MVN 13, 623 (P117396)

Lexical tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 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 2076

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

tablet
obverse
  1 line blank
1. [x] ur3
2. ur3-bi 4(disz)
3. ur3 ma2 x x
  1 line blank
reverse
  1 line blank
1. [x ur3]
2. ur3-bi 4(disz)#
3. ur3 x ki
  1 line blank

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Composite Number Score
CDLI Lexical 000043 (OB Nippur Ura 06) composite (P498273) Q000043 View the score

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P117396

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number FLP 2076
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 028039
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P117396
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P117396

References

  • primary: MVN 13, 623

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:42:17 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:20:52 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:21:25 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“MVN 13, 623 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P117396.
MVN 13, 623 artifact entry (No. P117396). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P117396 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 13, 623 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P117396 (Accessed: November 6, 2026).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-06]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MVN 13, 623 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P117396},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P117396},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P117396
LB  - CDLI:P117396
M1  - 2026/11/6/
TI  - MVN 13, 623 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P117396
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MVN 13, 623 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P117396.
MVN 13, 623 artifact entry (No. P117396). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P117396 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 13, 623 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P117396 (Accessed: November 6, 2026).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-06]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MVN 13, 623 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P117396},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P117396},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P117396
LB  - CDLI:P117396
M1  - 2026/11/6/
TI  - MVN 13, 623 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P117396
ER  -
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