MVN 15, 068 (P118348)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM L-29-343

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

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. 1(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
2. al ak u2 ku5-a
3. lu2 hun-ga2
4. ur-me-me-ka
5. ur-nigar{gar} szu ba-ti
reverse
1. a-sza3 a-ba-al-la
2. iti a2-ki-ti
  seal impression
3. mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
seal 1
1. ur-nigar{gar}
2. dumu lu2-{d}suen#?

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MVN 15, 68

    [Owen1991MVN15] Owen, David I. 1991. Neo-Sumerian Texts from American Collections. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 15. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

    Clay docket from the field, Abala.

  • history: JCS 24 (pp. 137-173), 163 68

    [Owen1972JCS24AmericanColl] Owen, David I. 1972. “Neo-Sumerian Texts from American Collections, I.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 24 (4): 137–73. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359636.

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  • Museum No.: UM L-29-343
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.05.07.00 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2013-07-03 at 18:16:10 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:43:41 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:21:49 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:21:47 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 004634 (composite) (P457344) Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 15, 068 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P118348.
MVN 15, 068 artifact entry (No. P118348). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P118348 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 15, 068 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P118348 (Accessed: June 3, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MVN 15, 068 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P118348},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P118348},
}


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