MVN 07, 406 (P115258)

Letter tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

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Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist L 08010

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 2(u) geme2 3(ban2) sze lugal-ta
2. 1(u) 5(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) dab5-[ba]
3. 3(disz) dumu 2(ban2)-ta
4. 1(disz) dumu 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3
5. 3(disz) dumu 1(ban2)-ta
6. 4(disz) geme2 szu-gi4 2(ban2)-ta
7. 1(disz) gurusz szu-gi4 i3-du8 3(ban2)
reverse
1. sze-bi 4(asz) 1(barig) 5(disz) sila3 gur
2. lu2-igi-sa6-sa6-ra
3. u3-na-a-du11
4. en-na im sze-ba-a i3-ib2-gi-ne2
5. iti munu4-gu7-ta
6. gur# [x] 2(ban2) ur5-ra
7. he2-na-ab-szum2-mu

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MVN 7, 406

    [Pettinato1978MVN7] Pettinato, Giovanni, Sergio A. Picchioni, and Hartmut Waetzoldt. 1978. Testi Economici Di Lagaš Del Museo Di Istanbul. Parte II: La. 7601-8200. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 7. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • history: ITT 4, 8010

    [Delaporte1912ITT4] Delaporte, Louis. 1912. Inventaire Des Tablettes de Tello Conservées Au Musée Impérial Ottoman. Tome 4: Textes de l’époque d’Ur (Fouilles d’Ernest de Sarzec En 1898 et 1900). Paris: Ernest Leroux.

  • history: AGGT, 185

    [Maiocchi2020AGGT] Maiocchi, Massimo, and Giuseppe Visicato. 2020. Administration at Girsu in Gudea’s Time. Antichistica 27. Venezia: Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Digital Publishing.

  • history: TCS 1, 335

    [Sollberger1966TCS1] Sollberger, Edmond. 1966. The Business and Administrative Correspondence under the Kings of Ur. Texts from Cuneiform Sources 1. Locust Valley, New York: J.J. Augustin.

  • history: Care of the Elderly p.23-57, p. 34

    [Wilcke1998elderly] Wilcke, Claus. 1998. “Care of the Elderly in Mesopotamia in the Third Millennium B.C.” In The Care of the Elderly in the Ancient Near East, edited by Marten Stol and Sven P. Vleeming, 23–57. Studies in the History and Culture of the Ancient Near East, Volume 14. Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill.

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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2011-07-22 at 13:39:04 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:18:35 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:31 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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20120211 englund: geme2 a2 1/2 full ration

Cite this Artifact
“MVN 07, 406 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115258.
MVN 07, 406 artifact entry (No. P115258). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115258
MVN 07, 406 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115258 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-26]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 07, 406 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115258},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115258},
}


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