MVN 04, 153 (P114105)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Pontificio Istituto Biblico, Rome, Italy

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Pontificio Istituto Biblico, Rome, Italy

Museum Number

IB 176

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz)# sila3# kasz# 3(disz) sila3 ninda# 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga#
2. szesz-kal-la
3. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga#
4. al-la-mu
5. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
6. ar-szi-ah
7. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
8. ad-da-mu
9. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
10. kur-bi-la-ak
11. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
12. hu-la-al
13. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
14. szu-{d}nin-szubur
15. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
16. ur-{d}ba-ba6
17. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
18. bu3-du
reverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga#
2. u-bar
3. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
4. lugal-ma2-gur8#-re
5. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
6. gu-za-ni
7. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
8. lu2-giri17-zal
9. 3(ban2) kasz 3(ban2) ninda 1/3(disz) sila3 i3 za-ri2-iq
10. 2(ban2) kasz 1(disz) dug dida du 3(ban2) 1(barig) dabin 1/2(disz) sila3 i3
11. lu2-sza-lim
12. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ninda 1(u) gin2 i3
13. la-qi3-ip
14. 2(ban2) kasz 1(disz) dug dida du 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 4(ban2) dabin 1/2(disz) sila3 i3 ep-qu2-sza
15. szunigin 2(barig) 2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 kasz szunigin 1(disz) dug dida 3(ban2) 1(disz) dug dida 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3
16. szunigin 1(barig) 2(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 ninda szunigin 1(barig) 4(ban2) dabin
17. szunigin 1(disz) sila3 5(disz) gin2 szum2 szunigin 2(disz) sila3 9(disz) gin2# i3
18. [szunigin] 1/3(disz)# sila3 6(disz) gin2 naga
left
1. u4 1(u)-kam
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2. iti {d}li9-si4
3. mu {d}szu-{d}suen# lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 ma2-dara3-abzu <{d}en>-ki bi2-in-du8

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MVN 4, 153

    [Cagni1976MVN4] Cagni, Luigi, and Giovanni Pettinato. 1976. La Collezione Del Pontificio Istituto Biblico, Roma; La Collezione Della Collegiata Dei SS. Pietro e Orso, Aosta. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 4. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • history: OrSP 21 (pp. 83-89), p. 86

    [Deimel1926Umma] Deimel, P. Anton. 1926. “Umma(-Djoḫa)-Texte Aus Dem Päpstl. Bibelinstitut (Forts.).” Orientalia SP 21: 83–89.

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  • Museum No.: IB 176
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.02.09.10
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-16 at 18:46:58 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2018-10-05 at 01:20:43 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2018-09-18 at 01:36:02 Firth, Richard Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 04, 153 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P114105.
MVN 04, 153 artifact entry (No. P114105). (2024, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P114105 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 04, 153 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P114105 (Accessed: June 13, 2025).
@misc{2024MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {MVN 04, 153 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P114105},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P114105},
}


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