MVN 11, D (P116238)

Administrative tag 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 1909.05.085

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba SM catalogue: tag for tablet basket (pisan-dub-ba)--re the accounts of shepherds from Girsu to Guabba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

41.0 mm × 33.0 mm × 21.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. pisan-[dub-ba]
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. la2-ia3 sipa unu3 sipa udu gukkal
 en: xxx
3. gir2-su{ki}-ta
 en: xxx
4. gu2-ab-ba{ki}-sze3
 en: xxx
5. nig2-ka9-ak si-i3-tum nig2-e3-a
 en: xxx
reverse
1. sipa unu3-de3
 en: xxx
2. giri3 ARAD2-mu es3-sa2-ab-du
 en: xxx
3. u3 dub gid2-da-bi
 en: xxx
4. i3-gal2
 en: xxx
5. mu en-mah-gal-an#-na ba-hun
 en: xxx

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: Tag
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 41.0 high × 33.0 wide × 21.0 thick
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  • Condition Description: left edge damaged. right edge cracked; left edge broken around a pierce
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (pisan-dub-ba SM catalogue: tag for tablet basket (pisan-dub-ba)--re the accounts of shepherds from Girsu to Guabba)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: MVN 11, D

    [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 1, 23

    [Fish1951MCS1] Fish, Thomas. 1951. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 1.

  • history: MCS 1, 24

    [Fish1951MCS1] Fish, Thomas. 1951. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 1.

  • history: Nelson, Richard C., pisan-dub-ba (1976) no. 196,

    [sec14575] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SM 1909.05.085
  • Accession No.: 06249

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.04.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2015-05-06 at 08:19:14 CDLI atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-03-13 at 12:45:32 Englund, Robert K. atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:40:28 Englund, Robert K. atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:37 Englund, Robert K. atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:53 CDLI atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI artifact Ajango, Kelsey M.; Aupperle, Eric; Cripps, Eric L.; Dahl, Jacob L.; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Freedman, Sally M.; Galador, Louis; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Hilgert, Markus; Jones, Jillian; Lafont, Bertrand; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas; Reynolds, Kathryn R.; Santoïemma, Loïc CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 11, D Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116238.
MVN 11, D artifact entry (No. P116238). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116238
MVN 11, D artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116238 (Accessed: September 27, 2023).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2023-09-27]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 11, {D} artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116238},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
ID  - P116238
LB  - CDLI:P116238
M1  - 2023/9/27/
TI  - MVN 11, D artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116238
ER  -
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