MVN 13, 600 (P117373)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

FLP 1741

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Adab (mod. Bismaya)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(disz) ma-na
2. um-mi-ma
3. dumu geme2-{d}bi?
reverse
1. tug2-ba za3-mu
  blank space
2. mu si-mu-ru-um# lu-lu-bu-um [a]-ra2 [1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam ba-hul]
seal 1
  illegible

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P117373

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Adab (mod. Bismaya) [uncertain]
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number FLP 1741
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 028016

References

  • primary: MVN 13, 600

    [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.

  • history: Widell, UCU, 8)

    [Widell2003] Widell, Magnus. 2003. The Administrative and Economic Ur III Texts from the City of Ur. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2022-10-01 at 09:50:36 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2021-12-22 at 11:28:55 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2016-05-17 at 09:38:45 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:42:15 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:20:51 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:24:29 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:21:24 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 13, 600 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.earth/P117373.
MVN 13, 600 artifact entry (No. P117373). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P117373 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 13, 600 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P117373 (Accessed: April 19, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-19]},
	year = {2022},
	month = {oct 1},
	title = {MVN 13, 600 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P117373},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P117373},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2022/10/1/
PY  - 2022
ID  - P117373
LB  - CDLI:P117373
M1  - 2026/4/19/
TI  - MVN 13, 600 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P117373
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 13, 600 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.earth/P117373.
MVN 13, 600 artifact entry (No. P117373). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P117373 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 13, 600 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P117373 (Accessed: April 19, 2026).
@misc{2022MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-19]},
	year = {2022},
	month = {oct 1},
	title = {MVN 13, 600 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P117373},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P117373},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2022/10/1/
PY  - 2022
ID  - P117373
LB  - CDLI:P117373
M1  - 2026/4/19/
TI  - MVN 13, 600 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P117373
ER  -
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