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MVN 17, 053 (P119673)

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 012283

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. 3(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur
2. a2 hun-ga2
3. 3(asz) a2 hun-ga2 erin2 bala tusz-a
4. 1(asz) sze szuku-ra engar
reverse
1. i3-dub a-sza3 lahtan2-ta
2. kiszib3 nig2-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ur-{d}lamma
3. a-sza3 lahtan2 a-sza3 {d}inanna
1 line blank
4. iti ezem-{d}dumu-zi
5. mu en {d}inanna masz-e i3-pa3
seal 1
1. nig2-{d}ba-ba6
2. dub-sar
3. dumu [ur-{d}lamma?]
4. [sanga {d}inanna]

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 Artifact type comments:
unopened envelope
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:
unopened envelope

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: MVN 17, 53

[Pettinato1993MVN 17] Pettinato, Giovanni. 1993. Testi Economici Neo-Sumerici Del British Museum (BM 12230 - BM 12390). Vol. XVII. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

(á-hun-gá)

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Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 012283
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: Ibbi-Suen.02.06.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2013-09-30 at 15:22:28	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:45:40	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:23:09	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:22:23	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 (035303)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.12283)
The British Museum Collection (W_1894-1019-54)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003943 (composite) (P456653)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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“MVN 17, 053 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119673.

MVN 17, 053 artifact entry (No. P119673). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119673 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 17, 053 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119673 (Accessed: April 18, 2024).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 17, 053 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119673},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119673},
}

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ER  -

“MVN 17, 053 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119673.

MVN 17, 053 artifact entry (No. P119673). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119673 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 17, 053 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119673 (Accessed: April 18, 2024).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 17, 053 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119673},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119673},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P119673
LB  - CDLI:P119673
M1  - 2024/4/18/
TI  - MVN 17, 053 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119673
ER  -

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