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MVN 10, 243 (P116010)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Béghin, Versailles, France

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Lineart

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Museum Collection(s)

Béghin, Versailles, France

Museum Number

CB 15

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(barig) sze szuku-ra
2. lu2-dingir-ra
3. x-am3 udu-sze3
4. [...]-a ba-ku5
reverse
1. [ki] gu#-du-du-ta
2. kiszib3 {d}szara2-kam
blank space
seal impression
3. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
4. mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu# ba#-du3
seal 1
1. {d}szara2-kam
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-ab-zu?

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

Béghin, Versailles, France

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: MVN 10, 243

[Gregoire1981MVN10] Grégoire, Jean-Pierre. 1981. Inscriptions et Archives Administratives Cunéiformes (1e Partie). Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 10. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.
history: RA 73, p.23-35, p. 32 39

[Durand1979textes] Durand, Jean-Marie. 1979. “Textes de Collections Diverses.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 73: 23–35.
history: OrAnt 18, p.227-239, p. 238 19

[Grégoire1979documents] Grégoire, Jean-Pierre. 1979. “Quelques Nouveaux Documents Économiques Cunéiformes Provenant de l’ancienne Collection Allotte de La Fuÿe.” Oriens Antiquus 18: 227–39.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CB 15
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.05.10.00 (us2 year)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2013-07-19 at 09:13:47	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:40:05	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:19:21	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 10:19:07	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:20:48	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 (023338) (023338)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 005660.1 (composite) (P534113)	-	-

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 10, 243 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P116010.

MVN 10, 243 artifact entry (No. P116010). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116010

MVN 10, 243 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116010 (Accessed: February 15, 2026).

@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-15]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 10, 243 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116010},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116010},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P116010
LB  - CDLI:P116010
M1  - 2026/2/15/
TI  - MVN 10, 243 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116010
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 10, 243 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P116010.

MVN 10, 243 artifact entry (No. P116010). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116010

MVN 10, 243 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116010 (Accessed: February 15, 2026).

@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-15]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 10, 243 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116010},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116010},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P116010
LB  - CDLI:P116010
M1  - 2026/2/15/
TI  - MVN 10, 243 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116010
ER  -