MVN 15, 209 (P118488)
Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USAMuseum Number
KM 89270Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (“One male slave purchased before witnesses for five and a half shekels of silver.”)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
70.0 mm × 46.0 mm
obverse
1. 1(disz) sag nita2
2. 5(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar2
3. sa10-am3 til-la-ni-sze3
4. ba-ab-ti muhaldim-sze3
5. na-am3-ri2-lum a-zu
6. in-szi-sa10
7. 1(disz) bi2-bi2-a
8. lu2 szutumx(|KI.NA.AB.TUM|)-ma
9. igi ensi2-ka-sze3 i3-ib2-dab
10. igi# da-du-mu dub-sar lugal-ka-sze3
reverse
1. [igi ...]-x dam-gar3-sze3
2. [igi {d}szul]-gi#-zi-mu a-zu-sze3
3. [igi] ur#-{d}nin-mug-ga-sze3
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4. iti {d}li9-si4
5. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum{ki} mu-hul
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): 70.0 high × 46.0 wide
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- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative (“One male slave purchased before witnesses for five and a half shekels of silver.”)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: MVN 15, 209
[Owen1991MVN15] Owen, David I. 1991. Neo-Sumerian Texts from American Collections. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 15. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.Slave sale contract.
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history: FAOS 17, no. 94*
[Steinkeller1989SaleDocuments] Steinkeller, Piotr. 1989. Sale Documents of the Ur-III-Period. Vol. 17. Freiburger Altorientalische Studien. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner.
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- Museum No.: KM 89270
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- Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.02.09.00
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- Accounting Period: 0
Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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2011-07-22 at 13:43:49 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2011-05-02 at 14:21:56 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2009-06-03 at 10:27:02 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2007-08-12 at 22:19:37 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2006-10-12 at 12:21:53 | CDLI | Atf | CDLI | CDLI | approved | ||
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (031638)