MVN 15, 059 (P118339)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA

Museum Number

Duke 04

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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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 3(gesz2) 4(u) sar zex(SIG7)-a 1(u) sar-ta
2. a2-bi u4 2(u) 2(disz)
3. a2 lu2 hun-ga2 6(disz) sila3
4. a-sza3 a-gesztin-ta
5. ugula ur-am3-ma
reverse
1. kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam szesz-a-ni
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2. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e na-ru2-a-mah {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-du3
seal 1
1. szesz-a-ni
2. dub-sar
3. dumu da-da

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MVN 15, 59

    [Owen1991MVN15] Owen, David I. 1991. Neo-Sumerian Texts from American Collections. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 15. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

    Workmen for the field, Agestin.

  • history: JCS 24 (pp. 137-173), 161 59

    [Owen1972JCS24AmericanColl] Owen, David I. 1972. “Neo-Sumerian Texts from American Collections, I.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 24 (4): 137–73. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359636.

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  • Museum No.: Duke 04
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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
2015-08-04 at 15:46:10 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:43:40 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:21:48 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:21:47 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 004082.3 (composite) (P533838) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 15, 059 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P118339.
MVN 15, 059 artifact entry (No. P118339). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P118339
MVN 15, 059 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P118339 (Accessed: March 13, 2025).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-13]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 15, 059 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P118339},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P118339},
}


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