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MVN 22, 060 (P204037)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), 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 013724

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

47.0 mm × 31.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) sila4 a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
2. 1(disz) sila4 a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
3. iti#? 1(disz)-sze3#? da-x-sze3#?
4. [x] lugal#?-ku3
5. sza3#? ezem-mah
reverse
1. [x] x-ta
2. [sza3] uri5#{ki}-ma
3. iti ezem-mah
envelope
obverse
1. [...]-ra#?
2. [...] sza3# uri5{ki}-ma
3. [...] ta#? si#?
seal impression
4. iti ezem-mah#
5. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul mu us2-sa-a-bi
reverse
blank space
seal impression
seal 1
illegible

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

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 47.0 high × 31.0 wide
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: MVN 22, 60

[Molina2003MVN22] Molina, Manuel. 2003. Testi Amministrativi Neosumerici Del British Museum, BM 13601-14300. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 21. Roma: Bonsignori Editore.
history: DTBM = Nisaba 8, 3

[Politi2005DTBM] Politi, Janet, and Lorenzo Verderame. 2005. The Drehem Texts in the British Museum (DTBM). Nisaba 8. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 013724
Accession No.: 1896-03-31, 0079

Provenience

Provenience: uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.09.00 (us2-us2 year) (Reichskalender)
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2013-06-07 at 13:25:50	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 14:34:44	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:32:41	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	approved

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Seals

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

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

Notes

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“MVN 22, 060 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204037.

MVN 22, 060 artifact entry (No. P204037). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204037 (Original work published 2002)

MVN 22, 060 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204037 (Accessed: April 3, 2025).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 22, 060 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204037},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204037},
}

TY  - ELEC
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M1  - 2025/4/3/
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ER  -

“MVN 22, 060 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204037.

MVN 22, 060 artifact entry (No. P204037). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204037 (Original work published 2002)

MVN 22, 060 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204037 (Accessed: April 3, 2025).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 22, 060 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204037},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204037},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P204037
LB  - CDLI:P204037
M1  - 2025/4/3/
TI  - MVN 22, 060 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P204037
ER  -

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