MVN 15, 083 (P118363)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 72-25-007

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt of leather objects and leather)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 8(disz) nig2-dara2 {kusz}[...]
2. ki-la2-bi 2(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na-[ta]
3. kusz gu4-bi 3(disz)
4. kusz udu-bi 1(u)
5. 1(u) 8(disz) ad-tab {kusz}[...]
6. ki-la2-bi 1/2(disz) ma-na#-[ta]
7. kusz udu-bi 6(disz)
8. 5(disz) {kusz}usan3 u-gu2-ba-[(x)]
9. ki-la2-bi 1/2(disz) ma-na-ta
10. kusz udu-bi 1(u) 2(disz)
11. 1(gesz2) kusz udu a!-gar gu7-a
12. gu4-{gesz}apin
reverse
1. ba-ba-ti-ke4
2. szu ti#-a
3. giri3 [gesz-kin-ti] szabra
4. kiszib3 nam#?-[sza3-tam] lu2-kal#-la
5. inim ensi2#-ka-ta
6. kusz udu nig2-gur11 ensi2-ka
  seal impression
7. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4#
8. bad3 mar-tu mu#-[du3]
seal 1
  illegible

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Receipt of leather objects and leather)
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 002932.2 (composite) (P533566) S002932.2 - -

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P118363

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 72-25-007
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 034106
Penn Museum (Penn) 568380
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.72-25-7

References

  • primary: MVN 15, 83

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

    Receipt of leather and leather objects.

  • history: JCS 24 (pp. 137-173), 167 83

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2013-06-10 at 08:27:24 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:43:42 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:21:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:21:47 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 15, 083 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P118363.
MVN 15, 083 artifact entry (No. P118363). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P118363 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 15, 083 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P118363 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MVN 15, 083 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P118363},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P118363},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P118363
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - MVN 15, 083 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P118363
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 15, 083 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P118363.
MVN 15, 083 artifact entry (No. P118363). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P118363 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 15, 083 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P118363 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MVN 15, 083 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P118363},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P118363},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P118363
LB  - CDLI:P118363
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - MVN 15, 083 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P118363
ER  -
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