MVN 14, 0237 (P117918)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

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Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist Um 0237

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) kasz dida 3(disz) sila3 kasz du
2. 1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
3. 3(disz) sa szum2
4. szar-ru-um-i3-li2 gaba-asz
5. 1(disz) kasz dida 3(disz) sila3 kasz du
6. 1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
7. 3(disz) sa szum2
8. bur#-ma-ma gaba-asz
reverse
1. 2(ban2) ninda sza3-gal lu2# bu3-bu3-e#?-ne
2. giri3 bur-ma-ma
3. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
4. 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
5. 1(disz) sa szum2
6. szu-e2-a
7. szunigin 2(disz) dug dida 1(ban2)
8. szunigin 1(ban2) la2 1(disz) sila3 kasz du
9. szunigin 4(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 ninda
10. szunigin 6(disz) gin2 i3 6(disz) gin2 naga
left
column 1
1. 7(disz) sa szum2
column 2
1. zi-ga u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam
2. iti szu-numun
  some text moved to next line
3. mu us2-sa si-ma-num2

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MVN 14, 237

    [Yıldız1988MVN14] Yıldız, Fatma, Hartmut Waetzoldt, and Hubert Renner. 1988. Die Umma-Texte Aus Den Archäologischen Museen Zu Istanbul, Nr. 1-600. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 14. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

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  • Museum No.: Ist Um 0237
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.04.06.15 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-03-03 at 09:54:09 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:43:01 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:21:21 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:21:36 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 14, 0237 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P117918.
MVN 14, 0237 artifact entry (No. P117918). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P117918
MVN 14, 0237 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P117918 (Accessed: April 30, 2025).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-30]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 14, 0237 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P117918},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P117918},
}


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