MVN 11, 150 (P116163)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 1911.03.042

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: unbroken envelope--merchants receive a lot of wool from a person in the place gu-abba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

46.0 mm × 44.0 mm × 27.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. [n] 1(u) gu2 7(disz) ma-na siki#
2. ki lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
3. dumu ARAD2-mu-ta
4. dam-gar3-ne
5. szu ba-ab-ti
6. kiszib3 lu2-{d}utu dumu ba-zi
reverse
1. sza3 gu2-ab-ba{ki}
2. giri3 ur-{d}ig-alim dumu ur-{d}ba-ba6
  seal impression
3. [mu en-unu6-gal {d}inanna ba-hun]
seal 1
1. lu2-{d}utu
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ba-zi

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: Tablet & envelope Artifact type comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 46.0 high × 44.0 wide × 27.0 thick
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  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description: top of envelope cracked and damaged-- otherwise complete.
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  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Genre(s): Administrative (SM catalogue: unbroken envelope--merchants receive a lot of wool from a person in the place gu-abba)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: MVN 11, 150

    [Owen1982MVN11] Owen, David I. 1982. Selected Ur III Texts from the Harvard Semitic Museum. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 11. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SM 1911.03.042
  • Accession No.: 07012

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
  • Elevation:
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.05.00.00
  • Alternative Years:
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2011-07-22 at 13:40:24 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:33 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:20:19 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-27 at 19:35:03 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 18:49:08 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. 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 003311 (composite) (P456021) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 11, 150 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116163.
MVN 11, 150 artifact entry (No. P116163). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116163
MVN 11, 150 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116163 (Accessed: March 28, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-03-28]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 11, 150 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116163},
}

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