MVN 08, 181 (P115571)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 044219

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
column 1'
  beginning broken
1'. [...] gur#?
2'. [...] dah-ha
3'. [...] 2(asz)# 1(barig) 3(ban2) gur
4'. [... inim?]-ma-dingir
5'. [...] 2(asz) [...] gur#
6'. [...] USZ#
7'. [...] sila3# gur
8'. [...-{d}nin]-mar#{ki}
9'. [...] 2(asz) 2(barig) [x] gur#
10'. [...] 1(u) 1(disz)-kam
11'. [...] gur
12'. [...] x
13'. [...] x
  rest broken
column 2'
  beginning broken
1'. kiszib3 ur-{d}lamma dumu nam-mah
2'. ki sanga {d}dumu-zi-ta
  blank space
3'. szunigin 3(asz) guru7 5(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 5(u) 8(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
4'. sza3-bi-ta
5'. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 1(asz) gur ur-szu-ga-lam-ma
6'. 2(gesz2) la2 1(asz) gur lugal-mudra5
  blank space
7'. sze-numun# x [...]
  rest broken
column 3'
  beginning broken
1'. x [...]
2'. x [...]
3'. 1(disz) [...] gur
4'. x x x-{d}ba-ba6
5'. sa2-du11 ensi2
6'. ugu2 ma-ni ga2-ga2-dam
7'. 4(u) 3(barig) gur
8'. sza3-gal# szu-ku6 szuszin{ki}-ta gesz-i3 ma2-a si-ga
9'. nu x [...]
10'. x [...]
11'. [...]
12'. [...]
13'. x [...]
14'. 3(gesz'u)# [...]
15'. x [...]
  rest broken
reverse
column 1'
  beginning broken
1'. 1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) [...] x [...]
2'. e2-duru5 AN-x-[...]
3'. 3(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) [...] 2(barig) [x]
4'. 6(gesz2) 2(u) [...] 7(asz) [...]
5'. gu2 i7 [...]
6'. 4(gesz'u) [...] 6(gesz2) [...] a-sza3 x-ig-[...]
7'. 5(gesz2) 6(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) gur
8'. hu-rim3{ki#}
  blank space
9'. szunigin# [...] 5(gesz2) 3(u) 5(asz) 3(barig) [...] 2(disz) sila3
10'. i3-[...] sanga {d}[...]
column 2'
  beginning broken
1'. [...] ma-x
2'. [...] 2(asz) 3(barig) gur
3'. a#-sza3 {u2}kiszi17
4'. 4(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) gur
5'. muszen#-du3-e-ne
6'. 4(gesz2) 5(u) 9(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) gur me-luh-ha
7'. 1(u) 2(barig) gur
8'. a-sza3 e2-gibil?-le
  blank space
9'. szunigin 3(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 4(u) 7(asz) [x] 2(ban2) gur
10'. sza3-bi-ta#
11'. 3(u) gur
12'. ur-szu-ga-lam-ma 1(disz) ur-{d}nansze sze# numun ugu2-a [...] zi#? gesz#? us2 masz-e [...] sag nig2 [...] DISZ gur
  rest broken
column 3'
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x
2'. [...] x
  blank space
3'. [...] x-me [...] x

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MVN 8, 181

    [Calvot1979MVN8] Calvot, Danielle, Fawzi Rashid, Sergio A. Picchioni, and Giovanni Pettinato. 1979. Textes Économiques de Ṣelluš-Dagan Du Musée Du Louvre et Du Collège de France; Testi Economici Dell’Iraq Museum, Baghdad. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 8. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

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  • Museum No.: IM 044219
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-03-09 at 12:32:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Gacia, Veronika; Sallaberger, Walther Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:54:06 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2014-02-07 at 14:30:04 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:39:27 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:18:53 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:16:59 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:39 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 08, 181 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 9, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115571.
MVN 08, 181 artifact entry (No. P115571). (2023, March 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115571 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 08, 181 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115571 (Accessed: December 6, 2024).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-12-06]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {mar 9},
	title = {MVN 08, 181 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115571},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P115571},
}


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