MVN 09, 165 (P115808)

Administrative tag excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Museum Number

KM 89075

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba “pisan dub-ba, udu gukkal gub-ba.”)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

56.0 mm × 41.0 mm × 21.0 mm

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. udu gukkal gub-ba
 en: sheep, fat-tailed sheep stationed,
3. a-bi2-si2-im#-ti
 en: Abi-simti
4. ugula SI-a-a szusz3
 en: foreman Ši’aya, cattle manager,
5. udu ku-ba-tum nin
 en: sheep k. of the queen,
6. ugula i-zu-a-ri2-ik szusz3
 en: foreman Izu-arik, cattle manager,
7. udu e2-gal
 en: sheep of the palace,
8. ugula na-we-er-dingir
 en: foreman Nawer-ili,
reverse
1. nam-ha-ni szusz3
 en: Namḫani, cattle manager,
2. i3-gal2
 en: are here;
  blank space
3. sza3 gir2-su{ki}
 en: in Girsu,
4. mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen# lugal uri5{ki}-ma#-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq-ti-id-ni-im mu-du3
 en: year following: “Šu-Suen, king of Ur, the Martu wall ‘muriq-tidnim’ erected.”

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)

  • Artifact type: Tag
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 56.0 high × 41.0 wide × 21.0 thick
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  • primary: MVN 9, 165

    [Snell1979MVN9] Snell, Daniel C. 1979. The E. A. Hoffman Collection and Other American Collections. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 9. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 194

    [Nelson1976pisandubba] Nelson, Richard C. 1976. “Pisan-Dub-Ba Texts from the Sumerian Ur III Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Minnesota.

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  • Museum No.: KM 89075
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.05.00.00 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2022-07-01 at 16:29:43 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Lafont, Bertrand CDLI approved View
2017-05-19 at 22:01:45 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:19:11 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2014-12-10 at 10:59:18 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:39:47 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:07 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2007-08-12 at 22:19:36 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:43 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 09, 165 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115808.
MVN 09, 165 artifact entry (No. P115808). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115808
MVN 09, 165 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115808 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-19]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 09, 165 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115808},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115808},
}


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