MVN 04, 246 (P114198)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Collegiata dei SS. Pietro e Orso, Aosta, Italy

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Museum Collection(s)

Collegiata dei SS. Pietro e Orso, Aosta, Italy

Museum Number

CPO 080

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. x [...]
2'. 1(u) 5(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) dabin# gur
3'. [...] 5(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur
4'. ki ur-{d}nu-musz#-da-ta
5'. 1(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 dabin gur
6'. 1(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) nig2-ar3-ra saga gur
7'. ki lu2-kal-la-ta
8'. ($ blank space $) zu2-lum
  erased kur disz
  erasure
  -ma-a not erased
9'. ki ku3-{d}nin-ur4-ra-ta
  blank space
10'. szunigin 2(u) 8(asz) 4(barig) 4(disz) sila3 dabin#
11'. szunigin 1(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3 x
12'. ziz2 bala-bi 1(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3#
  calculation: 85 ÷ 1 = 85
13'. szunigin 2(barig) 2(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 zi3-gu saga#
14'. sze bala-bi 1(ban2) 4(disz)# 2/3(disz) sila3 8(disz)# gin2
  calculation: 148 ÷ 10 = 14 48/60
15'. szunigin 1(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) nig2-ar3-ra saga# gur
16'. sze bala-bi 3(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3
  calculation: 390 ÷ 2 = 195
17'. szunigin 3(gesz2) 1(u) 7(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur
18'. szunigin# 3(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) ziz2 gur
19'. [szunigin] 3(asz) 1(barig) gig gur
20'. [sze] bala#-bi 3(asz) 1(barig) [x] gur
  calculation: 960 ÷ 1 = 960
21'. [...]
22'. [...] 5(gesz2) 1(u) [...]
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. [n] 1(asz) [...]
3'. [n] 1(u) 2(disz) [...] KA lugal
4'. [n] 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3 sig15 gur
5'. 1(u) la2 1(disz) gin2 zi3-gu saga gur
6'. 3(u) 9(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 zi3 [...]
7'. [n] 1(u) 3(asz) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 nig2#-ar3-[ra]
8'. [n] 1(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 esza
9'. [n] imgaga3 igi-5(disz)-gal2-bi 5(ban2) 6(disz) sila3
10'. 5(ban2) gig 7(asz) nig2-ar3-ra du gur
11'. kiszib3 ku3-{d}nin-ur4-ra
12'. 4(u) 7(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 9(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 dabin gur
13'. [n] 4(ban2) zi3 sig15
14'. 2(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) zi3 ISZ ba-ba gur
15'. kiszib3 ur-{d}szara2
  blank space
16'. 4(asz) 4(barig) dabin gur 1(ban2) esza
17'. kiszib3 szesz-a-ni
  blank space
  blank space
  at end erased sze gur
18'. 2(barig) 3(ban2) [...]
19'. 2(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3 [...]
20'. 1(asz) 1(barig) 2(disz) sila3 [...]
21'. 2(asz) [...]
22. [...]
reverse
column 1
1. [...]
2. 2(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3#-[ra ...]
3. 3(ban2) imgaga3 x [...]
4. 1(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) ziz2 gur [...]
5. [n] zi3-gu [...]
6. 6(asz) 1(barig) 6(disz) sila3 [...]
7. kiszib3 ur-{d}[...]
8. [...]
9. [...]
10. [...]
11. [n] sila3 [x] sze [...]
12. [...] szesz-saga [...]
13. [n] sila3 zi3-gu saga gur
14. [n] zi3 gur
15. [n] dabin gur
16. kiszib3 lu2-tur-tur
17. 2(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3 sig15 3(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) esza gur
18. kiszib3 mu-ni
19. 1(asz) 3(ban2) nig2-ar3-ra saga gur
20. kiszib3 {d}szara2-i3-zu dumu lugal-mu-ma-ag2
21. 6(asz) 5(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 sze gur kiszib3 lu2-du10-ga
22. 1(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) sze gur a2 ma2 hun-ga2
23. kiszib3 ur-{d}suen
24. 1(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 zi3 sig15# kiszib3 lugal-he2-gal2
25. 4(barig) zi3-gu [...]
26. 4(asz) [...]
27. 2(asz) 3(barig) [...]
28. 1(asz) 3(ban2)# [zi3] sig15# gur
29. kiszib3 [lu2-{d}]nin-szubur
30. [n] sze gur
31. [...] x x
32. [...] x [...]
  rest broken
column 2
1. 2(barig)# [...] x
  blank space
  erased(?) ur-x-a at end
2. kiszib3 szesz-kal-la muhaldim
  blank space
3. szunigin 4(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 zi3 sig15 gur
4. [sze] bala-bi 4(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 gur
5. [n] zi3 ba-ba saga
6. [sze] bala#-bi
7. [n] 3(ban2) zi3 milla ba-ba gur
8. [sze bala]-bi# 2(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) gur
9. [...] x x saga lugal
10. szunigin# [n] 7(disz) [...]
11. szunigin 3(u) 1(asz) 1(ban2) [1(disz) 2/3(disz)? sila3 zi3-gu saga] gur
12. sze bala-bi# 3(asz) 3(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 1(u) gin2 gur
  calculation: 9311 2/3 ÷ 10 = 931 10/60
13. szunigin 2(gesz2) 9(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 1(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 1(u) gin2 gur
14. szunigin 8(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) 4(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 esza gur
15. ziz2 bala-bi 8(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) 4(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 gur
  calculation: 2664 1/3 ÷ 1 = 2664 1/3
16. szunigin 1(u) 6(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra saga gur
17. sze bala-bi 8(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 gur
  calculation: 4958 ÷ 2 = 2479
18. szunigin 7(asz) nig2-ar3-ra du gur
19. szunigin 1(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) imgaga3 gur
20. ziz2 bala-bi 1(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) gur
  calculation: 470 ÷ 1 = 470
21. szunigin 2(u) 1(barig) 7(disz) sila3 sze gur
22. szunigin 1(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) ziz2 gur
23. szunigin 1(barig) 5(ban2) gig sze bala-bi 1(barig) 5(ban2)
  blank space
  rest broken

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MVN 4, 246

    [Cagni1976MVN4] Cagni, Luigi, and Giovanni Pettinato. 1976. La Collezione Del Pontificio Istituto Biblico, Roma; La Collezione Della Collegiata Dei SS. Pietro e Orso, Aosta. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 4. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

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  • Museum No.: CPO 080
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2022-04-07 at 10:08:50 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Lafont, Bertrand CDLI approved View
2018-03-23 at 19:15:05 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:53:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2014-10-24 at 08:55:00 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:37:24 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:17:26 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:14:44 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:03 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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“MVN 04, 246 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P114198.
MVN 04, 246 artifact entry (No. P114198). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P114198
MVN 04, 246 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P114198 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-03-29]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 04, 246 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P114198},
}

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