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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

museum; holds the Oxford share of the Jemdet Nasr tablets

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford is a museum in the record of Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk, placed to about 100 m.

One artifact in the record is tied to it, including The Jemdet Nasr tablets (MSVO 1).

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Placed from Wikipedia / Wikidata Q636400 coordinates · Placed to about 100 mOpen the mystery's map

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Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk
museum; holds the Oxford share of the Jemdet Nasr tablets
The mystery

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Ashmolean Museum, Oxford [Place PLC0DEDNXZYWVW0]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DEDNXZYWVW0
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