MVN 13, 353 (P117125)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

FLP 0796

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) geme2 u4 2(disz)-sze3 a-sza3 uku2-ta
2. umma{ki}-sze3 sze zi-ga
3. 6(disz) geme2 u4 3(disz)-sze3 ki-su7 uku2-nu-ti-ta
4. sze ziz2 zi-ga a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
5. 6(disz) geme2 u4 3(disz)-sze3 ki [a]-sza3 {gesz}ma-nu-[ta]
6. sze ziz2 zi-ga e2#? [...]-ta?
7. 1(u) e2 kam-du8 x x [...] du
8. 7(disz) geme2 u4 7(disz)-sze3 [...] du
9. i7 sal4-la{ki} [...] x x
10. sze bala-a sze ma2-a si-ga ma2 bala ak
11. u3 kar-sze3 ma2 gid2-da
12. 2(u) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
13. [x] x umma?{ki#}-sze3 sze ga6{ga}
  sic, not ga6-ga2
14. [...]
reverse
1. [x] geme2# u4 3(disz)-sze3 ki-su7 a-sza3 muru13 sze zi-ga
2. 5(disz) geme2 u4 2(disz)-sze3 e2-a a-sza3 {gesz}ma-nu-ta sze ziz2 zi-ga a-ra2 2(disz)-<kam>
3. 5(disz) geme2 u4 2(disz)-sze3 ki-su7 {gesz}ma-nu-gu-ta sze zi-ga
4. 1(u) 7(disz) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3 giri3 lu2-{d}nanna
5. 2(u) geme2 u4 2(disz)-sze3 giri3 lu2-{d}nam2-an-ka
6. gig ziz2-ta sze hal-la-[...]
7. 3(u) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3 <szu> ur3-ra [u3] sze e11-[...]
8. ugula ur-{d}nin-tu#
9. kiszib3 {d}szara2-i3-zu
  blank space
10. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e na-ru2-a-mah mu-du3
seal 1
1. {d}szara2-i3-zu
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ARAD2! ka-guru7-ka?

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MVN 13, 353

    [Sigrist1984MVN13] Sigrist, Marcel, David I. Owen, and Gordon D. Young. 1984. The John Frederick Lewis Collection, Part. II. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 13. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: FLP 0796
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.06.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-02-20 at 10:47:45 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Ozaki Tohru Lafont, Bertrand approved View
2013-07-19 at 08:56:34 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-06-07 at 12:25:43 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:41:51 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:20:35 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:21:16 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 005652 (composite) (P458362) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 13, 353 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P117125.
MVN 13, 353 artifact entry (No. P117125). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P117125
MVN 13, 353 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P117125 (Accessed: March 16, 2025).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-16]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 13, 353 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P117125},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P117125},
}


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