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MVN 15, 083 (P118363)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 72-25-007

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt of leather objects and leather)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 8(disz) nig2-dara2 {kusz}[...]
2. ki-la2-bi 2(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na-[ta]
3. kusz gu4-bi 3(disz)
4. kusz udu-bi 1(u)
5. 1(u) 8(disz) ad-tab {kusz}[...]
6. ki-la2-bi 1/2(disz) ma-na#-[ta]
7. kusz udu-bi 6(disz)
8. 5(disz) {kusz}usan3 u-gu2-ba-[(x)]
9. ki-la2-bi 1/2(disz) ma-na-ta
10. kusz udu-bi 1(u) 2(disz)
11. 1(gesz2) kusz udu a!-gar gu7-a
12. gu4-{gesz}apin
reverse
1. ba-ba-ti-ke4
2. szu ti#-a
3. giri3 [gesz-kin-ti] szabra
4. kiszib3 nam#?-[sza3-tam] lu2-kal#-la
5. inim ensi2#-ka-ta
6. kusz udu nig2-gur11 ensi2-ka
seal impression
7. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4#
8. bad3 mar-tu mu#-[du3]
seal 1
illegible

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
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Condition Description:
Join Information:
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Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Receipt of leather objects and leather)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: MVN 15, 83

[Owen1991MVN15] Owen, David I. 1991. Neo-Sumerian Texts from American Collections. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 15. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

Receipt of leather and leather objects.
history: JCS 24 (pp. 137-173), 167 83

[Owen1972JCS24AmericanColl] “Neo-Sumerian Texts from American Collections, I.” 1972. Journal of Cuneiform Studies 24.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: UM 72-25-007
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.04.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2013-06-10 at 08:27:24	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:43:42	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:21:50	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:21:47	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (034106)
Penn Museum (568380)
Electronic Babylonian Library (UM.72-25-7)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 002932.2 (composite) (P533566)	-	-

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

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“MVN 15, 083 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P118363.

MVN 15, 083 artifact entry (No. P118363). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P118363 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 15, 083 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P118363 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MVN 15, 083 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P118363},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P118363},
}

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“MVN 15, 083 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P118363.

MVN 15, 083 artifact entry (No. P118363). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P118363 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 15, 083 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P118363 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MVN 15, 083 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P118363},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P118363},
}

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PY  - 2023
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M1  - 2024/4/26/
TI  - MVN 15, 083 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P118363
ER  -

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