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~3300 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

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…

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~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodOur engine

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 188

1 (N01) — NAM2-EŠDA 1 (N01) — NAM2 KAB(?) 1 (N01) — NAM2 DI 1 (N01) — NAM2 NAM2 1 (N01) — NAM2 URU(?) 1 (N01) — PA ŠE NAM2 1 (N01) — NAM2 RAD 1 (N01) — AB ME(?) 1 (N01) — GAL [x] 1 (N01) — EN(?) [...] 1 (N01) — [x] [...] 1 (N01) — [x] [...] 1 (N01) — [...] 1 (N01) — [...] (Reverse/lower line) [n] 1 (N14) — EN 2 (N57) [E2 ...]

Writing & LiteratureDaily Life

~3100 BCE·Uruk PeriodEditorial

Trudy Otdela Vostoka 3 p. 27ff.:2

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).

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

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 188

Trudy Otdela Vostoka 3 p. 27ff.:2

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 191

CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 034

MS 1952/37

Fs Krecher 330-332 01

Fs Krecher 342-343 11

CDLI Literary 006205, ex. 010

CUSAS 35, 028

MRAH O.5015

SF 014

CDLI Literary 000782, ex. 003

CDLI Literary 006205, ex. 001

CDLI Literary 006205, ex. 002

OSP 1, 001

OSP 1, 003

SF 018

SF 031

SF 036

SF 038

SF 039

SF 040

SF 045

SF 049*

SF 050

SF 050*

SF 051

SF 052

SF 053

SF 056

SF 078

OIM A33679

SF 055

SF 060

TSŠ 0271

CDLI Lexical 000003, ex. 011

Nik 1, 177

Nik 1, 309

OSP 1, 037

OSP 1, 004

PBS 11/3, 042

RA 054, 058-059

RIAA 051

TMH 05, 173

UM 29-15-617

Kress 017

Amarna letter. Letter from Yapahu (ruler of Gezer) to the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III or son Akhenaten

Clay tablet. Old Akkadian account text about fields. 2334-2004 BCE. From Iraq. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin

Cuneiform Akkadian clay tablet 1