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MVN 16, 0669 (P118717)

Letter tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Metadata / catalogue

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist Um 0669

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. ur-{d}suen-ra
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. ba-ri2-ga zabar
4. lu2-{d}utu-ra
5. he2-na-ab-szum2-mu
reverse
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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: MVN 16, 669

[Waetzoldt1994MVN16] Waetzoldt, Hartmut, and Fatma Yıldız. 1994. Die Umma-Texte Aus Den Archäologischen Museen Zu Istanbul. Band II (Nr. 601-1600). Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 16. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

Brief

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: Ist Um 0669
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2011-07-22 at 13:44:13	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:22:10	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:21:58	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (037138) (037138)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 16, 0669 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P118717.

MVN 16, 0669 artifact entry (No. P118717). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P118717

MVN 16, 0669 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P118717 (Accessed: January 31, 2026).

@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-31]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 16, 0669 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P118717},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P118717},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P118717
LB  - CDLI:P118717
M1  - 2026/1/31/
TI  - MVN 16, 0669 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 16, 0669 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P118717.

MVN 16, 0669 artifact entry (No. P118717). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P118717

MVN 16, 0669 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P118717 (Accessed: January 31, 2026).

@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-31]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 16, 0669 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P118717},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P118717},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P118717
LB  - CDLI:P118717
M1  - 2026/1/31/
TI  - MVN 16, 0669 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P118717
ER  -