MVN 05, 088 (P114308)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Kalamazoo Valley Museum, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Kalamazoo Valley Museum, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Museum Number

KVM 32.1156

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

96.0 mm × 50.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) gu2 szum2 e2 {d#}szara2#
2. 2(asz) gu2 ma#-an-isz-ti-su
3. ur-lugal [x]
4. 2(asz) gu2 e2 {d}szara2#
5. 1(asz) gu2 ma-an-isz-[ti-su]
6. lugal-nesag-e#
7. 2(asz)# gu2 e2# {d}[szara2]
8. 1(asz)# gu2 ma-an-[isz-ti-su]
9. lu2#-{d}nin-szubur#
10. 1(asz)# gu2 e2# {d#}szara2
11. 1/2(asz) gu2 ma#-an-isz#-[ti]-su
12. ur-x
13. 1(asz) gu2 e2# {d#}szara2#
14. 1/2(asz) gu2 ma-an#-isz#-ti#-[su]
15. ur-ab-ba
reverse
1. 1(asz) gu2 e2 {d}szara2#
2. 1/2(asz) gu2 ma-an-isz-ti-su#
3. ka5-a
4. 1(asz) gu2 e2 {d}[szara2]
5. 1/2(asz) gu2 ma-an-isz#-ti-su
6. ur-{gesz}gigir
7. 1(asz) gu2 e2 {d}szara2
8. 1/2(asz)# gu2# ma#-an-isz#-ti-su
9. ur-[...]
10. 1(asz) [gu2 e2] {d}szara2#
11. 1/2(asz)# gu2# ma-an-isz-ti-[su]
12. lugal-ba-ta-e3
13. 2(asz) gu2 e3 {d}szara2#
14. 1(asz) gu2 ma-an-isz-ti-su#
15. lugal-iti-da
16. 1(asz) gu2 e2 {d}szara2#
17. 1/2(disz) gu2# ma#-an#-isz#-ti#-su#
left
1. inim-{d}szara2 szunigin 3(u) 2(asz) 1(ban2) gu2
2. szum2 mu-kux(DU)
  (scratch pad entries to the right?)

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): 96.0 high × 50.0 wide
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  • primary: MVN 5, 88

    [Sollberger1978MVN5] Sollberger, Edmond. 1978. The Pinches Manuscript. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 5. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • history: JRAS 1920, 021

    [Pinches1920JRAS] Pinches, Theophilus G. 1920. “Man-Ištisu in the Temple of Šara.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1920.

  • history: CDLJ 2007/1, §3.33

    [Seri2007Kalamazoo] Seri, Andrea. 2007. “The Mesopotamian Collection in the Kalamazoo Valley Museum.” Cuneiform Digital Library Journal 2007.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: KVM 32.1156
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Provenience Comments:

    Umma ?

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-03 at 10:45:04 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2022-04-14 at 14:34:01 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Lafont, Bertrand CDLI approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:54:01 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:19:01 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:16:37 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:14:11 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:37:36 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:17:35 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:14:48 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2007-08-16 at 21:48:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2007-08-16 at 21:35:46 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:08 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 05, 088 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 3, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P114308.
MVN 05, 088 artifact entry (No. P114308). (2024, June 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P114308 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 05, 088 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P114308 (Accessed: March 13, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 3},
	title = {MVN 05, 088 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P114308},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P114308},
}


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