MVN 10, 155 (P115925)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Bibliothèque de Versailles, Versailles, France

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Museum Collection(s)

Bibliothèque de Versailles, Versailles, France

Museum Number

BV 20

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 2(barig) 2(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 i3-nun
 en: 2 barig 2 ban2 2 sila3 of clarified butter,
2. 3(barig) ga-ar3
 en: 3 barig of kašk cheese,
3. mu a-ra2 3(disz)-kam-asz si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
 en: year: “For the 3rd time Simurum was destroyed;”
4. la2-ia3 ur-KA-na-ra unu3
 en: deficit of Ur-KAnara, the cattle herder.
5. ur-KA-na-ra ba-usz2
 en: UrKAnara died;
6. 1(asz@c) ba-ba dumu-ni
 en: 1: Baba, his child,
reverse
1. 1(asz@c) ba-a-ba# [...]
 en: 1: Bayaba ...,
2. 1(asz@c) er2#-[...]
 en: 1: Er-...,
3. 1(asz@c) a-ga-ti#
 en: 1: Agati,
4. 1(asz@c) za-la-a
 en: 1: Zalaya,
5. geme2-me
 en: female slaves,
6. e2-du6-la
 en: as estate
7. mu la2-ia3-sze3 mu-kux(DU)
 en: in stead of the deficit of the deliveries,
8. la2-ia3-bi ba-zi
 en: their deficit is lifted (from his account).

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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  • primary: MVN 10, 155

    [Gregoire1981MVN10] Grégoire, Jean-Pierre. 1981. Inscriptions et Archives Administratives Cunéiformes (1e Partie). Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 10. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • history: BBVO 10, p. 42-48

    [Englund1990Fischerei] Englund, Robert K. 1990. Organisation Und Verwaltung Der Ur III-Fischerei. Berliner Beiträge Zum Vorderen Orient, Band 10. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.

  • history: JNES 50 (pp. 255-280), 268

    [Englund1991JNES50] Englund, Robert K. 1991. “Hard Work-Where Will It Get You? Labor Management in Ur III Mesopotamia.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 50 (4): 255–80. https://doi.org/10.1086/373514.

  • history: ASJ 18, p.103-168, p. 146 no. 70

    [Maekawa1996confiscation] Maekawa, Kazuya. 1996. “Confiscation of Private Properties in the Ur III Period: A Study of é-Dul-La and Níg-GA.” Acta Sumerologica 18: 103–68.

  • history: JANEH 2017, 008-009 n. 26

    [Reid2017JANEH] Reid, Nicholas. 2017. “The Birth of the Prison: The Functions of Imprisonment in Early Mesopotamia.” Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History 2017: 1–35.

  • history: NABU 1990/05

    [Waetzoldt1990NABU5] Waetzoldt, Hartmut. 1990. “É-Du6-La = Edu(l)Lû ‘Nachlass.’” NABU, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires 1990 (1).

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  • Provenience: Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) Provenience Comments:

    with Ozaki to P506986: Du-Enlila, but since UrKAnara died in Šulgi.32, will not be the same as that named in the WTC texts.

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-05 at 12:41:11 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-16 at 16:08:09 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-15 at 14:25:28 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2020-03-04 at 10:20:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-11-29 at 11:23:46 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-04-23 at 12:07:51 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:40:01 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:16 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2010-03-04 at 03:47:25 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:46 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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CDLI Notes:

20200302 englund: s. P506986 with related text

Cite this Artifact
“MVN 10, 155 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 5, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115925.
MVN 10, 155 artifact entry (No. P115925). (2024, August 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115925 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 10, 155 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115925 (Accessed: February 8, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
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	title = {MVN 10, 155 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115925},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115925},
}

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