

[...] [...] 2(N01) [...] [...] 1(N30C)? 1(N30D) M438 M209~a : 1(N14) 1(N01)# [...] [x] : 2(N01) M059 : 1(N39B) [x] [...] : [...] [...] [...] : 1(N24)# 1(N30C) [x] [...] : [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 387

Line 1: [Sign compound |M327+M342|], Line 2: [x] M388 M057[?] [...] , [...] Line 3: [...] M218 , 1(N01) Line 4: |M131+M388| [...] M032 [...] , [...] Line 5: [...] M218(?) M259 M386~a |M131+M388| M263 [...] , [...] Line 6: [...] M099 M371 , 1(N01) Line 7: M386~a M240 M096[?] [...] , [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 405

[...], 5 [x], [...] M376, 2 |M327+M059~d|(?), [...] M009(#), 1 M376(#?), 2 [...], 1 [x], n M346, 1

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 408

[...] x M218 M297, 1(N39B) M048~k [...], [...] [...] M387~ca M318~a1 [...], [...] [...] x M387~o M009 M298# [...], [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 413

M365 , M056 , 4(N34)# [...] [...] , 3(N01) 1(N08A) M193~g , 1(N01)# [...] M188~g , 5(N01) M059 , [...] M324~e , 4(N14)# [...] , 2(N14) [...] , 6(N34)#

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 418

M157~a [heading/rubric — function unknown] M384~e M054 , 1 (unit N01) M297 , 1 (unit N39B) [...] [...] , 2 (units N14) M001 , 1 (unit N01) M297 , 2 (units N39B) M122 M054 [...] , [...] [...] x , 1 (unit N30D) 1 (unit N14) 1 (unit N34)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 419

[Heading/rubric: M157] [M124] [M288] — 2 [M175+M286] — 2 [M265] — 2 [M081] — 2 [M001] — 4 [M134~b] — 2 [M041] — 2 [M317~a] — 1 [M005~a?] — 2 [M111~o] — 2 [M316~f] — 2 [M385~f] — 4 Total: 4(N14@c) 3(N01@c)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 420

[Category/heading sign |M153+M342|?], M292~d, M288 — 1(N01) [Commodity sign x] — 1(N01) [Commodity sign x] [...] — [...] [...] M219, M387, M240, M096 — 1(N01) M217 — 1(N01), 1(N39B) [...] M036 — 1(N39B), 1(N30C) [...] — 4(N39B), 1(N30C) [Total:] 1(N34)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 428

Line 1: [Sign M351~m] Line 2: [M377] [M377] [M388] [M125?] [M102~k2?] [M096?] [...] , [...] Line 3: [...] , 1(N14) 1(N01) Line 4: [M384~d1] [M124] [M251~c3] [M218~b?] [M001?] , [...] Line 5: [M356] [M387] [M218] , 1(N01) 2(N39B) Line 6: [x] , [...] Line 7: [...] [M263] [M281~d?] [x] , 1(N01) Line 8: [...] , [...] 1(N01) 2(N39B)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 433

M157 [heading/rubric] [M195+M038~a] M301(?) M056~f M206~d1(?) x [...] x M066(?) M024(?) M001 x M387 M218 , 3(N01) M195~d x [...] , [...] [...] |M377+M320+M377|(?) , 2(N14) 4(N01) M097~h(?) M066(?) x [...] , [...] M388 M037 M102~k1 M218~b M066 , 3(N14) x [...] , 5(N01)

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 436

[...] M388 M122 M242~ab M096 M388 M218 M044~c [...] , [...] [...] M388 M099 x x x M036[?] x , 1(N01) [...] M057~b M218 M386~a M259[?] M102~k[?] M371 , 1(N01) M295[?] M223 M377~e[...] , [...] [...] x |M131+M388| , 1(N01) M001 M218 , 1(N01) M032 M371 , 1(N01) M377~e x [...] , [...] [...] x M218 , 1(N01) M122 M242~ab M387 x x , 2(N01) x , [...]

~3000 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

MDP 17, 438

[...], 2(N39B) M096 M099 [...], [...] [...] x M218, 1(N01) M240 M329 [...], [...] [...] x M057, 2(N39B) 1(N24) [...] x M066, 1(N39B) M146 M066 M096 [...], [...] [...] M387~ef M066, 2(N39B) 1(N24) M004, [...] M243, 2(N01) [...]

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