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MVN 05, 148 (P114368)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Kalamazoo Valley Museum, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Kalamazoo Valley Museum, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Museum Number

KVM 32.1179

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

Measurements

52.0 mm × 40.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
(enclosed in envelope)
envelope
obverse
1. 6(asz) sze gur lugal
2. sza3-gal ma2-ad-da-<ga>-sze3
blank space
seal impression
3. dumu dab5-ba-ne-sze3
4. ki ba-sa6-ta
5. mu du-du-li2-sze3
6. kiszib3# ur#-ki-sal4-la
reverse
1. iti amar-a-a-si
blank space
seal impression
2. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-ki-[sal4-la]
2. dumu# lugal#-pa#-e3#

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)

Collections

Kalamazoo Valley Museum, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope Artifact type comments:
unopened envelope
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 52.0 high × 40.0 wide
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 5, 148

[Sollberger1978MVN5] Sollberger, Edmond. 1978. The Pinches Manuscript. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 5. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.
history: CDLJ 2007/1, §3.10

[Seri2007Kalamazoo] Seri, Andrea. 2007. “The Mesopotamian Collection in the Kalamazoo Valley Museum.” Cuneiform Digital Library Journal 2007.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: KVM 32.1179
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.46.10.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-03 at 10:45:04	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2013-06-30 at 12:31:57	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:37:40	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:17:38	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2007-08-16 at 21:35:46	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:20:10	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 (020935)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004505 (composite) (P457215)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

General Notes: -

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“MVN 05, 148 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 3, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P114368.

MVN 05, 148 artifact entry (No. P114368). (2024, June 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P114368 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 05, 148 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P114368 (Accessed: March 13, 2025).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 3},
	title = {MVN 05, 148 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P114368},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P114368},
}

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“MVN 05, 148 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 3, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P114368.

MVN 05, 148 artifact entry (No. P114368). (2024, June 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P114368 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 05, 148 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P114368 (Accessed: March 13, 2025).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 3},
	title = {MVN 05, 148 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P114368},
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}

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ER  -

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