MVN 15, 050 (P118330)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 63-17-007

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Expenditure of animals on behalf of Bal-a of Akalla, ensi of Umma; Drehem calendar; 39x34 mm.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) gu4# niga# a2 ge6-[ba-a]
2. lugal kux(KWU147)-ra
3. 1(disz) gu4 niga 1(disz) gu4 a2 u4-te-[na]
4. a-tu sagi maszkim
5. {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2
6. iti u4 2(u) 2(disz) ba-zal
7. mu a-a-kal-la ensi2 umma{ki}
reverse
1. ki lu2-sa6-ga-ta
2. ba-zi
3. giri3 ur-szu-ga-lam-ma dub-sar
4. sza3 tum-ma-al{ki}
5. iti szu-esz5-sza
6. mu en# [{d}]nanna# kar-zi#-[da] ba-hun
left
1. 4(disz) gu4

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Expenditure of animals on behalf of Bal-a of Akalla, ensi of Umma; Drehem calendar; 39x34 mm.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: MVN 15, 50

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

    Expenditure of animals on behalf of Ayakalla, énsi of Umma.

  • history: JCS 24 (pp. 137-173), 159 50

    [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.: UM 63-17-007
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.09.08.22
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:43:34 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:21:45 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:21:46 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 15, 050 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P118330.
MVN 15, 050 artifact entry (No. P118330). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P118330 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 15, 050 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P118330 (Accessed: April 30, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MVN 15, 050 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P118330},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P118330},
}


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