# The Blau monuments

> Two small dark-stone objects, an obelisk 18 cm long and a plaque 15.9 cm long, carved with reliefs of a bearded figure in a net skirt and kneeling…

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# The Blau monuments

ObjectOriental Institute, University of Chicago; free PDF, copyright retainedUruk III / Jemdet Nasr to Early Dynastic I, c. 3100-2700 BC

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**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://oi.uchicago.edu/sites/oi.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/shared/docs/oip104_part_2.pdf).

Two small dark-stone objects, an obelisk 18 cm long and a plaque 15.9 cm long, carved with reliefs of a bearded figure in a net skirt and kneeling workers, and inscribed with archaic signs recording a land transaction of 5 bur (about 30 hectares). Bought near Uruk in 1886 and once suspected as forgeries; dated by different scholars to c. 3100 or c. 2700 BC. They sit on the boundary between proto-cuneiform and readable Early Dynastic Sumerian.

British Museum, London. Oriental Institute, University of Chicago; free PDF, copyright retained

## Copies 1

**Oip 104 edition and plates (pdf)** oi.uchicago.edu · Oriental Institute, University of Chicago; free PDF, copyright retainedPrimary source: [Earliest Land Tenure Systems in the Near East: Ancient Kudurrus (OIP 104)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK7EZ55WN/earliest-land-tenure-systems-in-the-near-east-ancient)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://oi.uchicago.edu/sites/oi.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/shared/docs/oip104_part_2.pdf)

## Where it is kept

[British Museum, London](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/places/PLC0DEDNY73EXVY/british-museum-london) · Museum

## Sources 2

- [Earliest Land Tenure Systems in the Near East: Ancient Kudurrus (OIP 104)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK7EZ55WN/earliest-land-tenure-systems-in-the-near-east-ancient)_SRC_
- [Towards the Deciphering of the "Blau Monuments": Some New Readings and Perspectives](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK6DJMW8X/towards-the-deciphering-of-the-blau-monuments-some-new)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Blau monuments [Artifact ART0DEDRGKQVTNK]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0DEDRGKQVTNK
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British Museum, London

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Uruk III / Jemdet Nasr to Early Dynastic I, c. 3100-2700 BC

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Oriental Institute, University of Chicago; free PDF, copyright retained

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[British Museum, London](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/places/PLC0DEDNY73EXVY/british-museum-london)

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