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MVN 11, S (P116255)

Administrative tag 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 1909.05.511

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba SM catalogue: pisan-dub-ba--tablet basket re "long tablets" concerning a storehouse (i3-dub))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

36.0 mm × 30.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. dub gid2-da
en: xxx
3. i3-dub giri3 ku5-da-mu
en: xxx
4. i3-gal2
en: xxx
reverse
1. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} lu-lu-bu{ki} <a>-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul
en: xxx

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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Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tag
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 36.0 high × 30.0 wide × 18.0 thick
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description: complete; double pierce in left side
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (pisan-dub-ba SM catalogue: pisan-dub-ba--tablet basket re "long tablets" concerning a storehouse (i3-dub))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: MVN 11, S

[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 1, 25 no. 2

[Fish1951MCS1] Fish, Thomas. 1951. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 1.
history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 031

[Nelson1976pisandubba] Nelson, Richard C. 1976. “Pisan-Dub-Ba Texts from the Sumerian Ur III Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Minnesota.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: SM 1909.05.511
Accession No.: 06675

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.44.00.00
Alternative Years: SH25 SH32 IS03
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2015-05-06 at 08:19:20	CDLI	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:40:29	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:19:38	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:20:53	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 (024369)

Notes

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“MVN 11, S Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116255.

MVN 11, S artifact entry (No. P116255). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116255 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 11, S artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116255 (Accessed: March 14, 2025).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116255},
}

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“MVN 11, S Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116255.

MVN 11, S artifact entry (No. P116255). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116255 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 11, S artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116255 (Accessed: March 14, 2025).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
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}

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