MVN 09, 104 (P115747)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

EAH 00108

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 1(asz) 4(ban2) ziz2 gur lugal
2. 4(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 gig gur
3. 2(barig) 3(ban2) gu2-gal-gal
4. 2(barig) 3(ban2) gu2-tur-tur
5. 1(barig) gazi
6. ki ur-nigar{gar}-ta
reverse
1. lugal-inim-gi-na-ke4
2. szu ba-ti
3. sza3 e2-sag-da-na-ka
4. iti dal
5. mu en-nam-szita-{d}szul-gi-ra-ke4-ba-gub ba-hun
envelope
obverse
1. 1(u) 1(asz) 4(ban2) ziz2 gur lugal
2. 4(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 gig gur
  blank space
3. 2(barig) 3(ban2) gu2-gal-gal 2(barig) 3(ban2) gu2-tur-tur
  1 line blank
4. 1(barig) gazi ki ur-nigar{gar}-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 lugal-inim-gi-na-ka
  blank space
2. iti dal
  1 line blank
3. mu en-nam-szita-{d}szul-gi-ra-ke4-ba-gub ba-hun
seal 1
column 1
1. a-tu
2. szabra lugal
3. lugal-inim-gi-na
column 2
1. dub-sar
2. ARAD2-zu

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 000213 (composite) (P430311) S000213 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P115747

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number EAH 00108
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 022471
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) EAH.108

References

  • primary: MVN 9, 104

    [Snell1979MVN9] Snell, Daniel C. 1979. The E. A. Hoffman Collection and Other American Collections. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 9. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2022-06-29 at 14:36:26 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI Approved View
2021-07-26 at 09:38:18 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:39:43 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:05 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:18:25 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:42 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 09, 104 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P115747.
MVN 09, 104 artifact entry (No. P115747). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P115747 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 09, 104 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P115747 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MVN 09, 104 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P115747},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P115747},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P115747
LB  - CDLI:P115747
M1  - 2026/4/13/
TI  - MVN 09, 104 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P115747
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 09, 104 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P115747.
MVN 09, 104 artifact entry (No. P115747). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P115747 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 09, 104 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P115747 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MVN 09, 104 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P115747},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P115747},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P115747
LB  - CDLI:P115747
M1  - 2026/4/13/
TI  - MVN 09, 104 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P115747
ER  -
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