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MVN 03, 209 (P113769)

Administrative tablet 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

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Museum Collection(s)

Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

FLP 0334

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Adab (mod. Bismaya)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) tug2 sag usz-bar
2. 1(disz) tug2 usz-bar
3. ki-la2-bi 5(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na
4. tug2-ba szesz-kal-la
5. u3 di-na
reverse
1. SIG7#-a-me
2. ki i-la-ak-nu-id
3. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
4. ugula i3-li2-bi-la-ni
5. mu ur-bi-lum{ki} si-mu-ru-um{ki} <<um>> kar2-har{ki} asz-sze3 sag-tibirx(BUR2)-ra i3-ra-a
  sic ur-bi-lum
seal 1
1. szu-{d}ma-ma
2. dub-sar

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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 3, 209

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: FLP 0334
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Adab (mod. Bismaya)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2022-10-01 at 09:50:36 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2022-04-09 at 17:39:54 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Lafont, Bertrand CDLI approved View
2016-11-18 at 14:16:01 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:36:45 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:16:59 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:19:56 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 004244 (composite) (P456954) Adab (mod. Bismaya) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 03, 209 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.earth/P113769.
MVN 03, 209 artifact entry (No. P113769). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P113769 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 03, 209 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P113769 (Accessed: April 19, 2025).
@misc{2022MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-19]},
	year = {2022},
	month = {oct 1},
	title = {MVN 03, 209 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P113769},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P113769},
}


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