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MVN 05, 295 (P274722)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Amherst, unlocated (dispersed)

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Amherst, unlocated (dispersed)

Museum Number

Anonymous 274722

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (loan)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 4(disz) qa sze ur5-ra
2. masz2-bi nig2-ma-da
3. ki bu-nu-s,i2-da-qi2-im
4. ar-ka3-da-nu-um
5. dumu ta-e-ru-um
6. szu# ba-an-ti
reverse
1. [iti] x x x szum2#-mu#-dam
2. [igi] ka-la-[x] x ni
3. igi nu-ur2-{d}kab-ta
blank space
seal impression
4. iti sze-sag11-ku5
5. mu us2-sa e2 {d}en-ki mu-na-dim2
seal 1
1. ar-ka3-da-[nu-um]
2. dumu ta-e-ru-um

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Consult word list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Collections

Amherst, unlocated (dispersed)

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal > Business / Contracts (loan)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: MVN 5, 295

[Sollberger1978MVN5] Sollberger, Edmond. 1978. The Pinches Manuscript. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 5. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: Anonymous 274722
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab) [uncertain]
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Excavation No:
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Chronology

Period: Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates Referenced: Itur-Shamash.I.12.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2018-01-03 at 11:06:11	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Corfù, Nicolas A.		CDLI	Approved
2005-09-15 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Wasserman, Nathan		CDLI	Approved

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Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 05, 295 Artifact Entry.” 2005. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2005. https://cdli.earth/P274722.

MVN 05, 295 artifact entry (No. P274722). (2005, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P274722

MVN 05, 295 artifact entry (2005) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P274722 (Accessed: March 7, 2026).

@misc{2005MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-07]},
	year = {2005},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {MVN 05, 295 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P274722},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P274722},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2005/9/15/
PY  - 2005
ID  - P274722
LB  - CDLI:P274722
M1  - 2026/3/7/
TI  - MVN 05, 295 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P274722
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 05, 295 Artifact Entry.” 2005. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2005. https://cdli.earth/P274722.

MVN 05, 295 artifact entry (No. P274722). (2005, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P274722

MVN 05, 295 artifact entry (2005) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P274722 (Accessed: March 7, 2026).

@misc{2005MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-07]},
	year = {2005},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {MVN 05, 295 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P274722},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P274722},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2005/9/15/
PY  - 2005
ID  - P274722
LB  - CDLI:P274722
M1  - 2026/3/7/
TI  - MVN 05, 295 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P274722
ER  -