The CDLI has moved to a new server

Dear user, the CDLI is now located at https://cdli.earth. Please update your bookmarks and use this new domain name in print.

MVN 03, 188 (P113748)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Adab (mod. Bismaya), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV
Metadata history Transliteration history

Museum Collection(s)

Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

FLP 0250

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Adab (mod. Bismaya)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 4(disz)-kam us2
2. 1(disz) tug2 ba-duh-hu-um tab-ba du
3. 1(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 sza3 tug2 bar-dul5
4. 1(disz) tug2 sza3-ga-du3
5. ki-la2-bi 5(disz) ma-na 1(u) 2(disz) gin2
reverse
  blank space
1. ki a-ga-a-ta
2. ur-pa4-mu-ra szu ba-ti
3. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
  blank space
4. mu# us2-sa e2 puzur4-isz-{d}da-gan ba-du3 mu us2-sa-bi-im
left
1. 1(u) 3(disz) 3(u)? 1(u) 3(u)
seal 1
1. ur-{d}{asz}aszgi{gi4}
2. ensi2 adab{ki}
3. ur-pa4-mu-ra
4. dub-sar
5. ARAD2-zu

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: MVN 3, 188

    [Owen1975MVN3] Owen, David I. 1975. The John Frederick Lewis Collection. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 3. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • history: RIME 3/2, .01.02.x2003, ex. 2

    [Frayne1997RIME3/2] Frayne, Douglas R. 1997. Ur III Period (2112-2004 BC). Vol. 3/2. Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods. University of Toronto Press.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: FLP 0250
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Adab (mod. Bismaya)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.41.10.00 (us2-us2 year)
  • Alternative Years:
  • Date Comments:
  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-22 at 14:47:43 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2022-10-01 at 09:50:36 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2016-07-28 at 15:19:47 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2013-06-07 at 12:25:43 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:36:44 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:16:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:19:55 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005448 (composite) (P458158) Adab (mod. Bismaya) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“MVN 03, 188 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P113748.
MVN 03, 188 artifact entry (No. P113748). (2024, September 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P113748 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 03, 188 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P113748 (Accessed: April 24, 2025).
@misc{2024MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 22},
	title = {MVN 03, 188 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P113748},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P113748},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P113748
LB  - CDLI:P113748
M1  - 2025/4/24/
TI  - MVN 03, 188 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P113748
ER  -
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.