MVN 15, 160 (P118440)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Rare Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Ithaca, New York, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Rare Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Ithaca, New York, USA

Museum Number

RMC 134

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [1(disz)] tug2# ur-{gesz}gigir-re# dumu a2-x-x
2. 1(disz) tug2 lugal-ma2-gur8-re
3. 1(disz) tug2 ur-{d}ba-ba6 engar
  single ruling
4. ugula ur-{gesz}gigir
5. 1(disz) tug2 lugal-uszurx(|LAL2.TUG2|)
6. 1(disz) tug2 a-ab-ba-bi
  single ruling
7. ugula lugal-ukken-ne2
8. 1(disz) tug2 al-lu-mu
9. gudu4 {d}szul-gi
10. 1(disz) tug2 ARAD2 lu2 azlag2
11. 1(disz) tug2 ur-{gesz}gigir ugula
12. 1(disz) tug2 lugal-a2-zi-da
13. 1(disz) tug2 nig2-bi
14. 1(disz)# tug2# lu2-sa6-i3-zu
column 2
1. [1(disz) tug2 ...]
2. 1(disz) tug2# [...]
3. 1(disz) tug2 [...]
4. 1(disz) tug2 x-[...]
5. 1(disz) ba-[saga]
  single ruling
6. lu2 azlag2-me#
7. ugula i3-kal-la
8. 1(disz) tug2 ur-{d}szul-pa-e3!(KASZ4) szitim
  single ruling
9. ugula lu2-du10-ga
10. 1(disz) ur-{d}gesztin-an-ka gu-za-la2
11. 1(disz) lugal-iti-da dumu giri3-ni
12. 2(disz) ha-lu5-lu5 simug
13. 1(disz) lugal-ukken-ne2 gudu4
14. 1(disz) ur-nigar{gar} gudu4
  single ruling
15. lu2 didli-me
reverse
column 1
1. 1(disz) lugal-ku3-zu dumu i3-li2-mu
  double ruling
2. ugula lu2-kal-la
3. 1(disz) ur-nigar{gar} muhaldim
  single ruling
4. ugula in-sa6-sa6
5. 1(disz) ur-ge6-par4
6. nu-banda3 da-sikil
  double ruling
7. ugula ad-da-kal-[la]
8. 1(disz) lu2-{d}[nin]-ur4-[ra]
9. [...]
column 2
1. [1(disz) x]-kal#-kal-la
2. [1(disz) ...]-um bappir2
3. [1(disz)] szu#?-{d}er3!-ra
4. 1(disz) ur-{gesz}gigir szu-i2
5. 1(disz) a-li2-mu
  single ruling
6. ugula ba-saga
7. 1(disz) ur-{d}asznan
  single ruling
8. ugula lu2-du10-ga
9. 1(disz) {d}szara2-i3-zu
  single ruling
10. ugula a-kal-la
11. 5(disz) tug2 esz3 didli
12. ugula lugal-nig2-lagar-e
13. 1(disz) lu2-i3-zu engar
14. 1(disz) lugal-amar-ku3
15. ugula lugal-nesag-e
  single ruling
  rest broken

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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, 160

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

    Delivery of cloths from various individuals (for Su-Suen's coronation?).

  • history: CUSAS 15, 134

    [Gadotti2011CUSAS15] Gadotti, Alhena, and Marcel Sigrist. 2011. Cuneiform Texts in the Carl A. Kroch Library, Cornell University. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 15. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: RMC 134
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.01.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2011-07-22 at 13:43:47 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:21:54 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:26:55 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-31 at 13:46:35 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-01-06 at 13:53:32 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 18:50:58 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. 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, 160 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P118440.
MVN 15, 160 artifact entry (No. P118440). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P118440
MVN 15, 160 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P118440 (Accessed: June 12, 2025).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-12]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 15, 160 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P118440},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P118440},
}


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