MVN 11, I (P116245)

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 1909.05.090

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: tablet-basket tag: basket contains the inspections of the various workers in the household of namhani)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

40.0 mm × 34.0 mm × 19.0 mm

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. gurum2
 en: xxx
3. giri3-se3-ga
 en: xxx
4. sag-apin
 en: xxx
5. erin2 ug3-IL2
 en: xxx
reverse
1. e2 nam-ha-ni
 en: xxx
2. i3-gal2
 en: xxx
3. mu en {d}inanna [masz2-e] i3-pa3
 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): 40.0 high × 34.0 wide × 19.0 thick
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  • Condition Description: poor. obv.-- signs are very worn. rev.-- only the top line is preserved. remainder gouged away; pierce in the left side of the tablet. This tablet was published in mcs 1 as 6254 = 1909.5.90, but was mistakenly labelled 1909.9.130. This was corrected in
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (pisan-dub-ba SM catalogue: tablet-basket tag: basket contains the inspections of the various workers in the household of namhani)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: MVN 11, I

    [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, 25

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

  • history: Nelson, Richard C., pisan-dub-ba (1976) no. 202,

    [sec14588] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SM 1909.05.090
  • Accession No.: 06254

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
  • Elevation:
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.02.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2015-05-06 at 08:19:19 CDLI atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:40:29 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, I Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116245.
MVN 11, I artifact entry (No. P116245). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116245
MVN 11, I artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116245 (Accessed: September 23, 2023).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2023-09-23]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 11, {I} artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116245},
}


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M1  - 2023/9/23/
TI  - MVN 11, I artifact entry
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