MVN 11, 172 (P116185)

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 1911.06.015

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: list of year formulae (ŠS 2-8) with a notation that an inquiry will be made about the date-fruit for intercalary months (iti diri-ba mu-zu2-lum sa2-du11 d-Šara2-še3 en3-bi tar-re-dam))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

44.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 17.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. mu ma2 {d}en-ki ba-ab-du8
2. iti diri
  some text moved to next line
3. mu si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul
4. nu-tuku
  some text moved to next line
5. mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
6. mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
reverse
1. mu na-ru2-a-mah ba-du3
2. nu-tuku
  some text moved to next line
3. mu ma-da za-ab-sza-li{ki} ba-hul
4. mu ma2-gur8-mah ba-dim2
5. iti diri-ba
  some text moved to next line
6. mu zu2-lum sa2-du11 {d}szara2-sze3
7. en3!-bi tar-re-dam

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): 44.0 high × 40.0 wide × 17.0 thick
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  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description: complete.
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (SM catalogue: list of year formulae (ŠS 2-8) with a notation that an inquiry will be made about the date-fruit for intercalary months (iti diri-ba mu-zu2-lum sa2-du11 d-Šara2-še3 en3-bi tar-re-dam))
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: MVN 11, 172

    [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 07

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

    mistakenly labelled 7201 rather than 7211


  • history: BiOr 41 (1984): 417,

    [sec14536] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SM 1911.06.015
  • Accession No.: 07211

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
  • Elevation:
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.02.00.00, Šū-Suen.03.00.00 (intercalated), Šū-Suen.04.00.00, Šū-Suen.05.00.00 (us2 year), Šū-Suen.06.00.00, Šū-Suen.07.00.00, Šū-Suen.08.00.00
  • Alternative Years:
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2016-01-22 at 08:35:44 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
2006-10-12 at 12:20:52 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, 172 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116185.
MVN 11, 172 artifact entry (No. P116185). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116185
MVN 11, 172 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116185 (Accessed: March 28, 2024).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-03-28]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 11, 172 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116185},
}

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