MVN 11, Z (P116262)

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 1911.05.004

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: account of grain expenditures as wages for workers towing boats, etc)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

93.0 mm × 54.0 mm × 25.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) sze gur
2. 2(ban2) KA gur
3. 1(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) ziz2 gur
4. sag-nig2-gur11-ra-kam
5. 5(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 a2 lu2 hun-ga2 e2-duru5 s,e-la-szu-sze3 sze ga6-ga2
6. 1(u) 1(disz) a2 ma2 hun-ga2 e2-duru5 s,e-la-szu-ta ka i7 u3-dag-ga-sze3 sze si-ga
7. 1(u) a2 ma2 hun-ga2 ka i7 u3-dag-ga-ta a-pi4-sal4{ki}-sze3 sze si-ga
8. 2(u) 3(disz) a2 ma2 hun-ga2 a-pi4-sal4{ki}-ta umma{ki}-sze3 sze si-ga
9. 3(disz) a2 lu2 hun-ga2 a-pi4-sal4{ki}-ta umma{ki}-sze3 ma2 gid2-da
10. 2(barig) 1(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 <<sila3>> a2 lu2 hun-ga2 kar-ta umma{ki}-sze3 sze ga6-ga2
reverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 sza3-gal puzur4-ma-ma u3 szu-ku8-bu-um
2. 3(disz) ARAD2-{d}szara2
3. 3(disz) ha-ma-ti
4. 1(disz) lugal-ga2-i3-gi
5. 5(disz) sila3 sza3-gal udu
6. 1(gesz2) 2(u) a-a-mu
7. 2(u) ku-li
8. 2(u) 6(asz) 2(barig) gur
9. a-a-kal-la szu ba-ti
10. szunigin 3(u) 3(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 gur
11. zi-ga-am3
12. diri 1(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 sze

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): 93.0 high × 54.0 wide × 25.0 thick
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  • Condition Description: complete.
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (SM catalogue: account of grain expenditures as wages for workers towing boats, etc)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: MVN 11, Z

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

  • history: MCS 6, 82 HSM 7165

    [Fish1956MCS6] Fish, Thomas. 1956. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 6.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SM 1911.05.004
  • Accession No.: 07165

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-03-03 at 09:54:11 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2016-07-28 at 15:40:45 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:40:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:38 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:53 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, Z Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116262.
MVN 11, Z artifact entry (No. P116262). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116262
MVN 11, Z artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116262 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-03-29]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 11, {Z} artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116262},
}

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