MVN 11, 174 (P116187)

Legal tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), 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 1911.10.001

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (SM catalogue: loan document concerning copper and grain, with witnesses)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

45.0 mm × 39.0 mm × 15.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1/3(disz) ma-na 6(disz) gin2 uruda
2. iti-da masz2-bi 2(u) sze ku3-babbar
3. 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze masz2 nu-tuku
reverse
1. iti sze-sag11-ku5
2. u4 3(u) ba-zal-ta
3. ki ur-du6-ku3-ta
4. an#!-na-hi-li
5. szu# ba-ti
  seal impression
6. 1(disz) ad-da-kal-la
7. 1(disz) szu-u2
8. 1(disz) szesz-da-da
9. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
10. mu ma2-gur8-mah
seal 1
  (legend broken)

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): 45.0 high × 39.0 wide × 15.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description: rev.-- tablet is somewhat worn and abraded; tablet was first sealed, then inscribed
  • Join Information:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Legal (SM catalogue: loan document concerning copper and grain, with witnesses)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: MVN 11, 174

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

  • history: Römer, BiOr 41 p.417,

    [sec14538] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SM 1911.10.001
  • Accession No.: 07623

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.08.12.30
  • Alternative Years:
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 11, 174 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116187.
MVN 11, 174 artifact entry (No. P116187). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116187
MVN 11, 174 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116187 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-25]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 11, 174 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116187},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116187},
}


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PY  - 2001
ID  - P116187
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