MVN 15, 085 (P118365)

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 72-25-009

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Produce of various fields in Umma district)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. [... GAN2 a]-sza3# GAN2-banszur
2. [... GAN2] x a-sza3 sipa
3. [... GAN2] x a-sza3 a-ba-gal
4. [...]-x-mu
5. [... GAN2] x a-sza3 ka-ma-ri2{ki}
6. [... GAN2] a-sza3 sipa
7. [... GAN2] a-sza3 a-ba-gal
8. [...]-du11-ga
9. [... GAN2 a-sza3] ka-ma-ri2{ki}
10. [... GAN2 a-sza3] sipa
11. [... GAN2 a-sza3] a-ba-gal
12. [...]-zu
13. [... GAN2] a#-sza3 ka-ma-ri2{ki}
14. [... GAN2 a]-sza3 sipa
15. [... GAN2] a#-sza3 a-ba-gal
16. [...]-a-ni
17. [...] GAN2# a-sza3 ka-ma-ri2{ki}
18. [...] GAN2# a-sza3 [sipa]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] GAN2# a-sza3 sipa#
2'. [...] GAN2# a-sza3 a-ba-gal
3'. lugal#-uszurx(|LAL2.TUG2|)
4'. [...] GAN2 a-sza3 sipa
5'. [... GAN2] a-sza3 a-ba-gal
6'. [...]-x-pa-mu
7'. [... GAN2] a-sza3 sipa
8'. [... GAN2] a-sza3 a-ba-gal
9'. [x-{d}]suen ugula kikken2
10'. [zar3] tab#-ba 1(esze3) 2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 sipa 4(asz) GAN2 a-sza3 a-ba-gal-ta
11'. [x] SZIM 1(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3 sipa 2(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3 a-ba-gal-ta
12'. x 2(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3 sipa 1(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3 a-ba-gal-ta
13'. [x] 1(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3 sipa 3(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 a-ba-gal-ta
  blank space
14'. [szunigin ...] 3(bur3) 2(esze3) 4(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 sipa
15'. [... GAN2] a#-sza3 GAN2-banszur
16'. [... GAN2 a]-sza3# ka-ma-ri2{ki}
17'. [...] GAN2 a-sza3 a-ba-gal
18'. [...] lu2-dingir-ra szabra

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MVN 15, 85

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

    Produce(?) of various fields in the Umma district.

  • history: JCS 24 (pp. 137-173), 168 85

    [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 72-25-009
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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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
2017-03-03 at 09:53:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI 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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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 15, 085 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P118365.
MVN 15, 085 artifact entry (No. P118365). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P118365 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 15, 085 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P118365 (Accessed: January 14, 2026).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MVN 15, 085 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P118365},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P118365},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P118365
LB  - CDLI:P118365
M1  - 2026/1/14/
TI  - MVN 15, 085 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P118365
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MVN 15, 085 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P118365.
MVN 15, 085 artifact entry (No. P118365). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P118365 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 15, 085 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P118365 (Accessed: January 14, 2026).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MVN 15, 085 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P118365},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P118365},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P118365
LB  - CDLI:P118365
M1  - 2026/1/14/
TI  - MVN 15, 085 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P118365
ER  -
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