MVN 17, 065 (P119685)

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 012299

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. 1(gesz2) bappir saga sza3 lahtan2 6(disz) sila3 gur
2. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 8(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 bappir [...] gur
3. [...] 4(asz) 2(ban2) nig2-ar3-ra saga gur
4. sze bala-bi 1(gesz2) 4(barig) 3(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 gur
5. 1(gesz2) 9(asz) [x] 3(ban2)# 6(disz) sila3 kasz du gur
6. sze-bi# [...] 2(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 gur
7. ki lugal# [...]-da-ta
8. ur-mes# [...] sza3-bi-ta
9. 3(asz) 1(barig) [x] bappir saga gur
10. sza3 lahtan2-bi 1(barig) 3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3
11. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 6(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga gur
12. [x] 3(barig) 4(ban2) nig2-ar3-ra saga gur
13. [...]-bi# 5(u) 7(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur
reverse
1. [...] sila3# kasz du gur
2. [...] sila3 sze gur
3. [...] 3(gesz2) 3(u) 4(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur
4. ki ur-mes-ta
5. lugal-an-na-tum2
6. szu ba-ti
7. la2-ia3 3(u) 6(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur
8. ugu2 ur-mes-ka
9. ga2-ga2-dam
10. nig2-ka9-ak lugal-an-na-tum2
11. u3 ur-mes

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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 17, 65

    [Pettinato1993MVN 17] Pettinato, Giovanni. 1993. Testi Economici Neo-Sumerici Del British Museum (BM 12230 - BM 12390). Vol. XVII. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

    nì-kasx-aka

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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2015-03-13 at 12:46:22 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:45:42 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:23:10 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:24 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 17, 065 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119685.
MVN 17, 065 artifact entry (No. P119685). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119685 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 17, 065 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119685 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 17, 065 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119685},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119685},
}


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