MVN 13, 380 + AAICAB 1/2, pl. 161, 1974-580 (P117152)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Kristensen, F.M., Espergaerde, Denmark

Museum Number

Ashm 1974-0580 + FLP 1211

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

210.0 mm × 112.0 mm × 30.0 mm

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [x] kasz 2(ban2)
2. [...]-lugal
3. [...] x-za-me
4. [...] 3(ban2) [...] masz lulim
5. [...] x
6. [n] kasz 2(ban2)
7. {gesz}gigir-re i3-ak
8. 1(ban2) kasz 2(ban2)
9. ki-a-nag szabra
10. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 2(ban2)
11. ki-a-nag ama nin-dingir-ra
  n lines broken
12'. [...]
13'. x ur5-ra x
14'. [ki]-ensi2#-sze3
15'. 1(ban2) kasz 2(ban2)
16'. ki-a-nag# szabra
17'. 1(ban2) kasz 2(ban2)#
18'. [ki-a]-nag ama nin#-dingir#
  blank space
9'. iti# gu4#-ra2-bi2-mu2
20'. 2(ban2)# kasz 3(ban2)
21'. ki#-a#-nag szabra
22'. 1(ban2)# kasz 3(ban2)
23'. [ki]-a-nag ama nin-dingir-ra#
24'. nig2#-se3#-ga# u4#-1(disz)#-kam
column 2
1. 1(ban2) kasz 2(ban2)
2. ki-a-nag szabra
3. 1(ban2) kasz 2(ban2)
4. ki-a-nag ama nin-dingir-ra
  blank space
5. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4
6. 3(barig) 2(ban2) kasz 2(ban2)
7. igi-kar2 a-hu-a mu10-us2-sa2 lugal
  n lines broken
8'. gu3#-de2#-a dumu szagina
9'. [n] ba-ba munu4
10'. i3-sze-ri-a-sze3
11'. giri3 lu2 ma2-gu-la
12'. 1(ban2) kasz 2(ban2)#
13'. ki#-a#-nag szabra
14'. 1(ban2) kasz 2(ban2)
15'. ki-a-nag ama nin-dingir-ra
  blank space
16'. iti# szu-numun
17'. 1(ban2) kasz# dida 3(ban2)
18'. 5(ban2) kasz# 2(ban2)
19'. ma2-an-na nigar{gar}
20'. 1(ban2) kasz# 2(ban2)
21'. ki-a-nag# szabra
22'. 1(ban2) kasz# 2(ban2)
23'. ki-a-nag ama nin-dingir
column 3
1. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz dida 2(ban2)
2. ki nin-dingir-ra-sze3
3. 4(ban2) kasz 2(ban2)
4. {gesz}gigir-re i3-ak
5. 3(ban2) kasz dida 3(ban2)
6. siskur2 {d}szakkan2
7. 1(ban2) kasz dida 3(ban2)
8. a-sza3 nam-dumu-gi7
9. 1(ban2) kasz 2(ban2)
10. ki-a-nag szabra
11. 1(ban2) kasz 2(ban2)
12. [...]-si?
  n lines broken
13'. ki#-a#-nag# [ama] nin-dingir#-ra#
  blank space
14'. iti# munu4#-gu7#
15'. 5(ban2) kasz dida# 3(ban2)
16'. 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(ban2)
17'. ki-a-nag szabra
18'. 1(ban2) kasz dida 3(ban2)
19'. 1(ban2) kasz 3(ban2)#
20'. ki-a-nag ama nin-dingir-ra
21'. sza3 uru11{ki#}
22'. 2(ban2)# kasz 3(ban2)
23'. ki#-a#-nag szabra
24'. 4(ban2) kasz 3(ban2)
25'. ki-a-nag ama# nin-dingir-ra
26'. sza3 gir2-su{ki}
27'. nig2-se3-ga u4-5(disz)-kam
column 4
1. 1(ban2) kasz 3(ban2)
2. ki-a-nag dam sag-{d}nanna-zu
3. 2(ban2) kasz dida 3(ban2)
4. siskur2 a-sza3 {gesz}kiri6-zu-har
5. 3(ban2) kasz dida 3(ban2) a-nigin2-na
6. 1(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) kasz 3(ban2) gur
7. 3(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) kasz 2(ban2) gur
8. nin-dingir-ra ki-nu2
9. {d}szul-sza3-ga-ka tusz-a ba?-an-sza-ar
10. 1(ban2) kasz dida 3(ban2)
11. 4(barig) 2(ban2) kasz 3(ban2) [...]
12. 4(barig) kasz [...]
  n lines broken
13'. [...]
14'. 1(ban2) kasz# dida# [...]
15'. siskur2# a-sza3 [...]
16'. 1(ban2) kasz [...]
17'. ki-a-nag szabra#
18'. 1(ban2) kasz [...]
19'. ki-a-nag ama# [nin-dingir-ra]
  blank space
20'. iti ezen-{d}[dumu-zi]
21'. 1(ban2) kasz [...]
22'. ki-a-nag [...]
23'. 1(ban2)# kasz [...]
24'. ki#-a#-nag# ama# [nin-dingir-ra]
  blank space
25'. iti ezen-{d}[szul-gi]
26'. 3(barig) 2(ban2) kasz# 3(ban2)
27'. kasz-de2-a gudu4# {d}x x
reverse
column 1
1. 2(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) kasz# 2(ban2)#
2. 2(ban2) 5 sila3 kasz 4(ban2)#
3. 1(ban2) kasz 4(ban2)#
4. kasz-de2-a [...]
5. 5(ban2) kasz u2-[sa] [...]
6. ur-ku3-nun# [...]
7. 1(ban2) kasz [...]
8. siskur2# [...]
9. 1(barig) 4(ban2) kasz [...]
10. ki-a-nag szabra#
11. 4(ban2) kasz [...]
12. ki-a-nag# [...]
13. nig2-se3-ga [u4-x-kam]
14. 1(ban2) kasz# [...]
15. ki-a-nag# [...]
  n lines broken
16'. 1(u) kasz 3(disz)
17'. ki ensi2-ka-sze3
18'. 1(u) kasz 3(disz)
19'. ki dam ensi2
20'. 1(u) 2(disz) kasz 3(disz)
21'. 1(u) kasz 2(disz)
22'. musz-du10-ga dumu ensi2
23'. 1(disz) kasz 2(disz)
24'. ki-a-nag szabra
25'. 1(disz) kasz 2(disz)
26'. ki-a-nag ama nin-dingir-ra
  blank space
  erasure
27'. iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6
column 2
1. 2(barig)# 3(ban2) kasz 3(ban2)
2. nig2-gu7-a iszib mu nam-mah-{d}ba-ba6 dumu-sze3#
3. 2(ban2) kasz dida# 3(ban2)
4. {d}nin-hur-sag an-ta-sur-ra
5. 1(barig) 3(ban2) kasz 3(ban2)
6. balag szim {gesz}erin
7. {d}ba-ba6
8. 1(ban2) kasz 2(ban2)
9. ki-a-nag szabra
10. 1(ban2) kasz 2(ban2)
11. ki-a-nag ama nin-dingir
  blank space
12. iti mu-szu-du7
13. 3(barig) 3(ban2)# kasz dida# 3(ban2)
14. {d}nin#-mar-ki gu2#-[ab-ba{ki}]
15. [x] kasz# [...]
16. ki#-a#-nag# [...]
  n lines broken
17'. [... kasz] 2(disz)
18'. ki-a-nag ama nin-dingir-ra
  blank space
19'. iti amar-a-a-si
20'. 1(asz) kasz 3(ban2) gur
21'. {d}ba-ba6 u2-szim-sze3 e3-a
22'. 2(ban2) kasz dida 3(disz)
23'. 2(barig) 2(ban2) kasz 3(disz)
24'. u2-szim {d}lamma 2(disz)-a-bi
25'. 1(ban2) kasz dida 3(disz)
26'. 4(disz) kasz 3(disz)
27'. u2-szim {d}dumu-zi-abzu
column 3
  blank space
1. iti sze-sag11-ku5
2. 3(barig) 4(ban2) 5 sila3 kasz 3(ban2)
3. igi-kar2 {d}ba-ba6 e3-a
4. dam ensi2-ka
5. 1(ban2) kasz 3(ban2)
6. ki-nin-dingir-ra-sze3
7. giri3 {d}ba-ba6-ki-ur5-sa6
8. 2(ban2) kasz 3(ban2) mar-sa
9. 1(barig) 1(ban2) kasz 2(ban2)
10. {gesz}gigir2-re i3-ak
11. 4(ban2) kasz 3(ban2)
12. nig2#-gu7-a lu2-mar-za-ka si-ka
13. 2(barig)# kasz# 3(ban2)
14. [ki]-a#-nag#? x x ra
15. 1(ban2) kasz# [...]
  n lines broken
16'. iti sze-il2-la
  blank space
17'. szunigin 6(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) kasz 3(ban2) gur lugal
18'. sze-bi 9(asz) 4(barig) gur
19'. szunigin 2(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz) kasz 2(disz)
20'. kasz# diri# e2 dingir-e-ne [...]
column 4
1. [...]
2. [...] x 1(ban2)
3. [...] gur
4. [...] sila3 kasz
5. [...] x x
6. [...] ki-a-nag# szabra#
7. [...] ama# nin#-dingir-ra
8. [...] 2(barig)# 3(ban2) kasz 3(ban2)#-ke4
9. [...] 1(ban2) 5(disz) [sila3]-ke4#
10. [...] 1(barig)# 3(ban2)# kasz# 2(ban2)
11. [...] x
12. [...] bappir igi-kar2#
13. [...] x
  n lines broken
14'. szunigin# sze-bi 3(u) 1(barig) 2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 gur
  blank space
15'. zi-ga kasz diri
16'. giri3 lu2-uru11{ki}
17'. iti# GAN2-masz
18'. [iti] sze-il2-la-sze3
19'. [mu] us2-sa an-sza-[an{ki}] ba-hul#

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 210.0 high × 112.0 wide × 30.0 thick
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  • primary: AAICAB 1/2, pl. 161, 1974-580,


  • history: MVN 13, no. 380

    [Sigrist1984MVN13] Sigrist, Marcel, David I. Owen, and Gordon D. Young. 1984. The John Frederick Lewis Collection, Part. II. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 13. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • citation: BiOr 64, 297

    [Jagersma2007calendar] Jagersma, Bram. 2007. “The Calendar of the Funerary Cult in Ancient Lagash.” Bibliotheca Orientalis 64: 289–307.

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  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: Ashm 1974-0580 + FLP 1211
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.35.01.00 (us2 year), Šulgi.35.02.00 (us2 year), Šulgi.35.03.00 (us2 year), Šulgi.35.04.00 (us2 year), Šulgi.35.05.00 (us2 year), Šulgi.35.06.00 (us2 year), Šulgi.35.07.00 (us2 year), Šulgi.35.08.00 (us2 year), Šulgi.35.09.00 (us2 year), Šulgi.35.10.
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-02-20 at 11:19:16 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Lafont, Bertrand; Ozaki Tohru Lafont, Bertrand approved View
2021-11-10 at 11:18:30 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2017-07-22 at 14:39:40 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Reckling, Lucas CDLI approved View
2017-07-22 at 10:39:44 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Reckling, Lucas CDLI approved View
2017-07-21 at 11:54:12 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2017-06-21 at 10:14:34 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:53:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2016-02-18 at 16:11:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:41:53 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:20:37 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:21:17 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 13, 380 + AAICAB 1/2, Pl. 161, 1974-580 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P117152.
MVN 13, 380 + AAICAB 1/2, pl. 161, 1974-580 artifact entry (No. P117152). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P117152
MVN 13, 380 + AAICAB 1/2, pl. 161, 1974-580 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P117152 (Accessed: March 19, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-03-19]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 13, 380 + {AAICAB} 1/2, pl. 161, 1974-580 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P117152},
}

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