MVN 11, 204 (P116217)
Legal tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), 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, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USAMuseum Number
SM 1911.10.405Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Legal (SM catalogue: sealed tablet: legal document about the sale of a female slave with witnesses)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
49.0 mm × 47.0 mm × 18.0 mmHas seal impression(s)
obverse
1. 1(disz) sag munus en-ne2-{d}la-az mu-ni-im
2. 1(disz) gin2 igi-3(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar
3. sa10 til-la-ni-sze3
4. ki sza-at-{d}suen-ta
5. geme2-{d}nanna#-[ke4]
6. [in-szi-sa10]
7. [...]
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. igi a-ha-ar#-szi-[sze3]
3'. igi szu-{d}nin-szubur-sze3
4'. igi ur-sukkal-sze3
5'. igi-ne-ne-sze3
6'. mu lugal-bi in-pa3
7'. u4 kur2 nu-gi4-gi4
8'. iti ezem-{d}me-ki-gal2
9'. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki} in-pa3
seal 1
1. sza-at-{d}suen
2. dam ur?-[...]
3. [...]
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): 49.0 high × 47.0 wide × 18.0 thick
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- Artifact Preservation:
- Condition Description: obv.-- bottom edge damaged. small gouges; tablet was first sealed, then inscribed
- Join Information:
- Seal no.:
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- Artifact comments:
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primary: MVN 11, 204
[Owen1982MVN11] Owen, David I. 1982. Selected Ur III Texts from the Harvard Semitic Museum. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 11. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.
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history: RIME 3/2, .01.02.91
[Frayne1997RIME3/2] Frayne, Douglas R. 1997. Ur III Period (2112-2004 BC). Vol. 3/2. Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods. University of Toronto Press.
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history: BiOr 41 (pp. 412-420), 417
[Römer1984BiOr41] Römer, Willem H. Ph. 1984. “Review of MVN 11 by David I Owen.” Bibliotheca Orientalis 41: 412–20.
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history: FAOS 17, p. 315f
[Steinkeller1989SaleDocuments] Steinkeller, Piotr. 1989. Sale Documents of the Ur-III-Period. Vol. 17. Freiburger Altorientalische Studien. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner.
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history: ZA 69, 6ff
[Whiting1979ZA69] Whiting, Robert M. 1979. “Some Observations on the Drehem Calendar.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 69: 6–33.
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- Museum No.: SM 1911.10.405
- Accession No.: 08027
- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar) [uncertain]
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.02.12.00 (Reichskalender)
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- Accounting Period: 0
Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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2024-09-22 at 14:47:43 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved | ||
2024-09-18 at 08:24:19 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved | ||
2024-09-18 at 08:22:21 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved | ||
2022-07-25 at 13:43:09 | Lafont, Bertrand | Atf | Lafont, Bertrand | CDLI | approved | ||
2018-03-23 at 19:18:40 | CDLI | Atf | CDLI | CDLI | approved | ||
2013-06-07 at 12:25:43 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2011-07-22 at 13:40:27 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2011-05-02 at 14:19:36 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2006-10-12 at 12:20:52 | 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 (024331)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
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CDLI Seals 004046 (composite) (P456756) | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |