MVN 06, 154 (P114609)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

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Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist L 07157

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

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 4(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) sze gur lugal
2. ki nin-a-na-ta
3. e2-duru5 me-luh-ta
4. mu szitim-e-ne-sze3
5. ur-sa6-ga dub-sar szitim
  blank space
6. szu ba-ti
  some text moved to next line
7. iti sze-sag11-[ku5]
8. mu a-ra2 3(disz)-kam-asz si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
reverse
  blank space
  seal impression
seal 1
1. ur-sa6-ga
2. dub-sar szitim
3. dumu du11-ga-AN

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 & envelope Artifact type comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envelope

  • primary: MVN 6, 154

    [Pettinato1977MVN6] Pettinato, Giovanni, Hartmut Waetzoldt, and Francesco Pomponio. 1977. Testi Economici Di Lagaš Del Museo Di Istanbul. Parte I: La. 7001-7600. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 6. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • history: ITT 4, 7157

    [Delaporte1912ITT4] Delaporte, Louis. 1912. Inventaire Des Tablettes de Tello Conservées Au Musée Impérial Ottoman. Tome 4: Textes de l’époque d’Ur (Fouilles d’Ernest de Sarzec En 1898 et 1900). Paris: Ernest Leroux.

  • history: JESHO 20, p.129-165, p. 135 1

    [Parpola1977Meluhha] Parpola, Simo, Asko Parpola, and Robert H. Brunswig. 1977. “The Meluḫḫa Village: Evidence of Acculturation of Harappan Traders in Late Third Millennium Mesopotamia?” Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 20: 129–65.

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  • Museum No.: Ist L 07157
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.32.11.00
  • Alternative Years: SH25 SH44 IS03
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2021-11-19 at 19:26:58 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2015-12-23 at 14:47:47 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:38:02 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:17:54 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:15 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 004667 (composite) (P457377) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 06, 154 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P114609.
MVN 06, 154 artifact entry (No. P114609). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P114609
MVN 06, 154 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P114609 (Accessed: March 16, 2025).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-16]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 06, 154 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P114609},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P114609},
}


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