MVN 11, AA (P116233)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

SM 1911.05.029

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: list of foods (dates, cheese curd, butter etc) which are to be raised (zi-zi-dam))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

59.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 23.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 3(ban2) la2 1(disz) sila3 i3-nun du10-ge
2. 3(disz) sila3 esza-bi
3. 5(disz) sila3 zu2-lum-bi
4. 1(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na bappir saga-bi
5. 2(disz) sila3 ba-ba munu4-bi
6. 1(disz) 1/2(disz) kusz3 {gesz}pesz3 sze-er!-gu
7. 1(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
8. i3-a sze ri-a
reverse
1. 3(ban2) la2 1(disz) kasz saga SZIM-e su3-bi
2. i3 {gesz}gigir szen-al-lu5?
  edition has luh
3. u3 masz-da-re6-a
4. {d}szara2-kam zi-zi-dam
5. mu na-ru2-a-mah ba-du3

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: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 59.0 high × 46.0 wide × 23.0 thick
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  • Condition Description: complete; this tablet was not published in mcs 3,3 although owen's concordance lists mcs 3 as a publication reference
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (SM catalogue: list of foods (dates, cheese curd, butter etc) which are to be raised (zi-zi-dam))
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: MVN 11, AA

    [Owen1982MVN11] Owen, David I. 1982. Selected Ur III Texts from the Harvard Semitic Museum. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 11. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • history: (the reference to Fish, MCS 3 3 is a mistake),

    [sec14565] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SM 1911.05.029
  • Accession No.: 07190

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.06.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2011-07-22 at 13:40:28 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:37 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:53 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 11, AA Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116233.
MVN 11, AA artifact entry (No. P116233). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116233
MVN 11, AA artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116233 (Accessed: March 19, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-03-19]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 11, {AA} artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116233},
}

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