MVN 16, 1259 (P119307)

Administrative 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

Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist Um 1259

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

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(bur3) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra [a]-ra2 1(disz)? 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta
2. [a-sza3] gibil
3. ugula lugal-ku3-zu
4. kiszib3 na-ba-sa6
reverse
  seal impression
1. mu si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. na-ba-sa6
2. dumu he2-sa6
3. iszib {d}szara2

Textual annotations

#new_text=P119307 # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 2(bur3) 2(bur)[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 2 GAN2 gana[field] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 3 gesz-ur3-ra geszur[harrow] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 4 a-ra2 ara[times] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 5 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 6 4(iku) 4(iku)[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 7 1/2(iku) 1/2(iku)[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 8 GAN2-ta gana[field] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abl _ _ _ _ 9 a-sza3 aszag[field] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 10 gibil gibil[new] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 11 ugula ugula[overseer] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 12 lugal-ku3-zu Lugalkuzu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 13 kiszib3 kiszib[seal] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 14 na-ba-sa6 Nabasa[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 15 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 16 si-ma-num2{ki} Simanum[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 17 ba-hul hulu[destroy] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 18 na-ba-sa6 Nabasa[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 19 dumu dumu[child] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 20 he2-sa6 Hesa[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 21 iszib iszib[priest] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 22 {d}szara2 Szara[1] PROPN DN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Gen _ _ _ _

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P119307

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
Museum Number Ist Um 1259
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 037727

References

  • primary: MVN 16, 1259

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2022-12-04 at 11:30:39 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Annotation McGrath, William; Wang Jinyan Machine Translation and Automated Analysis of Cuneiform Languages Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:45:09 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:22:48 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:12 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 16, 1259 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P119307.
MVN 16, 1259 artifact entry (No. P119307). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P119307
MVN 16, 1259 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P119307 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-22]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 16, 1259 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P119307},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P119307},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P119307
LB  - CDLI:P119307
M1  - 2026/4/22/
TI  - MVN 16, 1259 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P119307
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 16, 1259 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P119307.
MVN 16, 1259 artifact entry (No. P119307). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P119307
MVN 16, 1259 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P119307 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-22]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 16, 1259 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P119307},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P119307},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P119307
LB  - CDLI:P119307
M1  - 2026/4/22/
TI  - MVN 16, 1259 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P119307
ER  - 
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