MARV 3, 02 (P281993)

Administrative tablet excavated in Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat), dated to the Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 18062

Period

Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)

Provenience

Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Middle Assyrian

Measurements

108.0 mm × 134.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Middle Assyrian

Chronology

Period	Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P281993
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P281993

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	108.0 mm × 134.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	Ass 13058ao?
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number	VAT 18062
Accession Number	—

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Text Corpus of Middle Assyrian (TCMA)	P281993

References

primary: MARV 3, 2

[Freydank1994MARV3] Freydank, Helmut. 1982. Mittelassyrische Rechtsurkunden Und Verwaltungstexte III. Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichung Der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 92. Berlin: Gebr. Mann.
citation: Postgate 2013 Bronze Age Bureaucracy, p. 173

[BronzeAgeBureaucracy] Postgate, J. Nicholas. 2013. Bronze Age Bureaucracy: Writing and the Practice of Government in Assyria . Cambridge University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2026-10-20 at 14:50:51	de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Artifact metadata	de Ridder, Jacob Jan	de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Approved
2026-10-20 at 14:50:28	de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Artifact metadata	de Ridder, Jacob Jan	de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Approved
2023-06-01 at 19:57:55	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2005-11-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“MARV 3, 02 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 20, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P281993.

MARV 3, 02 artifact entry (No. P281993). (2026, October 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P281993 (Original work published 2005)

MARV 3, 02 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P281993 (Accessed: November 6, 2026).

@misc{2026MARV,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-06]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {oct 20},
	title = {MARV 3, 02 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P281993},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P281993},
}

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DA  - 2026/10/20/
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M1  - 2026/11/6/
TI  - MARV 3, 02 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P281993
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MARV 3, 02 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 20, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P281993.

MARV 3, 02 artifact entry (No. P281993). (2026, October 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P281993 (Original work published 2005)

MARV 3, 02 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P281993 (Accessed: November 6, 2026).

@misc{2026MARV,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-06]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {oct 20},
	title = {MARV 3, 02 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P281993},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P281993},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/10/20/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P281993
LB  - CDLI:P281993
M1  - 2026/11/6/
TI  - MARV 3, 02 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P281993
ER  -