MVN 09, 066 (P115709)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 00067

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) gurusz 1(barig) sze lugal-<ta>
2. sze-bi 6(asz) gur
3. sza3-gal erin2-na
4. i3-dub urub{ki}
5. na-ba-sa6
6. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. esz3 didli#-me!
2. nu-banda3 lu2-sa6-ga
3. giri3 lu2-{d}nin-szubur
4. u3 lu2-{d}dumu-zi
5. iti diri sze-sag11-ku5
6. mu gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
envelope
obverse
1. 3(u) gurusz# [1(barig) sze lugal-ta]
2. [sze]-bi [6(asz) gur]
3. sza3-gal erin2-na#
4. i3-dub urub{ki}
  blank space
  seal impression
5. kiszib3 na-ba-sa6#
reverse
1. esz3 didli-me nu-banda3 lu2-sa6-ga
2. giri3 lu2-{d}nin-szubur
3. u3 lu2-{d}dumu-zi
  blank space
  seal impression
4. iti diri sze-[sag11-ku5]
5. <mu> gu#-[za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2]
seal 1
1. na-ba-sa6-[ga]
2. [...]

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Join Information:
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  • primary: MVN 9, 066

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: EAH 00067
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
  • Elevation:
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.03.11d.00 (intercalated)
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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 13:54:18 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Lafont, Bertrand CDLI approved View
2022-01-06 at 17:36:42 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2016-03-01 at 08:39:33 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. 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
2009-06-03 at 10:18:12 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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 09, 066 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115709.
MVN 09, 066 artifact entry (No. P115709). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115709 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 09, 066 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115709 (Accessed: March 14, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MVN 09, 066 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115709},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115709},
}


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