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MVN 13, 693 (P117466)

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

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

FLP 1222

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(u) gurusz u4 asz-sze3
2. a2 sig4 du8-sze3
3. ki lugal-pa-e3-ta
4. u4-sa6-ga
reverse
1. iti sig4-ga gi4-gi4-de3 mu lugal-bi i3-pa3
blank space
2. iti sze-sag11-ku5
3. mu na-ru2-a-mah ba-du3
seal 1
1. u3-sa6-ga
2. dumu u2-ga-a

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

Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: MVN 13, 693

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: FLP 1222
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.06.12.00, Šū-Suen.07.03.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: Šū-Suen.06.12.00 to Šū-Suen.07.03.00

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2011-07-22 at 13:42:21	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:20:54	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 10:24:50	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:21:26	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 (028109) (028109)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004323 (composite) (P457033)	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 13, 693 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P117466.

MVN 13, 693 artifact entry (No. P117466). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P117466

MVN 13, 693 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P117466 (Accessed: March 19, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-19]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 13, 693 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P117466},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P117466},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P117466
LB  - CDLI:P117466
M1  - 2026/3/19/
TI  - MVN 13, 693 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 13, 693 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P117466.

MVN 13, 693 artifact entry (No. P117466). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P117466

MVN 13, 693 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P117466 (Accessed: March 19, 2026).

@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-19]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 13, 693 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P117466},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P117466},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P117466
LB  - CDLI:P117466
M1  - 2026/3/19/
TI  - MVN 13, 693 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P117466
ER  -