MVN 02, 251 (P113550)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland

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Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland

Museum Number

MAH 16097 + MAH 16108

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
column 1
1. [2(asz)] guru7# 5(gesz2) 4(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
2. sze gesz e3-a
3. 7(gesz2) gur su-su
4. ur-szu-ga-lam-ma
5. 1(gesz2) 1(u) gur su-su
6. mu-kal-la
7. 1(asz) guru7 3(u) 5(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
8. al-la dumu# lu2-uru11{ki}
9. 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 2(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) sze gur
10. 4(u) 7(asz) 4(barig) ziz2 gur
11. ur-tur#
12. [n] gur su-su
13. al#?-la masz-szu-gid2-gid2
14. [n] 1(gesz2) 3(u) 5(asz) 3(barig) 1(disz) sila3 gur
15. [ur-{d}]en#-gal-du-du
16. [n] 4(gesz2) 1(u) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 gur
17. szesz#-kal-la dumu lugal-a2-zi-da
18. [n] 1(gesz'u)# 9(gesz2) 2(asz)# 2(barig) 5(ban2) gur
19. [sze] gesz e3-a
20. [n] gur su-su
21. [...]-da#
22. [...]
23. [...]
column 2
1. 1(asz) guru7# [...] 2(ban2) 8(disz) sila3# [sze gur]
2. 1(gesz2)# 1(u) ziz2# [gur]
3. sze gesz e3#-a#
4. 7(gesz2) gur su-[su]
5. ur-gu-la
6. 4(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 5(u) 1(asz) gur#
7. 1(u) 4(asz) [x x ziz2 gur]
8. sze gesz# [e3-a]
9. 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) [n gur su-su]
10. ur#-[...]
11. 1(asz) guru7# [n sze gur]
12. 6(asz) [n ziz2 gur]
13. sze gesz [e3-a]
14. 4(gesz2) gur [su-su]
15. ad-[da]
16. 4(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 3(u) 1(asz)# [n] 1/3(disz) sila3# [sze gur]
17. sze gesz e3-[a]
18. 6(gesz2) gur su-[su]
19. ur-{d}ga2-tum3-[du10]
20. 1(gesz'u) gur# [su-su]
21. lu2-[...]
22. x [...]
23. [...]
reverse
column 1
1. 5(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 1(asz) 2(barig) [x sze gur]
2. sze gesz e3-[a]
3. 1(gesz'u) gur su-[su]
4. ur-{d}nin-szika#?
5. 1(asz) guru7 4(gesz2) 6(asz) 2(barig) gur#
6. sze gesz e3-a#
7. 1(gesz'u) gur su#-su
8. lugal-iri-da
9. 1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2)? gur su-su
10. ur-e2-ninnu dumu al-la-mu
11. 4(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 7(asz) la2 1(disz) sila3 gur
12. sze gesz e3-a
13. 1(gesz'u) [n gur su-su]
14. inim#-[...]
15. 1(asz)? guru7# 2(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) [n sze gur]
16. ab-ba-kal-[la]
17. 1(asz) guru7 8(gesz2) 5(u) 8(asz) 4(ban2) 3(disz) [sila3 sze gur]
18. 2(gesz2) 5(u) 1(asz) 4(barig) ziz2 gur
19. sze gesz e3-a#
20. 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 1(u) 6(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) [gur su-su]
21. ur-{d}nu-musz-[da]
22. 4(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 3(u) 4(asz) 2(barig) [n] sila3 [sze gur]
23. 1(gesz2) ziz2 [gur]
24. 4(asz) gig [gur]
25. sze gesz e3-[a]
26. 1(gesz'u) gur su-[su]
27. lu2#-{d}szul-gi#
28. [n] 6(gesz2) 4(u) 9(asz) 1(barig) [x]
column 2
1. [n sze] gur
2. [n] sze gur
3. [sze gesz] e3#-a
4. [n] gur su-su
5. [ba]-sa6
6. [n] 2(gesz2) 5(u) 9(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) gur
7. [n] ziz2 gur
8. [n] 2(asz) gig gur
9. lu2#-dingir-ra
10. [n] 5(gesz2) 1(u) 5(asz) 4(barig) gur
11. [n] 3(asz) ziz2 gur
12. [n] 4(asz) gig gur
13. [a]-tu
14. 2(asz) guru7 5(gesz2) 3(u) 5(asz) 2(barig) gur
15. sze gesz e3-a
16. 1(gesz2) 1(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 gur
17. murgu2 sze gesz e3#-[a]
18. 2(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 1(u) 1(asz) [n] sila3 gur
19. su-su
20. tul2-ta
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21. szunigin 1(u) 7(asz) guru7 1(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 6(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
22. sze gesz e3-a
23. szunigin 3(asz) guru7 1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 4(u) 7(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 gur
24. su-su szabra-ne
  blank space
25. sze gesz e3-a
26. [u3 su]-su szabra-ne
27. mu en#-unu6-gal {d}inanna ba-hun

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MVN 2, 251

    [Sauren1974MVN2] Sauren, Herbert. 1974. Wirtschaftsurkunden Des Musée d’Art et d’Histoire in Genf. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 2. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • citation: JCS 5 (pp. 18-20), 019, no. 2.4.2.c

    [Sollberger1951JCS5Geneva] Sollberger, Edmond. 1951. “The Cuneiform Collection in Geneva.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 5.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: MAH 16097 + MAH 16108
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.05.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-03-03 at 09:53:53 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2012-01-19 at 08:40:07 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:36:21 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:16:44 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:19:51 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 02, 251 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P113550.
MVN 02, 251 artifact entry (No. P113550). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P113550
MVN 02, 251 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P113550 (Accessed: April 20, 2024).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-20]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 02, 251 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P113550},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P113550},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P113550
LB  - CDLI:P113550
M1  - 2024/4/20/
TI  - MVN 02, 251 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P113550
ER  -
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