MVN 12, 047 (P116309)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 012995

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) gurusz 1(barig) lugal-ta
2. sze-bi 6(asz) gur
3. i3-dub inim-ma-dingir-ta
4. ki ba-zi-ta
5. a2 hun-ga2 erin2 bala tusz-a
  blank space
6. kiszib3 sila4-mu ugula
7. nu-banda3 a-tu
reverse
1. iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6
2. mu ki-masz ba-hul
  blank space
seal 1
1. sila3-mu ugula
2. ARAD2 {d}nin-mar{ki}

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
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  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envelope

  • primary: MVN 12, 47

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 012995
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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
2011-07-22 at 13:40:38 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:43 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:20:31 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:57 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 004032 (composite) (P456742) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 12, 047 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116309.
MVN 12, 047 artifact entry (No. P116309). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116309 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 12, 047 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116309 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 12, 047 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116309},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116309},
}


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