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MVN 15, 373 (P118638)

Letter tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Newell Collections of Babylonian Tablets, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Newell Collections of Babylonian Tablets, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NCBT 01376a

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. dingir-dan-ra
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. erin2-na i3 nam-zi-zi
4. mu i3-sze3
reverse
1. sze szi-iq-di3-a-ni
2. {gesz}gab2-ra
3. erin2 nam-mu-DU

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

Newell Collections of Babylonian Tablets, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: MVN 15, 373

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

Letter-order.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: NCBT 01376a
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) [uncertain]
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2011-07-22 at 13:44:08	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:22:06	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:21:56	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 (034379) (034379)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 15, 373 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P118638.

MVN 15, 373 artifact entry (No. P118638). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P118638

MVN 15, 373 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P118638 (Accessed: January 18, 2026).

@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-18]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 15, 373 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P118638},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P118638},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P118638
LB  - CDLI:P118638
M1  - 2026/1/18/
TI  - MVN 15, 373 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P118638
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MVN 15, 373 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P118638.

MVN 15, 373 artifact entry (No. P118638). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P118638

MVN 15, 373 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P118638 (Accessed: January 18, 2026).

@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-18]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 15, 373 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P118638},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P118638},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P118638
LB  - CDLI:P118638
M1  - 2026/1/18/
TI  - MVN 15, 373 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P118638
ER  -