MC 4, 09 (P220664)

Administrative tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 043418

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative [identification uncertain]

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(asz@c) MUNUS-U8 sila4 nim
2. lu2 x-ke4
3. 1(asz@c) u8 sila4# [(x)]
4. an-na
5. mu-na-szi-szum2
6. 1(asz@c) MUNUS-U8 e3-li
7. an-na
8. an-da-lu5
9. udu ur-UD-BU-kam
10. 1(asz@c) u8-ama
column 2
1. an-na
2. in-szum
3. lu2! esz2-GAN2-gid2-kam
4. 1(asz@c) MUNUS-U8 e3-li
5. ur-UD-BU#
6. an-na#
7. an-da-lu5
8. 2(asz@c) u8#-ama
9. 1(asz@c) kusz udu
10. ur-UD-BU
11. du-du
12. an-da-lu5
column 3
1. 1(asz@c) sila4 e3-li
2. sag-dingir-tuku
1 line blank
line erased
4. 1(asz@c) udu-nita
5. igi-ni-sze3
6. ad-da
7. bu3-gul
8. in-na-szum2
9. lu2 esz2-GAN2-gid2-<kam>
10. 1(asz@c) MUNUS-U8 sila4
column 4
1. e2-ga2
2. ur-ASZ-SZUL
3. dumu ur-ap-ra
4. in-na-szum2
5. 1(asz@c) u8 2(asz@c) sila4
6. ur-UD-BU
7. an-na <<na>>
8. an-da-lu5
9. 1(asz@c) MUNUS-U8-sila4
10. ba-usz2
11. ur-an-tum#
column 5
1. 1(asz@c) u8-sila4-du3-a
2. ur-UD-BU-kam
3. ur-ASZ-SZUL
4. an-da-lu5
5. 1(asz@c) MUNUS-U8 e3-li
6. e2-zi
7. bar-RU? [...]
8. BU#? [...]
several lines missing
column 6
column blank

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Consult word list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Collections

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative [identification uncertain]
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: MC 4, 9

[Steinkeller1992MC4] Steinkeller, Piotr, and J. Nicholas Postgate. 1992. Third-Millennium Legal and Administrative Texts in the Iraq Museum, Baghdad. Mesopotamian Civilizations 4. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.
citation: BSOAS 57 (pp. 588-590), 589

[Englund1994BSOAS57] Englund, Robert K. 1994. “Review: Third-Millennium Legal and Administrative Texts in the Iraq Museum, Baghdad by Piotr Steinkeller.” Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 57 (3): 588–90.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: IM 043418
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: uncertain (mod. uncertain)
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Chronology

Period: ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-05-26 at 13:20:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-26 at 13:14:13	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2021-10-16 at 11:46:30	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Transliteration	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	CDLI	Approved
2020-08-25 at 00:54:47	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2011-10-24 at 07:52:20	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI	Approved
2008-10-09 at 16:03:46	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:34:30	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Johnson, J. Cale	CDLI	Approved

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Cite this Artifacts

“MC 4, 09 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 26, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P220664.

MC 4, 09 artifact entry (No. P220664). (2024, May 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P220664 (Original work published 2003)

MC 4, 09 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P220664 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 26},
	title = {MC 4, 09 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P220664},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P220664},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MC 4, 09 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 26, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P220664.

MC 4, 09 artifact entry (No. P220664). (2024, May 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P220664 (Original work published 2003)

MC 4, 09 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P220664 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).

@misc{2024MC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 26},
	title = {MC 4, 09 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P220664},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P220664},
}

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DA  - 2024/5/26/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P220664
LB  - CDLI:P220664
M1  - 2026/3/10/
TI  - MC 4, 09 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P220664
ER  -