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ATU 7, pl. 007, W 19408,5
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC)) — ATU 7, pl. 007, W 19408,5. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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ATU 7, pl. 018, W 19416,a
20 [units], MA, ZATU735~b 20 [units], GU, fine wool(?), apple/orchard-fruit 2 [units], DIN, [vessel with sign |GAN~c×LAGAB~b|] 2 [units], [vessel with sign |GAN~c×X|] 10# [units], GAN~b [...], GI, |SAR~a׊E~a|, DA~a [...], DIN 7# [units], MA 2 [units] (higher order), apple/orchard-fruit 20 [units], MA#, ZATU735~b [...], |SAR~a׊E~a|#, A#, [...]
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CUSAS 01, 002
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 002. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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CUSAS 01, 004
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC) ?) — CUSAS 01, 004. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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CUSAS 01, 005
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 005. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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CUSAS 01, 006
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 006. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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MS 3007
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC) ?) — MS 3007. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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MS 3008
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC) ?) — MS 3008. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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MS 3009
20 [units], DIN-plant/herb 34 [units], ZATU842-commodity, EN (lord/high-official) 20 [units], UNUG (Uruk) [blank / total line?] 20 [units], SAG (head/chief?), IB 32 [units], ERIN (workers/troops) 30 [units], NUNUZ (eggs/seed?) 2(N34) 36 [units], KISZ, GAL (great), SANGA (administrator/priest), EN (lord/high-official) [...]
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MS 3010
1 [unit] — woman (SAL) 6 [units] — stomach/interior (ŠA3) 2 [units] — [type of] bread/food ration (|NINDA2×X|) 1 [unit] — mountain / [commodity with] |U4×1(N57)| (KUR |U4×1(N57)|) 9 [units] — [damaged; commodity/sign uncertain] (X X) 1 [unit] — [released/processed commodity?] (|DU8×HI|?) 1 N14 [large unit] — [institution or household?] KIŠ HI E2 NUN GIR A
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MS 3160
5 units — PAP~a, UZ 1 large unit — SI, NAGA, [house/institution?] 4 units — SZUBUR 3 units — EZEM~c (festival?) 7 units — PA~a 40 + 2 units — BARA2~a (dais/throne-platform) 60 units — barley (ŠE), disbursement, ERIN (workers/troops)
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MS 3161
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC)) — MS 3161. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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MS 3162
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC) ?) — MS 3162. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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MS 3163
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC) ?) — MS 3163. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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MS 3166
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC) ?) — MS 3166. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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MS 3167
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC)) — MS 3167. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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MS 3171
5 sheep, processed/fashioned [type] 5 [animals/units], HAL, male 5 [units], SZUR2~c [damaged sign] 4 [units], [sign uncertain] 3 (large measure N14), [compound sign: LAGAB enclosing HI+N04] 4 [units], [sign ZATU753] 6 [units], goats (MASZ2) 3 [units], BIR-quality cows 4 [units], [compound sign GA2-type vessel/container] 5 [units], PA~a [sign uncertain: ZATU659?] 3 [units], DA~a [number lost], SZUR2~c [number lost], settlement/city (URU~a1) — 8 [large units N57]
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MS 4484
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC) ?) — MS 4484. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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MS 4485
1 [unit]: large vessel (GAL~a), delivery/receipt (SZU2), 3 [units N57] 1 [unit]: ear (GESZTU~b), aromatic/resin (SZIM~a), hand/delivery (SZU) 1 [unit]: [commodity SI4~a] 1 [unit]: field? (GAN2?), [compound sign |UR3~b1xMASZ|] 1 [unit]: thorn/horn (SI), grinder/container (UR3~b1) 1 [unit]: [sign ZATU844], calf/young animal (AMAR) [X units]: [broken — signs illegible] [...]
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MS 4530
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC)) — MS 4530. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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MS 4552
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC) ?) — MS 4552. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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MS 5052
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC) ?) — MS 5052. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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Clay tablet, late Uruk period, 3300-3100 BCE. Proto-cuneiform signs, food issue list " rations" written by combining a human head and a bowl. Purchased via Christie's in 1989, with contribution from the British Museum Friends
Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Clay tablet, late Uruk period, 3300-3100 BCE. Proto-cuneiform signs, food issue list " rations" written by combining a human head and a bowl (the triangular object is the regular symbol for bread). In
EconomyDaily LifeProto-Cuneiform Account Tablet
One of the earliest specimens of human writing. Not literature, not law — accounting. The need to keep track of grain in a temple bureaucracy is what pushed marks-on-clay into a system that could one day carry epics.
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Ashm 1924-0923
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — Ashm 1924-0923. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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Ashm 1924-1083
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — Ashm 1924-1083. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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ATU 6, pl. 073, W 15860,a2
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — ATU 6, pl. 073, W 15860,a2. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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ATU 7, pl. 042, W 20274,24
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — ATU 7, pl. 042, W 20274,24. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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ATU 7, pl. 084, W 22102,5+
40 [units], [container/storehouse with sun sign], open court, fish 20 [units], land/country — small, female, fish, [total/chief] 4 [units], fish, minister/courier, [approach/bring near] 2 [units], [reed+wood compound sign] 2 [units], [mixed?], day/sun 3 [units — damaged] [...], [...] 5 [units], cattle pen/fold 5 [units], [mixed?], day/sun, young man/male adult 2 [units], date-palm(?) 1 [unit] [...], [...]
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BSOAS 62, 116
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — BSOAS 62, 116. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 188
1(N01) , NAM-ESZDA 1(N01) , NAM2 KAB[?] 1(N01) , NAM2 DI 1(N01) , NAM2 NAM2 1(N01) , NAM2 URU[?] 1(N01) , PA~a ŠE~a NAM2 1(N01) , NAM2 RAD~a 1(N01) , AB~a ME~a[?] 1(N01) , GAL~a X 1(N01)[?] , EN[?] [...] 1(N01)[?] , X [...] 1(N01)[?] , X [...] 1(N01)[?] , [...] 1(N01)[?] , [...] [N] 1(N14) , EN~a 2(N57) [E2 ...]
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CDLI Lexical 000030, ex. 057
1(N01) , [...] X AD~a#? 5(N01) , MUNU3? 5(N01) , GAZI 1(N01) , [...] 1(N14) , SUHUR 1(N14) , KAR2~b 1(N01) , [...] 1(N01) , [...] 1(N01) , X [...] 1(N01) , [...] [N] , [...] X
EconomyCDLI Seals 006583 (physical)
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CDLI Seals 006583 (physical). No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Writing & LiteratureEconomyCDLI Seals 006603 (physical)
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CDLI Seals 006603 (physical). No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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CDLI Seals 012668 (physical)
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) ?) — CDLI Seals 012668 (physical). No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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CDLJ 2009/4 §4
Obverse (face): [Top edge:] 1(N57) — salt 4(N14) 3(N01) — hoe/agricultural implement [AL] 1(N14) 1(N01) — [for/of] the lord (EN~a), junior [TUR] 5(N01) — [commodity marked by] |U4×1(N57)|, junior 1(N14) — [commodity marked by] |U4×2(N57)|, junior 1(N14) 6(N01) — [commodity marked by] |U4×3(N57)|, junior Summary/total line: 1(N34) 2(N14) 5(N01) — [grand total] — 1(N57) 2(N57) salt; [commodity] SU~a; elder/supervisor [PAP~a]; |1(N58).BAD~a|; SI; AN; AD~a; GIR~a
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CDLN 2015/004
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CDLN 2015/004. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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CMAA 020-C0003
[...] 1(N01), [...] X X 1(N01), goat (MASZ2) [processed/fashioned?] (ZATU628~a DIM~a) female (SAL) 1(N01), [NUN~b category] [processed/fashioned?] (DIM~a) 1(N01), [NUN~b category] ration/bread? (GAR) head/person (SAG) [unidentified sign] (ZATU694~c) [...], [...] [...] 6(N01), [...]
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CUSAS 01, 007
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 007. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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CUSAS 01, 008
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 008. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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CUSAS 01, 013
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 013. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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CUSAS 01, 014
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 014. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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CUSAS 01, 015
5(N34) 4(N14) — ERIM~a (male workers), KA2~a (gate/portal) 2(N14) 2(N01) — KA2~a (gate), SZU (received/in hand of) 2(N34) — DU, |ZATU737xBUR~a| 3(N34) — URU~a1 (city), ZATU659, KA2~a (gate) 2(N34) — [...] KA2~a (gate) 3(N34) — [...] KA2~a (gate) 1(N51) 1(N14) — |6(N57).KU3~a| (silver/precious metal) 1(N34) 2(N14) — GISZ3~a, KA2~a (gate) KA2~a (gate) 1(N48) 9(N34) 2(N14) 2(N01) — BA (disbursed), NI~a, KA2~a (gate)
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CUSAS 01, 016
1(N34), 1(N58) UR5~a 1(N57) , URI 3(N57) , date-palm [and] SI [...] , LA2 SUG5 [...] , plant(s) [...] , ZATU759 1(N57) , linen / GADA~a NA2~a 1(N57) , SZU2 female [worker] BAR 1(N34), 1(N58) 3(N57) , plant(s) NAM~a X , 3(N57) plant(s) 1(N57) , ZATU802~b [account:] SZU SZU APIN~a BU~a PAP~a NAM2 IM~a DUR2 SZAGAN
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CUSAS 01, 017
[...] [...] 2(N01) PAP~a DAR~b 2(N01) NAGA~a [...] [...] SAL [...] [...] 2(N01) EN~a 1(N04) 1(N01) NU11 AN [...] [...] [...] [...] 4(N01) LAL2~a 1(N01) UR~a
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CUSAS 01, 018
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 018. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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CUSAS 01, 019
1 unit, AN NU11 [1 unit], X MU 1 unit, X PAP~a ME~a 1 unit, |(BU~a&BU~a).NA2~a| SHA ME~a 1 unit, LAGAB~b X BU~a 1 unit, AL 1 unit, ZATU725 [1 unit], [...] 1 unit, [...] SZITA~a1 1 unit, [...] 1 unit, woman GA2~a1 GI 1 unit, sanga [...] 1 unit, nail/peg GISZ [...], [...] 1 (large unit) 4 units, reed(s) storehouse NU11@t NUN~a DU A
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CUSAS 01, 020
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 020. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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CUSAS 01, 021
1(N22) [large unit], ADAB 3(N01), [uncertain sign X] 1(N01), ERIN KAB 1(N01), GAN2 ISZ~b 2(N14) [= 2 tens], UDU~a [sheep] 3(N01), APIN~a EN~a [plow-team / EN official] 1(N01), SUG5# MAR~a ZATU752 1(N01), HI EN~a 1(N01), APIN~a GAN2 2(N14) [= 2 tens], AN TE 1(N01), SAL DARA4~a1 [female ibex / female animal] ZATU851
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CUSAS 01, 022
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 022. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
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