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MVN 12, 022 (P116284)

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 013247

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

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 3(asz) sze gur lugal
2. i3-dub tir-{gesz}asal2-ta
3. ma2-a si-ga
4. nibru{ki}-sze3
5. ki ba-zi-ta
6. ma-an-szum2
reverse
1. u3 ba-al-i3-li2#?
2. szu ba-ti
3. giri3 ba-zi
blank space
4. iti szu-numun
5. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ma-an-szum2-na
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-giri17-zal
envelope
obverse
1. 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 3(asz) sze gur lugal
blank space
2. i3-dub {gesz}asal2-ta
3. ma2-a si-ga nibru{ki}-sze3
4. ki ba-zi-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 ma-an-szum2-na dumu lu2-giri17-zal
blank space
2. iti szu-numun
3. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
blank space

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)

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British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
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Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: MVN 12, 22

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 013247
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.46.04.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2022-07-25 at 14:04:16	Lafont, Bertrand	Atf	Lafont, Bertrand		CDLI	approved
2021-07-26 at 09:49:15	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:40:31	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:19:39	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2009-06-03 at 10:20:28	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:20:54	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (024397)
The British Museum Collection (W_1896-0328-338)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003772 (composite) (P456482)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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“MVN 12, 022 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116284.

MVN 12, 022 artifact entry (No. P116284). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116284 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 12, 022 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116284 (Accessed: April 16, 2024).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {MVN 12, 022 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116284},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116284},
}

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ER  -

“MVN 12, 022 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116284.

MVN 12, 022 artifact entry (No. P116284). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116284 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 12, 022 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116284 (Accessed: April 16, 2024).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {MVN 12, 022 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116284},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116284},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P116284
LB  - CDLI:P116284
M1  - 2024/4/16/
TI  - MVN 12, 022 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116284
ER  -

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