MVN 15, 334 (P118599)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Museum Number

SI 344991e

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. [...] 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz du
2. 2(barig) du kasz kasz-bi 1(disz) sila3 tur-re
3. kasz aga3?-us2
4. ki na-silim-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 ur-{d}saman4
2. u4 3(u) la2 1(disz)-ta u4 3(u)-sze3
3. sza3 bala-a
4. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
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  seal impression
5. mu en-unu6-gal {d}inanna ba-hun
seal 1
1. ur-{d}saman3
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-gi-na

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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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  • primary: MVN 15, 334

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

    Receipt of beer as bala contribution.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SI 344991e
  • Accession No.: listed only as "A344991-0"

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.05.10.29
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2022-06-13 at 12:55:19 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:19:01 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:16:37 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:14:11 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:44:06 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:22:05 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:21:55 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005290 (composite) (P458000) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 15, 334 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P118599.
MVN 15, 334 artifact entry (No. P118599). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P118599
MVN 15, 334 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P118599 (Accessed: April 29, 2025).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-29]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 15, 334 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P118599},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P118599},
}


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