MVN 11, R (P116254)

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 1909.05.501

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: pisan-dub-ba--tablet basket re cows moving from Girsu to gu-abba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

38.0 mm × 35.0 mm × 19.0 mm

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. ab2 gub-ba
 en: xxx
3. i3 ud5-da gar-ra
 en: xxx
4. gir2-su{ki}-ta
 en: xxx
5. gu2-ab-ba{ki}-[sze3]
 en: xxx
reverse
1. mu ha-ar-szi{ki} ba-hul
 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): 38.0 high × 35.0 wide × 19.0 thick
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  • Condition Description: complete; piercing in left edge
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (pisan-dub-ba SM catalogue: pisan-dub-ba--tablet basket re cows moving from Girsu to gu-abba)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: MVN 11, R

    [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, 25

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

  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 172

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SM 1909.05.501
  • Accession No.: 06665

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-03-09 at 12:32:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Gacia, Veronika; Sallaberger, Walther Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:19:19 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:40:29 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:38 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, R Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P116254.
MVN 11, R artifact entry (No. P116254). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116254 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 11, R artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116254 (Accessed: May 30, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {MVN 11, {R} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116254},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116254},
}


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