MVN 13, 881 & 882 (P117652)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), 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 0280

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
 en: 2 shekels of silver,
2. sze-bi 2(asz) 2(barig) gur
 en: its barley 2 gur 2 barig;
  ca. 720 liters
3. buru14# ama-bi gi4#-gi4 su3-su3-da#
 en: the harvest will remit this debt, should (it) be inundated;
4. ba-a-mu
 en: Ba’amu
reverse
1. mu lugal-bi in-pa3
 en: by the royal name has sworn;
2. ki {d}nanna-i3-gi-ta
 en: from Nanna-igi
3. ba-a-mu
 en: did Ba’amu
4. szu ba-ti
 en: receive;
5. iti me-gi8-gal2
 en: month “Mekigal,”
6. [mu en] {d}nanna masz2-e i3-pa3
 en: year: “The en priestess of Nanna by omens was chosen.”
envelope
obverse
1. 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
 en: 2 shekels of silver,
2. sze-bi 2(asz) 2(barig) gur
 en: its barley 2 gur 2 barig;
  blank space
3. buru14 ama-bi gi4-gi4 su3-su3-da
 en: the harvest will remit this debt, should (it) be inundated;
reverse
1. mu lugal-bi in-pa3#
 en: by the royal name he has sworn;
2. ki {d}nanna-i3-gi-ta
 en: from Nanna-igi
  blank space
  seal impression
3. ba-a-mu# szu ba-ti
 en: did Ba’amu receive;
4. iti# me#-gi8#-gal2#
 en: month “Mekigal,”
5. mu [en {d}]nanna# [masz2-e] i3-pa3
 en: year: “The en priestess of Nanna by omens was chosen.”
seal 1
1. ba-a-mu
 en: did Ba’amu,
2. dumu gu3-de2-a
 en: son of Gude’a.

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):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 000055 (composite) (P430156) S000055 Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.43.11.00

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P117652

Physical information

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

Provenance

Provenience Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) [uncertain]
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number FLP 0280
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 028296

References

  • primary: MVN 13, 881 & 882

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2015-12-01 at 19:45:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Cripps, Eric L. CDLI Approved View
2015-11-29 at 09:48:19 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Cripps, Eric L. CDLI Approved View
2013-01-07 at 16:38:17 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:42:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:21:05 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:25:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:21:30 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, 881 & 882 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P117652.
MVN 13, 881 & 882 artifact entry (No. P117652). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P117652
MVN 13, 881 & 882 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P117652 (Accessed: May 15, 2026).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-15]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 13, 881 & 882 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P117652},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P117652},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P117652
LB  - CDLI:P117652
M1  - 2026/5/15/
TI  - MVN 13, 881 & 882 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P117652
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MVN 13, 881 & 882 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P117652.
MVN 13, 881 & 882 artifact entry (No. P117652). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P117652
MVN 13, 881 & 882 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P117652 (Accessed: May 15, 2026).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-15]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 13, 881 & 882 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P117652},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P117652},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P117652
LB  - CDLI:P117652
M1  - 2026/5/15/
TI  - MVN 13, 881 & 882 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P117652
ER  -
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