MVN 11, 119 (P116133)

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 1909.05.472

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: men who are throne-bearers are given flour)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

46.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 19.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) 8(disz) gurusz 3(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 dabin lugal-ta
2. zi3-bi 4(asz) 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 gur
3. erin2 a-sza3 u4-de3 de6-a
4. i7 kun-ka gub-ba-a ba-ab-gu7
5. ugula ur-{d}lamma
reverse
1. e2-gu-za-la2-me
2. ma2 lu2 ma2-gan{ki}
  1 line blank
3. iti diri sze-sag11-ku5
4. mu sza-asz-ru-um{ki} ba-hul

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
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 46.0 high × 40.0 wide × 19.0 thick
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  • Condition Description: complete.
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  • primary: MVN 11, 119

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

  • history: MCS 8, 60 HSM 6636

    [Fish1958MCS8] Fish, Thomas. 1958. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 8.

  • history: BBVO 18 (pp. 301-339), 327

    [Wilcke1999BBVO18] Wilcke, Claus. 1999. “Flurschäden, Verursacht Durch Hochwasser, Unwetter, Militär, Tiere Und Schuldhaftes Verhalten Zur Zeit Der 3. Dynastie Von.” Landwirtschaft Im Alten Orient, Berliner Beiträge zum Vorderer Orient, 18: 301–39.

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  • Museum No.: SM 1909.05.472
  • Accession No.: 06636

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.42.11d.00 (intercalated)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-07 at 14:18:31 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-07 at 14:16:47 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:40:22 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:32 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:51 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, 119 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116133.
MVN 11, 119 artifact entry (No. P116133). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116133 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 11, 119 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116133 (Accessed: March 14, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {MVN 11, 119 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116133},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116133},
}


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