# The Uruk archaic tablets (ATU 1 to 7, W numbers)

> About 5,000 clay tablets and fragments from the Eanna precinct at Uruk, 1928 to 1976: about 190 Uruk V numerical tablets, 1,776 Uruk IV and 3,094 Uruk…

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/artifacts/ART0DEDREJXC929/the-uruk-archaic-tablets-atu-1-to-7-w-numbers  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

---

[Mysteries](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries)[Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform)[Artifacts](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform#artifacts)The Uruk archaic tablets (ATU 1 to 7, W numbers)

**ART** 0DEDREJXC929·Artifact · document

# The Uruk archaic tablets (ATU 1 to 7, W numbers)

DocumentCDLI terms: transliterations reusable with attribution; photographs copyright of the holding museums; line art copyright of the publication authorsUruk IV, c. 3350-3200 BC

[Cite]

**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://cdli.earth/artifacts/22).

About 5,000 clay tablets and fragments from the Eanna precinct at Uruk, 1928 to 1976: about 190 Uruk V numerical tablets, 1,776 Uruk IV and 3,094 Uruk III texts, almost all accounts, found in secondary fill. The whole corpus of the problem except for Jemdet Nasr, Umma and a few small groups.

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, and Iraq Museum, Baghdad. CDLI terms: transliterations reusable with attribution; photographs copyright of the holding museums; line art copyright of the publication authors

## Copies 1

**Cdli transliterations, photographs and line art** cdli.earth · CDLI terms: transliterations reusable with attribution; photographs copyright of the holding museums; line art copyright of the publication authorsPrimary source: [CDLI Terms of Use](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D1P8PQT7ZC2/cdli-terms-of-use)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://cdli.earth/artifacts/22)

## Where it is kept

[Iraq Museum, Baghdad](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/places/PLC0DEDNXDE1HXD/iraq-museum-baghdad) · Museum

## Sources 3

- [Archaische Texte aus Uruk (ATU 1)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDHRBNBCHF/archaische-texte-aus-uruk-atu-1)_SRC_
- [Proto-cuneiform](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKGP7JJQJ/proto-cuneiform)_SRC_
- [Texts from the Late Uruk Period](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDGX6K5549/texts-from-the-late-uruk-period)_SRC_

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). The Uruk archaic tablets (ATU 1 to 7, W numbers) [Artifact ART0DEDREJXC929]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0DEDREJXC929
```

Key

**ART** 0DEDREJXC929

Kind

Document

Held by

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, and Iraq Museum, Baghdad

Dated

Uruk IV, c. 3350-3200 BC; Uruk III, c. 3200-3000 BC

Licence

CDLI terms: transliterations reusable with attribution; photographs copyright of the holding museums; line art copyright of the publication authors

Place

[Iraq Museum, Baghdad](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/places/PLC0DEDNXDE1HXD/iraq-museum-baghdad)

Part of

[Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform)

The record

Every record is open data. Take this one as JSON, with its links and its history.

[JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/api/v1/records/ART0DEDREJXC929)