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

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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)

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
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7. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4#
8. bad3 mar-tu mu#-[du3]
seal 1
  illegible

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • 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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: UM 72-25-007
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.04.00.00
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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
2013-06-10 at 08:27:24 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:43:42 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:21:50 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 002932.2 (composite) (P533566) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“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: May 7, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MVN 15, 083 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P118363},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P118363},
}


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