MVN 13, 721 (P117494)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

FLP 1991

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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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 2(asz) 1(barig) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 dabin gur
2. zi3 a-gar-ka
3. ki szesz-saga-ta
4. nigar{gar}-ki-du10
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. kiszib3 lu2-kal-la
  blank space
3. mu sza-asz-szu2-ru-um a-ra2 2(disz)-kam ba-hul
seal 1
1. lu2-kal-la
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur#-[e11]-e szusz3

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:

    Mayr 1997, 345

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: MVN 13, 721

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: FLP 1991
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.06.00.00
  • Alternative Years:
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-03-24 at 16:09:26 Lafont, Bertrand Artifact Lafont, Bertrand Lafont, Bertrand approved View
2023-03-24 at 16:03:34 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Ozaki Tohru Lafont, Bertrand approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:42:23 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:20:55 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:24:54 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:21:27 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002932 (composite) (P455642) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.42.00.00, Šū-Suen.09.04.00
CDLI Seals 002932.2 (composite) (P533566) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 13, 721 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 24, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P117494.
MVN 13, 721 artifact entry (No. P117494). (2023, March 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P117494 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 13, 721 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P117494 (Accessed: July 24, 2025).
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	month = {mar 24},
	title = {MVN 13, 721 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P117494},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P117494},
}


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