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MVN 08, 244 (P115634)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 054371

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz) sar# sig4# du8-a
2. e2-masz-a kux(KWU147)-ra
3. a2#-bi# u4 9(gesz2) 4(u)-kam
4. a2# lu2# hun-ga2 6(disz) sila3-ta
5. ki ur-{d}asar-lu2-hi-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 dingir-ra
blank space
2. mu en ga-esz{ki} ba-hun
seal 1
1. dingir-ra
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-ga

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)

Collections

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
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Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: MVN 8, 244

[Calvot1979MVN8] Calvot, Danielle, Fawzi Rashid, Sergio A. Picchioni, and Giovanni Pettinato. 1979. Textes Économiques de Ṣelluš-Dagan Du Musée Du Louvre et Du Collège de France; Testi Economici Dell’Iraq Museum, Baghdad. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 8. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: IM 054371
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.09.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2022-06-28 at 13:32:17	Lafont, Bertrand	Transliteration	Lafont, Bertrand	CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:39:30	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:18:57	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 10:17:06	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:20:40	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (022358) (022358)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 002175 (composite) (P454885)	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)	Šulgi.35.06.00, Šū-Suen.06.00.00

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 08, 244 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P115634.

MVN 08, 244 artifact entry (No. P115634). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P115634

MVN 08, 244 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P115634 (Accessed: February 13, 2026).

@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-13]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 08, 244 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P115634},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P115634},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
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LB  - CDLI:P115634
M1  - 2026/2/13/
TI  - MVN 08, 244 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 08, 244 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P115634.

MVN 08, 244 artifact entry (No. P115634). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P115634

MVN 08, 244 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P115634 (Accessed: February 13, 2026).

@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-13]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 08, 244 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P115634},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P115634},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P115634
LB  - CDLI:P115634
M1  - 2026/2/13/
TI  - MVN 08, 244 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P115634
ER  -