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MVN 03, 212 (P113772)

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 0352

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 3(disz) tug2 usz-bar
2. ki-la2-bi 3(u) ma-na
3. mu tug2-ba-sze3
4. ur-pa4-mu-ra
5. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. giri3 szu-ma-ma#
2. iti ezem-{d}szuba3#-nun-na
  seal impression
3. mu ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-{d}pa4-mu-[ra]
2. dub-sar
3. dumu [...]-x

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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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  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: MVN 3, 212

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: FLP 0352
  • 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
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 005287 (composite) (P457997) Adab (mod. Bismaya) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 03, 212 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.earth/P113772.
MVN 03, 212 artifact entry (No. P113772). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P113772 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 03, 212 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P113772 (Accessed: April 20, 2025).
@misc{2022MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-20]},
	year = {2022},
	month = {oct 1},
	title = {MVN 03, 212 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P113772},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P113772},
}


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