MVN 11, 143 (P116156)

Legal tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

SM 1911.03.026

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (SM catalogue: legal document witnessing the receipt of grain as an interest-free loan)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

53.0 mm × 44.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 4(barig) 1(ban2) sze gur ur5-sze3
2. masz2 nu-tuku
3. ki ur-ku3-ga-ta
4. ba-ba-ti
5. dumu bu-ga-ti
6. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. igi i-ri-bu-um
2. igi ur-gi-na
3. igi lu2-tu-ga
4. mu lugal-bi in-pa3
5. iti a-ki-ti
  sic!
6. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
1. ba-ba-ti
2. dumu bu-ga-[ti]

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 53.0 high × 44.0 wide × 18.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description: complete; tablet was first sealed, then inscribed
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Legal (SM catalogue: legal document witnessing the receipt of grain as an interest-free loan)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: MVN 11, 143

    [Owen1982MVN11] Owen, David I. 1982. Selected Ur III Texts from the Harvard Semitic Museum. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 11. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • history: BiOr 41, 414,

    [sec14520] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SM 1911.03.026
  • Accession No.: 06996

  • Provenience: Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) [uncertain]
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.01.07.00
  • Alternative Years:
  • Date Comments:
  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2011-07-22 at 13:40:24 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:33 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:51 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 000054 (composite) (P430155) Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Ibbi-Suen.01.07.00

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 11, 143 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116156.
MVN 11, 143 artifact entry (No. P116156). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116156
MVN 11, 143 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116156 (Accessed: March 28, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-03-28]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 11, 143 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116156},
}

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