MVN 11, B (P116234)

Administrative tag 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 1909.05.083

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba SM catalogue: tag for a tablet basket (pisan-dub-ba) about cloth according to the tablets of var. PNN)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

47.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 21.0 mm

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. tug2 ki-la2 tag-ga
 en: xxx
3. kiszib3 ur-sa6-ga muhaldim
 en: xxx
4. kiszib3 gu3-de2-a
 en: xxx
5. kiszib3 lugal-ki-gal-la
 en: xxx
6. kiszib3 lugal-gu2-gal#
 en: xxx
7. kiszib3 u3-ma-ni#
 en: xxx
reverse
1. kiszib3 lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su dumu ARAD2-mu
 en: xxx
2. kiszib3 lu2-bi-mu
 en: xxx
3. kiszib3 ba-zi dumu szesz-<szesz?> nu-banda3 a-hu-um-dingir
 en: xxx
4. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-ta
 en: xxx
5. mu hu-hu-nu-ri!(PA) ba-hul-sze3
 en: xxx

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): 47.0 high × 38.0 wide × 21.0 thick
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  • Condition Description: obv.-- damage to top and right sides. rev.-- lower left broken off. cracking; left edge--double pierce
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (pisan-dub-ba SM catalogue: tag for a tablet basket (pisan-dub-ba) about cloth according to the tablets of var. PNN)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: MVN 11, B

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

  • history: MCS 1, 22

    [Fish1951MCS1] Fish, Thomas. 1951. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 1.

  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 258

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SM 1909.05.083
  • Accession No.: 06247

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.01.00.00, Amar-Suen.07.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2015-05-06 at 08:19:12 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
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, B Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116234.
MVN 11, B artifact entry (No. P116234). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116234
MVN 11, B artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116234 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-03-29]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 11, {B} artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116234},
}

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