MVN 02, 137 (P113436)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland

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Museum Collection(s)

Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland

Museum Number

MAH 16400

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. 1(gesz2) 2(u) kusz udu
2. gu4 apin-sze3
3. ki gu3-de2-a-ta
4. lugal-iri-da sanga {d}nin-dar-a
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
  1 line blank
2. mu ma2-dara3-abzu <ba>-ab-du8
envelope
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 2(u) kusz udu gu4 apin-sze3
2. ki gu3-de2-a-ta
3. kiszib3 lugal-iri-da
4. sanga {d}nin-dar-a
reverse
1. mu ma2-dara3-abzu <ba>-ab-du8
seal 1
1. lugal-iri-da
2. sa12-du5 {d}nin-dar-a
3. dumu [a2]-zi#-da#
4. sa12-du5 {d}nin-dar-a

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MVN 2, 137

    [Sauren1974MVN2] Sauren, Herbert. 1974. Wirtschaftsurkunden Des Musée d’Art et d’Histoire in Genf. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 2. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

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  • Museum No.: MAH 16400
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.02.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2022-01-13 at 16:26:56 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Lafont, Bertrand CDLI approved View
2021-07-25 at 13:30:45 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:36:14 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:16:38 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:12:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:19:49 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
CDLI Seals 003529 (composite) (P456239) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 02, 137 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P113436.
MVN 02, 137 artifact entry (No. P113436). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P113436
MVN 02, 137 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P113436 (Accessed: March 16, 2025).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-16]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 02, 137 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P113436},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P113436},
}


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