MVN 05, 217 (P114437)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Amherst, unlocated (dispersed)

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Museum Collection(s)

Amherst, unlocated (dispersed)

Museum Number

Anonymous 114437

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
  (enclosed within envelope)
envelope
obverse
1. 4(u) 8(asz) sze gur
2. su-ga mu sahar u3 i7-sze3
  blank space
  seal impression
3. ki lugal-an-na-tum2-ta
4. kiszib3 ur-nig2 dumu lugal-gaba
reverse
1. giri3 ur-zabala5{ki}
2. dumu lu2-{d}nin-szubur
  blank space
  seal impression
3. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 e2 umma{ki} mu-du3
seal 1
1. ur-nig2
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lugal?-gaba

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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 Artifact type comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envelope

  • primary: MVN 5, 217

    [Sollberger1978MVN5] Sollberger, Edmond. 1978. The Pinches Manuscript. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 5. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: Anonymous 114437
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.09.00.00
  • Alternative Years:
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2013-07-03 at 17:17:47 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:37:51 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:17:45 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:15:49 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:11 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 004589 (composite) (P457299) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 05, 217 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P114437.
MVN 05, 217 artifact entry (No. P114437). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P114437
MVN 05, 217 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P114437 (Accessed: March 16, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-16]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 05, 217 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P114437},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P114437},
}


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