MVN 12, 120 (P116382)

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 014426

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 6(asz) 2(barig) sze gur lugal
2. sza3-gal ma2-lah5-ne-sze3
3. ki ur-sag-ku5-ta
4. ur-mes dumu lugal-uszumgal
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. sza3 ma2-ad-ga{ki}
  1 line blank
3. iti sze-sag11-ku5
4. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul

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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
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  • primary: MVN 12, 120

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

  • history: AION 31, 172 03

    [Sauren1971AION31] Sauren, Herbert. 1971. “Zu Den Wirtschaftsurkunden Des Musée d’Art et d’Histoire. II.” Annali Dell’Istituto Orientale Di Napoli 31: 165–82.

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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-24 at 15:52:20 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan 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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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 12, 120 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 24, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P116382.
MVN 12, 120 artifact entry (No. P116382). (2024, October 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116382 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 12, 120 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116382 (Accessed: June 18, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 24},
	title = {MVN 12, 120 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116382},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116382},
}

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