MVN 15, 084 (P118364)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 72-25-008

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Wage compensation for workmen to dig in the field of the king)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 2(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sar al 3(disz) sar-ta
2. a2-bi u4 7(disz) 1/2(disz)-kam
3. 1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sar al 5(disz) sar-ta
4. a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz) 1/2(disz)
5. 4(u) 8(disz) sar u2 hirinx(KWU318)?-na 6(disz) <sar-ta>
6. a2-bi u4 8(disz)-kam
7. 1(gesz2) sar {u2}numun 1(u) sar-ta
8. a2-bi u4 6(disz)-kam
9. 5(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz) sar gesz-gi giri3? 3(u) sar-ta
10. a2-bi u4 1(u) 5/6(disz)-kam
11. 1(gesz2) 4(disz) sar {u2}numun 8(disz)-ta
12. a2#-bi u4 8(disz)-kam
13. [...] 3(disz) sar {u2}numun 3(u)-[ta]
14. [a2-bi] u4# [x-kam]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [x sar gi]-gesz#-giri3 [x] sar#-ta
2'. a2#-[bi ... u4 ...] 1(disz) 1/2(disz)-kam
3'. 1(gesz2) 2(u) sar# [gi]-gesz#-giri3 1(u) sar-ta
4'. a2-bi u4 8(disz)#-kam
5'. 1(gesz2) 3(u) sar gi-gesz-giri3 9(disz) sar-ta
6'. a2-bi u4 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam
7'. a-sza3 lugal
8'. [ugula ba]-sa6
9'. [kiszib3 ur]-{gesz}gigir szabra
10'. [mu] en# ga-esz{ki} ba-hun
left
1. giri3 lu2-saga
seal 1
1. ur-{gesz}gigir
2. dub-sar
3. dumu bar#-ra-an

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
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Wage compensation for workmen to dig in the field of the king)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: MVN 15, 84

    [Owen1991MVN15] Owen, David I. 1991. Neo-Sumerian Texts from American Collections. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 15. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

    Wage computation for workmen to dig in a field of the king.


  • history: JCS 24 (pp. 137-173), 167 84

    [Owen1972JCS24AmericanColl] “Neo-Sumerian Texts from American Collections, I.” 1972. Journal of Cuneiform Studies 24.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: UM 72-25-008
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.09.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:43:42 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:21:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:21:47 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 005455 (composite) (P458165) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 15, 084 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P118364.
MVN 15, 084 artifact entry (No. P118364). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P118364 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 15, 084 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P118364 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
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