MVN 10, 173 (P115940)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Bibliothèque Municipale, La Rochelle, France

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Bibliothèque Municipale, La Rochelle, France

Museum Number

LR 15

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 4(disz) gurusz
2. ugula ur-me-me
3. 6(disz) gurusz ugula ma-szum2
4. 2(u) 8(disz) gurusz
5. ugula ur-kun
6. 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz
reverse
1. ugula la-ni-a
2. szunigin 1(gesz2) 3(disz) gurusz
3. e2-szu-tum lugal
4. ki-{gesz}kiri6 {d}nin-lil2
5. al-tar-sze3 dim2-ma ba-gub#
6. iti sig4-ga u4 2(u) 6(disz) ba-zal
7. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P115940

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Bibliothèque Municipale, La Rochelle, France
Museum Number LR 15
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 023268

References

  • primary: MVN 10, 173

    [Gregoire1981MVN10] Grégoire, Jean-Pierre. 1981. Inscriptions et Archives Administratives Cunéiformes (1e Partie). Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 10. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-03-03 at 09:54:01 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:40:02 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:18 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:46 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“MVN 10, 173 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P115940.
MVN 10, 173 artifact entry (No. P115940). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P115940
MVN 10, 173 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P115940 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 10, 173 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P115940},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P115940},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P115940
LB  - CDLI:P115940
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - MVN 10, 173 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P115940
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MVN 10, 173 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P115940.
MVN 10, 173 artifact entry (No. P115940). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P115940
MVN 10, 173 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P115940 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 10, 173 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P115940},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P115940},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P115940
LB  - CDLI:P115940
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - MVN 10, 173 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P115940
ER  -
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