MVN 11, L (P116248)

Administrative 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 1909.05.190

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text SM catalogue: messenger text--beer, bread, oil are supplied to named persons, including runners and soldiers)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

68.0 mm × 34.0 mm × 18.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda
2. puzur4-ha-li2 nu-banda3
3. 1(ban2) kasz saga 1(disz) kasz du
4. 2(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 ninda sza3 en-nu-sze3
5. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda
6. sza3 e2-gal-sze3
7. giri3 puzur4-ha-li2 nu-banda3
8. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda
9. szu-esz18-dar e2 la-a-a-sze3 gen-na
10. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda
11. 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 i3-udu
12. lu2-{d}asznan!(SZE-AN-TIR) lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu-la
13. 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 kasz ninda
14. 2(disz) gin2 i3
reverse
1. a-da-<na?>-ah lu2 kas4
2. 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
3. 2(disz) gin2 i3
4. gu-gu gesz-i3-da gen-na
5. 6(disz) sila3 kasz 4(disz) sila3 ninda
6. 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 i3-udu
7. a-na-ti lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu-la
8. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
9. 2(disz) gin2 i3
10. aga3-us2 lugal kiszib3 a2-bi2-la
11. 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
12. 2(disz) gin2 i3
13. lugal-{d}utu mar-tu
14. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda szuba3-bi
15. 4(disz) sila3 i-di3-{d}iszkur u3 a-a-ni-szu
16. 2(disz) [...] sila3 ninda aga3-us2 ki ba-zi-sze3
17. [x] sila3 ninda er3-lugal
18. 1/3(disz) sila3 ninda lugal-me-lam2
left
1. u4 2(u)-kam
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2. iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 68.0 high × 34.0 wide × 18.0 thick
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  • Condition Description: complete; long, narrow tablet
  • Join Information:
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (messenger text SM catalogue: messenger text--beer, bread, oil are supplied to named persons, including runners and soldiers)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: MVN 11, L

    [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 5, 28 HSM 6354

    [Fish1955MCS5] Fish, Thomas. 1955. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 5.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SM 1909.05.190
  • Accession No.: 06354

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-21 at 17:47:41 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Lafont, Bertrand Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2023-03-09 at 12:32:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Gacia, Veronika; Sallaberger, Walther Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2022-07-25 at 13:54:39 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Lafont, Bertrand CDLI approved View
2016-07-28 at 15:40:45 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2014-08-24 at 12:11:02 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:40:29 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:37 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:53 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, L Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 9, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116248.
MVN 11, L artifact entry (No. P116248). (2023, March 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116248 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 11, L artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116248 (Accessed: November 22, 2024).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-11-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {mar 9},
	title = {MVN 11, {L} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116248},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116248},
}


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