MVN 09, 055 (P115698)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

EAH 00056

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

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tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) 3(disz) u8 6(disz) udu-gal
2. 2(u) udu-nita2 9(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
3. siki-bi 2(asz) gu2 2(u) ma-na
4. 1(u) 9(disz) sila4 nu-ur4
5. gu2-gil 1(gesz2) 8(disz)
6. 3(u) u8 1(u) udu-gal
7. 3(u) 5(disz) udu-nita2
8. siki-bi 2(asz) gu2 3(u) ma-na
9. sila4 nu-ur4
10. lugal-an-ku3-ge 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz)!
11. 5(u) u8 1(u) udu-gal
12. 5(u)! udu-nita2 2(u) sila4 ba-ur4
13. siki-bi 4(asz) gu2 5(u) ma-na!
14. sila4 nu-ur4
15. ab-ba-gi-na 2(gesz2) 1(u)!
16. 1(u) 4(disz) u8 6(disz)# udu#-nita2#
reverse
1. 9(disz) sila4! ba-ur4!
2. siki-bi 1(disz)! gu2!
3. sila4 nu-ur4!
4. ba-zi-ge 2(u) 9(disz)!
5. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz)! u8 2(u) udu-gal 1(gesz2)! udu!-nita2!
6. 2(u) 2(disz) sila4 ba-ur4 siki-bi 5(disz)! gu2! 5(u) 5(disz)!
7. sila4 nu-ur4!
8. ur-gu-la 2(gesz2) 5(u) 4(disz)!
9. 1(gesz2) 8(disz) u8 2(u) udu-gal 2(gesz2) 1(u)! udu!-nita2!
10. 3(u) 1(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
11. siki-bi 8(asz) gu2 1(u) 1(disz) ma-na
12. 3(u) 7(disz) sila4 nu-ur4
13. ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu a-tu 4(gesz2) 9(disz)!
14. 3(u) u8 6(disz) udu-gal 2(u) 4(disz) udu-nita2
15. 1(u) sila4 ba-ur4 siki-bi 2(asz) gu2 2(u)! ma-na!
16. 2(u) sila4 nu-ur4
17. szu-na 1(gesz2) 1(u)
  blank space
18. szunigin 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 3(u) 4(disz) udu
19. szunigin 1(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
20. siki-bi 2(u) 7(asz) gu2 6(disz) ma-[na]
left
1. szunigin 1(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz) sila4 nu-ur4
2. 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz)
  sic
3. udu ba-ur4 u4 1(u)-kam
4. sza3 gu2-ab-ba{ki}
5. mu {gesz}gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2

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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 9, 055

    [Snell1979MVN9] Snell, Daniel C. 1979. The E. A. Hoffman Collection and Other American Collections. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 9. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • history: Radau, EBH (1900) p. 400:EAH 56,

    [sec14284] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: EAH 00056
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.03.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2022-06-28 at 13:49:41 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Lafont, Bertrand CDLI approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:53:56 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:39:40 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:03 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:41 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 09, 055 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115698.
MVN 09, 055 artifact entry (No. P115698). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115698 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 09, 055 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115698 (Accessed: April 20, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MVN 09, 055 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115698},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115698},
}

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