# The Jemdet Nasr tablets (MSVO 1)

> About 240 Uruk III tablets from Mound B at Jemdet Nasr, found in 1926 and 1928 and divided between Oxford and Baghdad. First copied by Langdon in 1928…

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# The Jemdet Nasr tablets (MSVO 1)

DocumentCDLI terms: transliterations reusable with attribution; images copyright of the Ashmolean Museum and Iraq MuseumUruk III / Jemdet Nasr, c. 3200-3000 BC

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About 240 Uruk III tablets from Mound B at Jemdet Nasr, found in 1926 and 1928 and divided between Oxford and Baghdad. First copied by Langdon in 1928, re-edited by Englund and Grégoire in 1991. The second archive of the corpus and the type site of its later phase.

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and Iraq Museum, Baghdad. CDLI terms: transliterations reusable with attribution; images copyright of the Ashmolean Museum and Iraq Museum

## Copies 1

**Cdli records (msvo 1)** cdli.earth · CDLI terms: transliterations reusable with attribution; images copyright of the Ashmolean Museum and Iraq MuseumPrimary source: [CDLI Terms of Use](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D1P8PQT7ZC2/cdli-terms-of-use)1 step from the original

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## Where it is kept

[Ashmolean Museum, Oxford](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/places/PLC0DEDNXZYWVW0/ashmolean-museum-oxford) · Museum

## Sources 2

- [Proto-cuneiform](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKGP7JJQJ/proto-cuneiform)_SRC_
- [The Proto-Cuneiform Texts from Jemdet Nasr I: Copies, Transliterations and Glossary (MSVO 1)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDHA6X2GA8/the-proto-cuneiform-texts-from-jemdet-nasr-i-copies)_SRC_

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Uruk III / Jemdet Nasr, c. 3200-3000 BC

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