MC 4, 11 (P220666)

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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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 043749

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) u8
2. 1(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) udu-nita
3. mu-ni-zal
4. e2-gam-gam{ki}
  blank space
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
  blank space
  seal impression
seal 1
1. {d}nin-urta
2. ensi2 nibru{ki}

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MC 4, 11

    [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.

  • history: BiMes 6 (pp. 41-54), 51, n. 37

    [Steinkeller1977BiMes6] Steinkeller, Piotr. 1977. “Seal Practice in the Ur III Period.” Edited by McGuire Gibson and Robert D. Biggs. Seals and Sealing in the Ancient Near East, Bibliotheca Mesopotamica, , no. 6: 41–54.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: IM 043749
  • Accession No.:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-30 at 09:34:46 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-10-23 at 18:55:02 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2021-10-16 at 11:46:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI Approved View
2019-05-29 at 15:39:44 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-10-09 at 16:03:46 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:34:30 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
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 View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005630 (composite) (P458340) uncertain (mod. uncertain) ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“MC 4, 11 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 30, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P220666.
MC 4, 11 artifact entry (No. P220666). (2024, October 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P220666 (Original work published 2003)
MC 4, 11 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P220666 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 30},
	title = {MC 4, 11 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P220666},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P220666},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/30/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P220666
LB  - CDLI:P220666
M1  - 2026/3/6/
TI  - MC 4, 11 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“MC 4, 11 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 30, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P220666.
MC 4, 11 artifact entry (No. P220666). (2024, October 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P220666 (Original work published 2003)
MC 4, 11 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P220666 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).
@misc{2024MC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 30},
	title = {MC 4, 11 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P220666},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P220666},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/30/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P220666
LB  - CDLI:P220666
M1  - 2026/3/6/
TI  - MC 4, 11 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P220666
ER  - 
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