MVN 15, 037 (P118317)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 71-31-001

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt of sattukku offerings; Drehem calendar; cf. JCS 23 107 no. 36)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 8(asz) sze gur lugal
2. mu sa2-du11 kasz-sze3
3. ki ensi2 iri-sa12-rig7{ki}-ta
4. dam-gir2-nun-ne2 szu ba-ti
reverse
1. iti ezem-{d}nin-a-zu
2. mu dumu-lugal ensi2 an-sza-na{ki} ba-tuku-a

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Receipt of sattukku offerings; Drehem calendar; cf. JCS 23 107 no. 36)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P118317

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 71-31-001
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 034060
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.71-31-1

References

  • primary: MVN 15, 37

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

    Receipt of sá-dull offering. Also transliterated in JCS 23 (1970-71): 107 comments to no. 36.

  • history: JCS 23, p.95-115, p. 107

    [Owen1970ZRLBoston] Owen, David I., and Gordon D. Young. 1970. “Ur III Texts in the Zion Research Library, Boston.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 23 (4): 95–115. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359399.

    (transliteration)

  • history: JCS 24 (pp. 137-173), 156 37

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2014-10-07 at 08:47:45 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2014-10-07 at 08:30:16 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:43:34 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:21:45 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:21:46 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 15, 037 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P118317.
MVN 15, 037 artifact entry (No. P118317). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P118317 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 15, 037 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P118317 (Accessed: April 14, 2026).
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	month = {feb 1},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P118317},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 15, 037 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P118317.
MVN 15, 037 artifact entry (No. P118317). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P118317 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 15, 037 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P118317 (Accessed: April 14, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MVN 15, 037 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P118317},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P118317},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P118317
LB  - CDLI:P118317
M1  - 2026/4/14/
TI  - MVN 15, 037 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P118317
ER  -
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