====== Uruk IV/III metrological systems=====
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All the numerical sign files used in these charts are available [[https://cdli.ucla.edu/tools/cdlifiles/signlists/archsignfiles.zip| here (.eps)]] and [[https://cdli.ucla.edu/tools/cdlifiles/signlists/archsignfiles_jpg.zip| here (.jpeg)]]
===== Systems used to count discrete objects =====
==== Sexagesimal System S ====
Used to count discrete inanimate objects.\\
| N8a | {{::1_n08a_.png?25}} |
| ** ↓ ×2 or ×10** ||
| N1 | {{:1_n01_.png?40}} |
| **↓ ×10** ||
| N14 | {{:1_n14_.png?25}} |
| **↓ ×6** ||
| N34 | {{:1_n34_.png?50}} |
| **↓ ×10** ||
| N48 | {{:1_n48_.png?50}} |
| **↓ ×6** ||
| N45 | {{:1_n45_.png?50}} |
| **↓ ×10** ||
| N50 | {{:n50_resize_3.png?58}} |
==== Sexagesimal System S' ====
Used to count certain objects, for example, dead animals from herds and jars of certain types of liquids. See [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/search/search_results.php?SearchMode=Text&PrimaryPublication=&MuseumNumber=&Provenience=&Period=Uruk&TextSearch=N03&ObjectID=&requestFrom=Submit|cdli texts using the sexagesimal System S']]
| N3 | {{::n2_.png?50}} |
| **↓ ×10** ||
| N18 | {{::n15.png?25}} |
| **↓ ×6** ||
| N45 | {{::n35.png?70}} |
==== Bi-sexagesimal System B ====
| N8 | {{:1_n08a_.png?25}} |
| **↓ ×2** ||
| N1 | {{:1_n01_.png?50}} |
| **↓ ×10** ||
| N14 | {{:1_n14_.png?25}} |
| **↓ ×6** ||
| N34 | {{:1_n34_.png?50}} |
| **↓ ×2** ||
| N51 | {{:1_n51_.png?50}} |
| **↓ ×10** ||
| N54 | {{:1_n54_.png?50}} |
==== Bi-sexagesimal System B* ====
System derived from the bisexagesimal system, used to count rations of an unclear nature, possibly a type of fish.
| N6 | {{:1_n06_.png?50}} |
| **↓ ×10** ||
| N21 | {{:1_n21_.png?50}} |
| **↓ ×6** ||
| N38 | {{:1_n38_.png?50}} |
| **↓ ×2** ||
| N52 | {{:1_n52_.png?50}} |
| **↓ ×10** ||
| N60 | {{:1_n60_.png?50}} |
===== System used to count measures of area (GAN2 system) =====
| N8 | {{:1_n08_.png?25}} |
| **↓ ×10?** ||
| N1 | {{:1_n01_.png?50}} |
| **↓ ×6** ||
| N22 | {{:1_n22_.png?50}} |
| **↓ ×3** ||
| N14 | {{:1_n14_.png?25}} |
| **↓ ×10** ||
| N50 | {{:1_n50_.png?50}} |
| **↓ ×6** ||
| N45 | {{:1_n45_.png?50}} |
===== System used to count time (U4 system) =====
| U4 N8 | {{:u4_n8.png?50}} |
| **↓×10** ||
| U4 N14 | {{:u4_n14.png?50}} |
| **↓×3** ||
| U4× N1 | {{:u4_n1.png?50}} |
===== EN system =====
The field of application for this system is unknown.See CDLI [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/search/search_results.php?SearchMode=Text&PrimaryPublication=&MuseumNumber=&Provenience=&Period=&TextSearch=N07&ObjectID=&requestFrom=Submit|texts using the EN system]].
| N9 | {{:1_n09_.png?15}} | N10 | | N11 | {{:1_n11_.png?15}} | N12 | {{:1_n12_.png?15}} |
| **↓ ×?** || **↓ ×?** || **↓ ×?** || **↓ ×?** ||
| N7 | {{:1_n07_a_.png?50}} | ||||||
| **↓ ×4** || ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| N8 | {{:1_n08_.png?25}} | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| **↓ ×2** || ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| N24 | {{:1_n24_.png?25}} | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| **↓ ×2** || ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| N1 | {{:1_n01_.png?50}} | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| **↓ ×10** || ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| N14 | {{:1_n14_.png?25}} | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
===== Systems used to count measures of capacity =====
==== ŠE system Š ====
| N24 | {{:1_n24_.png?22}} | N26 | {{:1_n26_a.png?50}} | N28 | {{:1_n28_.png?50}} | N29 | {{:1_n29_a_a.png?50}} | N30a | {{:1_n30_a_.png?50}} | N30c | {{:1_n30_c_.png?50}} |
| **↓ ×2** || | **↓ ×3** | | **↓ ×4** | | **↓ ×5** | | **↓ ×6** | | **↓ ×10** |
| N39a | {{:n39a.png?50}} | ||||||||||
| **↓ ×5** || ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| N1 | {{:1_n01_.png?50}} | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| **↓ ×6** || ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| N14 | {{:1_n14_.png?22}} | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| **↓ ×10** || ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| N45 | {{:undefined:1_n45_.png?40}} | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| **↓ ×3** || ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| N34 | {{:1_n34_.png?50}} | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| **↓ ×10** || ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| N48 | {{:1_n48_.png?50}} | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| | **↓ ×6** | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| N46 | {{:n46_redo.png?50&nolink}} | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
==== ŠE system Š' ====
**ŠE system Š'**
| N24 | {{:1_n24_.png?20}} |
| **↓ ×2** ||
| N40 | {{ :1_n40_redone_2_.png?50 }} |
| **↓ ×5** ||
| N3 | {{ ::1_n03_redone_2_.png?50 }} |
| **↓ ×6** ||
| N18 | {{ ::1_n18_redone_.png?50 }} |
| **↓ ×10** ||
| N45 | {{:1_n45_.png?50}} |
==== ŠE system Š" ====
**ŠE system Š"**
| N41 | {{::n41_redone_again.png?50 |}} |
| **↓ ×5** ||
| N4 | {{:n4_redo.png?50}} |
| **↓ ×6** ||
| N19 | {{:n19_redo.png?40|}} |
| **↓ ×10** ||
| N46 | {{:n26_redo.png?75}} |
| **↓ ×3** ||
| N36 | {{:n36_redo.png?50}} |
| **↓ ×10** ||
| N49 | {{:n49_redo.png?50|}} |
| **↓ ×6?** ||
| N46 | {{:n26_redo.png?75}} |
==== ŠE system Š* ====
| N25 | {{:1_n25_.png?40}} | N27 | {{:1_n27_.png?50}} | N28 | {{:1_n28_.png?50}} |
| **↓ ×2** || **↓ ×3** || **↓ ×4** ||
| N42 | {{:1_n42_a_.png?50}} | ||||
| **↓ ×5** || ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| N5 | {{:1_n05_.png?50}} | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| **↓ ×6** || ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| N20 | {{:1_n20_.png?50}} | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| **↓ ×10** || ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| N47 | {{:1_n47_.png?50}} | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| **↓ ×3** || ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| N37 | {{:1_n37_.png?50}} | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
==== DUGb system ====
| N1 SILA3a | {{:n01_sila3.png?60}} |
| **↓ ×10** ||
| N1 DUGb | {{:n1_dugb.png?75}} |
==== DUGc system ====
| N2 | {{:1_n02_.png?40}} |
| **↓ ×5** ||
| N1 KU3a | {{:n01_ku3.png?55}} |
| **↓ ×2** ||
| N1 DUGc | {{:1n1_dugc.png?95}} |