MVN 12, 323 (P116585)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 017811

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 2(u) 2(asz) sze gur lugal
2. la2-ia3 su-ga ur-{d}nin-mar{ki}
3. zi3 KA-sze3
4. ku-li szu ba-ti
5. kiszib3 ma-ni
reverse
  blank space
1. iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-mu2
2. mu amar-{d}suen lugal
envelope
obverse
1. [2(u) 2(asz)] sze gur lugal
2. [la2-ia3 su]-ga ur-{d}nin-mar{ki}
  blank space
  seal impression
3. kiszib3 ma-ni
reverse
1. giri3 ku-li dumu ki-ag2-mu
  blank space
  seal impression
2. iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-mu2
3. mu amar-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
1. ma-ni
2. sagi
3. {d}gu3-de2-a
4. dumu ur-{d}lamma

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 & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MVN 12, 323

    [Gomi1982MVN12] Gomi, Tohru. 1982. Wirtschaftstexte Der Ur III-Zeit Aus Dem British Museum. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 12. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • history: SNAT, p. 87

    [Gomi1990SNAT] Gomi, Tohru, and Susumu Sato. 1990. Selected Neo-Sumerian Administrative Texts from the British Museum. Abiko: The Research Institute of the Chuo-Gakuin University.

    (seal only)


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 017811
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.01.02.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2021-07-26 at 13:01:09 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2019-10-13 at 09:46:12 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:41:00 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:22:02 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:21:03 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003781 (composite) (P456491) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 12, 323 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116585.
MVN 12, 323 artifact entry (No. P116585). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116585 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 12, 323 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116585 (Accessed: February 14, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-02-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 12, 323 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116585},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P116585},
}

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