MVN 13, 205 (P116977)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

FLP 1868

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(asz) 2(barig) sze gur lugal
2. sa2-du11 {d}szara2
3. e2-szu-tum-ta
4. ki ARAD2-ta
5. {d}szara2-a-zi
6. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. iti sze-kar-ra-gal2#-[la]
  blank space
2. mu us2-sa si-mu-ru-um{ki} lu-lu-bu{ki} a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam ba-hul
seal 1
1. {d}szara2-zi
2. dumu ur-[...]
3. lu2 lunga
  following Mayr

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

very weak impressions, almost illegible

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005674.2 (composite) (P534123) S005674.2 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P116977

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number FLP 1868
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 027622

References

  • primary: MVN 13, 205

    [Sigrist1984MVN13] Sigrist, Marcel, David I. Owen, and Gordon D. Young. 1984. The John Frederick Lewis Collection, Part. II. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 13. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • history: Mayr SITU, p. 352 (seal)

    [Mayr2005SITU] Mayr, Rudolf H. 2005. “Seal Impressions on Tablets from Umma.” Lawrenceville, NJ.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-13 at 18:45:18 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2018-04-14 at 05:15:53 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI Approved View
2017-10-31 at 20:37:36 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2016-04-10 at 06:41:26 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:41:35 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:20:20 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:23:04 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:21:12 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“MVN 13, 205 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 13, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P116977.
MVN 13, 205 artifact entry (No. P116977). (2024, June 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116977 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 13, 205 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116977 (Accessed: June 15, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116977},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 13, 205 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 13, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P116977.
MVN 13, 205 artifact entry (No. P116977). (2024, June 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116977 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 13, 205 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116977 (Accessed: June 15, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 13},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116977},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/6/13/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P116977
LB  - CDLI:P116977
M1  - 2026/6/15/
TI  - MVN 13, 205 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116977
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