MVN 11, 100 (P116114)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

SM 1909.05.277

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: list of sheep, goats, oxen and pigs, which are reckoned to the storehouse, as a loan. coveyors (giri3) are the tablet-basket-official, the šabra-e2 and a city elder)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

102.0 mm × 53.0 mm × 27.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 5(disz) udu niga
2. 1(u) 5(disz) udu u2
3. 5(u) la2 2(disz) masz2
4. a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
5. 5(u) 3(disz) udu niga
6. a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
7. 4(u) udu niga a-ra2 3(disz)-kam
8. 3(u) masz2-gal niga a-ra2 4(disz)-kam
9. ur3-ra szid-da
10. 1(u) 2(disz) gu4 niga 4(disz) gu4 u2
11. 4(disz) ab2 szu-gi4 1(disz) gu4 2(disz)
12. ga2-nun szid-da
13. ur-dun kuruszda
14. 2(u) la2 2(disz) szah2 u2
15. ur-mes sipa
16. 2(disz) szah2-gesz-gi niga
17. 1(u) 1(disz) ze2-da szah2-gesz-gi
reverse
1. 2(u) 3(disz) uz-tur niga
2. 3(gesz2) tu-gur8{muszen} inim en-lagasz{ki}-e-ta
3. en-lagasz{ki}-e sipa
4. 1(u) 4(disz)# ze2-na
5. 2(u) 1(disz) {gesz}mi-ri2-za
6. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 4(disz) {gesz}eme-sig al-dar-a
7. 2(disz) {gesz}eme-sig 4(u)-ba
8. 3(u) pesz murgu
9. bar-ta gal2-la a-tu ma2-lah5
  blank space
10. gu4 udu ur5-ra szid-da
11. en {d}nansze
12. giri3 ur-sa6#-ga-mu sza13-dub-ba
13. giri3 lugal-im-ru-a szabra-e2?
  blank space
14. giri3 gu3-de2-a ab-ba-iri
15. u3 giri3 ur-{d}dumu-zi szesz tul2-ta
16. mu sza-asz-ru{ki} ba-hul

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 102.0 high × 53.0 wide × 27.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description: complete. rev.-- lower left-- signs worn.
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (SM catalogue: list of sheep, goats, oxen and pigs, which are reckoned to the storehouse, as a loan. coveyors (giri3) are the tablet-basket-official, the šabra-e2 and a city elder)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: MVN 11, 100

    [Owen1982MVN11] Owen, David I. 1982. Selected Ur III Texts from the Harvard Semitic Museum. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 11. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SM 1909.05.277
  • Accession No.: 06441

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
  • Elevation:
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.42.00.00
  • Alternative Years: AS06
  • Date Comments:
  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2022-07-25 at 10:21:24 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Lafont, Bertrand CDLI approved View
2016-12-05 at 21:26:49 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2016-10-20 at 10:10:54 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-06-30 at 10:29:42 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:40:21 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:31 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:20:09 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:50 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 11, 100 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116114.
MVN 11, 100 artifact entry (No. P116114). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116114
MVN 11, 100 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116114 (Accessed: March 16, 2025).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-16]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 11, 100 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116114},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116114},
}


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