MVN 13, 368 (P117140)

Administrative tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), 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 0425

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
2. mu 1(ban2) sze-sze3
3. 4(disz) sila3 mu 2(ban2) ku6-sze6-sze3
4. sze-ba-sze3
reverse
1. lu2-he2-du8-a
2. ki ga#-[ti]-le-ta
3. [x]-x-x szu ba-ti
  1 line blank
4. [iti] a2-ki-ti
5. mu# us2-sa bad3-gal! ba!-du3! mu us2-sa-bi
seal 1
1. i-di3-{d}suen
2. dub-sar
3. ARAD2! {d}nanna

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):

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P117140

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number FLP 0425
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 027784

References

  • primary: MVN 13, 368

    [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: Widell, UCU, 18)

    [Widell2003] Widell, Magnus. 2003. The Administrative and Economic Ur III Texts from the City of Ur. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-07-02 at 13:42:56 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2013-07-23 at 17:10:52 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:41:52 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:20:36 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:21:16 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 13, 368 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P117140.
MVN 13, 368 artifact entry (No. P117140). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P117140
MVN 13, 368 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P117140 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 13, 368 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P117140},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P117140},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P117140
LB  - CDLI:P117140
M1  - 2026/11/2/
TI  - MVN 13, 368 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P117140
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“MVN 13, 368 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P117140.
MVN 13, 368 artifact entry (No. P117140). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P117140
MVN 13, 368 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P117140 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 13, 368 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P117140},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P117140},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P117140
LB  - CDLI:P117140
M1  - 2026/11/2/
TI  - MVN 13, 368 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P117140
ER  - 
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