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MVN 20, 173 (P143106)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Museum Number

Erm 07509

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

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
2. 1(barig) dabin lugal
3. 2(disz) dug dida du
4. 2(disz) ku6 {gi}hal
reverse
1. 1(disz)#? sa gi
2. NE?-za-num2
3. nam-gala in-ak
4. szu# ba-ti
5. iti# {d}dumu-zi-da

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

State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: MVN 20, 173

[d’Agostino1997MVN20] Agostino, Franco d’. 1997. Testi Amministrativi Della III Dinastia Di Ur Dal Museo Statale Ermitage, San Pietroburgo, Russia. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 20. Roma: Bonsignori Editore.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: Erm 07509
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.12.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2011-07-22 at 14:25:17	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:31:25	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 (044985) (044985)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 20, 173 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P143106.

MVN 20, 173 artifact entry (No. P143106). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P143106

MVN 20, 173 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P143106 (Accessed: January 14, 2026).

@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-14]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 20, 173 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P143106},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P143106},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P143106
LB  - CDLI:P143106
M1  - 2026/1/14/
TI  - MVN 20, 173 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P143106
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MVN 20, 173 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P143106.

MVN 20, 173 artifact entry (No. P143106). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P143106

MVN 20, 173 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P143106 (Accessed: January 14, 2026).

@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-14]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 20, 173 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P143106},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P143106},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P143106
LB  - CDLI:P143106
M1  - 2026/1/14/
TI  - MVN 20, 173 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P143106
ER  -