MVN 11, 162 (P116175)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), 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 1911.05.011

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: legal text about the payment of a merchant's interest over 3 years (maš dam-gar3 mu-3-a-bi))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

53.0 mm × 37.0 mm × 18.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 1/3(disz) ma-na 3(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. masz dam-gar3 mu 3(disz)-a-bi
3. 1/3(disz) ma-na 6(disz) gin2 2(u) la2 2(disz) sze ba-a-gar
4. szunigin 1(disz) ma-na 9(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 2(u) la2 2(disz) sze ku3-babbar
5. ur-nigar{gar}-ke4
6. ha-ha-sza4-ar
7. in-na-an-su
8. masz dam-gar3 ba-a-gar-ra
9. en3-bi tar-re-dam
10. 1(disz) i3-da-mu dub-sar
reverse
1. 1(disz) lu2-ga-mu
2. 1(disz) na-silim dumu i3-da-mu
3. 1(disz) lu2-du10-ga dumu nigar{gar}-ki-du10
4. 1(disz) ur-dub-la2 aszgab
5. 1(disz) ur-mes nagar
6. lu2 ki inim-ma-bi-me
7. 1/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
8. 2(u) sze gur lugal
9. ki ur-nigar{gar}-ka-ta
10. ha-ha-sza4 szu ba-an-ti
11. inim-bi nu-ub-du11
left
1. en3-bi tar-re-dam nig2-ka9-ak
2. iti {d}dumu-zi
  some text moved to next line
3. mu us2-sa bad3 ba-du3

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 × 37.0 wide × 18.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description: complete; this tablet (7172) was published by fish in ra 57 as 7177. The actual 7177 is a text about a work crew and is an entirely different tablet. See also the record for 1911.5.16
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (SM catalogue: legal text about the payment of a merchant's interest over 3 years (maš dam-gar3 mu-3-a-bi))
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: MVN 11, 162

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

  • history: RA 057 (pp. 93-97), 095, 6

    [FishLambert1963RA57] Fish, Thomas, and Maurice Lambert. 1963. “« Vérification » Dans La Bureaucratie Sumérienne.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 57: 93–97.

  • history: published as 7172,

    [sec14525] N.d.

  • history: BiOr41 (1984) 414-6. published (incorrectly) as 7177,

    [sec14526] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SM 1911.05.011
  • Accession No.: 07172

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
  • Elevation:
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  • Findspot Square:
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.38.12.00 (us2 year)
  • Alternative Years:
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-03-03 at 09:54:09 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-03-13 at 12:45:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:40:25 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:34 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:20:20 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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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 11, 162 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116175.
MVN 11, 162 artifact entry (No. P116175). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116175
MVN 11, 162 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116175 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-26]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 11, 162 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116175},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116175},
}


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