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MVN 15, 333 (P118598)

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

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Museum Number

BMA 56.41.10

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

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) masz2 a-dara4
2. 1(u) 1(disz) ud5 su4
3. szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim
4. mu aga3-us2-e-ne-sze3
reverse
1. iti u4 2(disz) ba-zal
2. zi-ga
3. ki lu2-dingir-ra
1 line blank
4. iti sze-sag11-ku5
5. mu ki-masz{ki} u3 hu-ur5-ti ba-hul

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)

Collections

Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: MVN 15, 333

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

Expenditure of goats for the kitchen.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BMA 56.41.10
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.12.02
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2011-07-22 at 13:44:06	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:22:05	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:21:55	CDLI	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI	CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (034339) (034339)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 15, 333 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P118598.

MVN 15, 333 artifact entry (No. P118598). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P118598

MVN 15, 333 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P118598 (Accessed: January 18, 2026).

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	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 15, 333 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P118598},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P118598},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 15, 333 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P118598.

MVN 15, 333 artifact entry (No. P118598). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P118598

MVN 15, 333 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P118598 (Accessed: January 18, 2026).

@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-18]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 15, 333 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P118598},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P118598},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P118598
LB  - CDLI:P118598
M1  - 2026/1/18/
TI  - MVN 15, 333 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P118598
ER  -