MVN 12, 118 (P116380)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 014536

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 6(gesz2) 3(u) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
2. sze-ba aga3-us2-ne
3. ki e2-a-i3-li2
4. giri3 ur-{d}nansze
reverse
1. ki lu2-gi-na-ta
  1 line blank
2. iti sze-sag11-ku5
3. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-{d}ba-ba6
2. dub-sar
3. dumu na-mu

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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    Fischer, ZA 082, 080 no.18

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: MVN 12, 118

    [Gomi1982MVN12] Gomi, Tohru. 1982. Wirtschaftstexte Der Ur III-Zeit Aus Dem British Museum. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 12. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • citation: AOS 68, p. 117-141, p. 119 n. 16

    [Waetzoldt1987compensation] Waetzoldt, Hartmut. 1987. “Compensation of Craft Workers and Officials in the Ur III Period.” In Labor in the Ancient Near East, edited by Marvin A. Powell, 117–41. American Oriental Series, Volume 68. New Haven, Connecticut: American Oriental Society.

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  • Museum No.: BM 014536
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:40:43 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:46 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:59 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 004785 (composite) (P457495) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 12, 118 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116380.
MVN 12, 118 artifact entry (No. P116380). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116380 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 12, 118 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116380 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {MVN 12, 118 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116380},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116380},
}


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