MVN 11, 162 (P116175)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

SM 1911.05.011

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: legal text about the payment of a merchant's interest over 3 years (maš dam-gar3 mu-3-a-bi))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

53.0 mm × 37.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1/3(disz) ma-na 3(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. masz dam-gar3 mu 3(disz)-a-bi
3. 1/3(disz) ma-na 6(disz) gin2 2(u) la2 2(disz) sze ba-a-gar
4. szunigin 1(disz) ma-na 9(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 2(u) la2 2(disz) sze ku3-babbar
5. ur-nigar{gar}-ke4
6. ha-ha-sza4-ar
7. in-na-an-su
8. masz dam-gar3 ba-a-gar-ra
9. en3-bi tar-re-dam
10. 1(disz) i3-da-mu dub-sar
reverse
1. 1(disz) lu2-ga-mu
2. 1(disz) na-silim dumu i3-da-mu
3. 1(disz) lu2-du10-ga dumu nigar{gar}-ki-du10
4. 1(disz) ur-dub-la2 aszgab
5. 1(disz) ur-mes nagar
6. lu2 ki inim-ma-bi-me
7. 1/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
8. 2(u) sze gur lugal
9. ki ur-nigar{gar}-ka-ta
10. ha-ha-sza4 szu ba-an-ti
11. inim-bi nu-ub-du11
left
1. en3-bi tar-re-dam nig2-ka9-ak
2. iti {d}dumu-zi
some text moved to next line
3. mu us2-sa bad3 ba-du3

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

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 53.0 high × 37.0 wide × 18.0 thick
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description: complete; this tablet (7172) was published by fish in ra 57 as 7177. The actual 7177 is a text about a work crew and is an entirely different tablet. See also the record for 1911.5.16
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (SM catalogue: legal text about the payment of a merchant's interest over 3 years (maš dam-gar3 mu-3-a-bi))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: MVN 11, 162

[Owen1982MVN11] Owen, David I. 1982. Selected Ur III Texts from the Harvard Semitic Museum. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 11. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

published as 7172
history: RA 057 (pp. 93-97), 095, 6

[FishLambert1963RA57] Fish, Thomas, and Maurice Lambert. 1963. “« Vérification » Dans La Bureaucratie Sumérienne.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 57: 93–97.
history: BiOr 41 (pp. 412-420), 414-6

[Römer1984BiOr41] Römer, Willem H. Ph. 1984. “Review of MVN 11 by David I Owen.” Bibliotheca Orientalis 41: 412–20.

published (incorrectly) as 7177

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: SM 1911.05.011
Accession No.: 07172

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: Šulgi.38.12.00 (us2 year)
Alternative Years:
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-29 at 19:31:06	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-18 at 08:24:19	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-18 at 08:23:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2017-03-03 at 09:54:09	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2015-03-13 at 12:45:30	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:40:25	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:19:34	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 10:20:20	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:20:51	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 (024290) (024290)

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 11, 162 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 29, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P116175.

MVN 11, 162 artifact entry (No. P116175). (2024, October 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116175 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 11, 162 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116175 (Accessed: March 17, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 11, 162 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 29, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P116175.

MVN 11, 162 artifact entry (No. P116175). (2024, October 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116175 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 11, 162 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116175 (Accessed: March 17, 2026).

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	month = {oct 29},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116175},
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