MVN 13, 831 & 832 (P117603)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 0869

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) sze gur lugal
2. ki ur-{d}ba-ba6-ta
3. ur-{d}dumu-zi
4. szu ba-an-ti
reverse
1. gi4-gi4-dam
  blank space
2. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
3. mu us2-sa si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul
envelope
obverse
1. 1(asz) sze gur lugal
2. ki ur-{d}ba-ba6-ta
3. ur-{d}dumu-zi
4. szu ba-an-ti
  blank space
5. gi4-gi4-dam
reverse
  blank space
1. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
2. mu us2-sa si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. na-ba-[sa6?]
2. dub-sar
3. dumu szesz!-[kal?-la?]

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

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P117603

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number FLP 0869
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 028246

References

  • primary: MVN 13, 831 & 832

    [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: CUSAS 7, 0700 (seal)

    [MayrCUSAS7] Mayr, Rudolf H. 2025. The Seal Impressions of the Garšana and the Umma Archives.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-19 at 12:56:47 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-04-07 at 13:02:03 Lafont, Bertrand Artifact metadata Ozaki Tohru Lafont, Bertrand Approved View
2023-04-07 at 13:01:28 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Ozaki Tohru Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2022-02-05 at 14:51:44 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2018-06-21 at 12:40:35 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI Approved View
2016-03-26 at 11:50:34 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2013-01-07 at 16:47:59 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:42:36 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:21:02 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:25:06 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:21:29 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 13, 831 & 832 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P117603.
MVN 13, 831 & 832 artifact entry (No. P117603). (2024, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P117603 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 13, 831 & 832 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P117603 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 13, 831 & 832 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P117603},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P117603},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 13, 831 & 832 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P117603.
MVN 13, 831 & 832 artifact entry (No. P117603). (2024, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P117603 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 13, 831 & 832 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P117603 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 13, 831 & 832 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P117603},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P117603},
}

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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/4/18/
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