MVN 11, 130 (P116144)

Letter tablet 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 1909.05.530

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (SM catalogue: letter to one lugal-siki-gid, telling him to give grain to the erin2-workers who are on bala duty)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

37.0 mm × 32.0 mm × 15.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. lugal-mudra5
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. erin2 bala gub-ba sze nu-tuku
4. ur-{d}ga2-tum3-du10-ke4
5. en-na ib2-be2
  TCS 1: -a
reverse
1. 1(barig) sze lugal-ta
2. ha-ba-ab-szum2-mu

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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
  • Measurements (mm): 37.0 high × 32.0 wide × 15.0 thick
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  • Condition Description: complete.
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  • Genre(s): Letter (SM catalogue: letter to one lugal-siki-gid, telling him to give grain to the erin2-workers who are on bala duty)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: MVN 11, 130

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

  • history: MCS 3, 3

    [Fish1953MCS3] Fish, Thomas. 1953. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 3.

  • history: TCS 1, 141

    [Sollberger1966TCS1] Sollberger, Edmond. 1966. The Business and Administrative Correspondence under the Kings of Ur. Texts from Cuneiform Sources 1. Locust Valley, New York: J.J. Augustin.

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  • Museum No.: SM 1909.05.530
  • Accession No.: 06694

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2014-02-07 at 14:30:04 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:40:23 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:32 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:51 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 11, 130 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116144.
MVN 11, 130 artifact entry (No. P116144). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116144
MVN 11, 130 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116144 (Accessed: April 18, 2024).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-18]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 11, 130 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116144},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116144},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P116144
LB  - CDLI:P116144
M1  - 2024/4/18/
TI  - MVN 11, 130 artifact entry
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