MVN 18, 749 (P120110)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain

Museum Collection(s)

Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain

Museum Number

MM 1151

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

53.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 9.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 9(gesz2) 5(u){ku6}esztub [...]
2. 2(gesz2) 4(u) {ku6}esztub [...]
3. 2(gesz2) {ku6}esztub x-[...]
4. a-ra2 [x-kam]
5. ki a-tu#-[ta]
6. kiszib3 nin-me-lam2
  1 line blank
7. [...]-nun#
8. [...] HU al?
reverse
  broken
seal 1
1. nin-me-[lam2]
2. dam ur-{d}li9#-[si4]
3. ensi2#
4. umma#[{ki}]

Textual annotations

#new_text=P120110 # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 9(gesz2) 9(gesz)[sixty] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 2 5(u) 5(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 3 ku6 kud[fish] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 4 esztub esztub[carp] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 5 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 2(gesz2) 2(gesz)[sixty] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 7 4(u) 4(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 8 ku6 kud[fish] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 9 esztub esztub[carp] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 10 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 2(gesz2) 2(gesz)[sixty] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 12 ku6 kud[fish] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 13 esztub esztub[carp] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 14 x-... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 a-ra2 ara[times] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 16 x-kam _(_)[_] NUM NU Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 17 ki ki[place] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 18 a-tu-ta Atu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Abl _ _ _ _ 19 kiszib3 kiszib[seal] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 20 nin-me-lam2 Ninmelam[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 21 ...-nun _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 HU _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 al _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 nin-me-lam2 Ninmelam[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 26 dam dam[spouse] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 27 ur-{d}li9-si4 Urlisi[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 28 ensi2 ensik[ruler] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 29 umma{ki} Umma[1] PROPN SN 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):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003980 (composite) (P456690) S003980 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P120110

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 53.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 9.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain
Museum Number MM 1151
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 035731

References

  • primary: MVN 18, 749

    [Molina1993MVN18] Molina, Manuel. 1993. Tablillas Administrativas Neosumerias de La Abadía de Montserrat (Barcelona). Copias Cuneiformes. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 18. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • history: AuOr. Suppl. 11, 749

    [Molina1996Montserrat] Molina, Manuel. 1996. Tablillas Administrativas Neosumerias de La Abadía de Montserrat (Barcelona). Transliteraciones e Índices. Aula Orientalis. Supplementa 11. Sabadell (Barcelona): Editorial AUSA.

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
2018-10-03 at 02:23:49 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:46:20 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:23:37 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:33 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 18, 749 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P120110.
MVN 18, 749 artifact entry (No. P120110). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120110
MVN 18, 749 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120110 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 18, 749 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120110},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120110},
}


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DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P120110
LB  - CDLI:P120110
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - MVN 18, 749 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120110
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 18, 749 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P120110.
MVN 18, 749 artifact entry (No. P120110). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120110
MVN 18, 749 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120110 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 18, 749 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120110},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120110},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P120110
LB  - CDLI:P120110
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - MVN 18, 749 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120110
ER  -
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