MVN 17, 003 (P119649)

Administrative tablet 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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British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 012232

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 3(gesz2) 4(u) 2(disz) gurusz
2. erin2-me
3. 1(disz) ugula ug3-IL2
4. 2(u) la2 1(disz) gurusz sag-tag
5. 1(disz) gurusz a2 2/3(disz)
6. 2(disz) gurusz a2 1/2(disz)
7. 3(disz) gurusz a2 1/3(disz)
8. 1(disz)? gurusz a2 igi-4(disz)-gal2
9. 1(disz) geme2
10. 1(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz)
11. e2 {d}nin-dar-a-ta
12. 6(disz) gurusz
13. im-e tak4-a-ta
14. 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz
15. giri3-se3-ga e2 dingir-ra-ta
16. 6(disz) gurusz
17. erin2 ur-sa6-ga dumu ur-nig2-ta
18. 2(disz) gurusz
19. ki sanga {d}nin-mar{ki}-ta
20. n 1(disz) gurusz
21. dub-sar ensi2-gal-ta
22. n 1(disz) gurusz ba-usz2-ta
23. n 1(disz) gurusz a2 2/3(disz)
24. [x] unu3
column 2
1. ki ba-zi dumu na-silim-ta
2. 1(disz) gurusz a2 1/3(disz)
3. 1(disz) gurusz a2 igi-4(disz)-gal2
4. bur-sag-ta
5. 2(disz) gurusz
6. ug3-IL2-ta
7. 4(disz) dumu da-ba
8. diri 1(disz) gurusz
  blank space
9. szunigin 4(gesz2) 5(u) 1(disz) gurusz
10. szunigin 1(disz) 1/2(disz) geme2
11. sag-nig2-gur11-ra-kam
12. sza3-bi-ta
13. 1(disz) sanga
14. 1(disz) dumu sanga
15. 7(disz) aga3-us2 sanga
16. 1(disz) sza13-dub-ba
17. 1(disz) szesz-tab-ba
18. 1(disz) sa12-du5
19. 1(disz) szesz-tab-ba
20. 1(disz) ka-guru7
21. 1(disz) szar2-ra-ab-du
22. 1(disz) szesz-tab-ba
23. 1(disz) ab-ba-iri
24. 1(disz) szesz-tab-ba
column 3
1. 1(disz) dub-sar gu4 apin
2. ab-ba-ab-ba-me
3. 1(disz) dub-sar gu4 1(u)
4. 3(disz) nu-banda3-gu4
5. 6(disz) szesz-tab-ba#
6. 1(disz) nu-banda3-gu4#
7. 1(disz) szesz-tab#-[ba]
8. nu-banda3-gu4-me#
9. 2(u) engar
10. 4(disz) dumu da-[ba]
11. 2(u) dumu-gu4-gur#
12. sag-apin-[me]
13. 1(disz) nu-banda3# [...]
14. 1(disz) PA-[...]
15. 1(disz) szesz-tab-ba
16. 2(u) sza3-gu4
17. 7(disz) gudu4
18. 2(u) erin2 gal-gal#
19. 1(u) la2 1(disz) erin2 USZ#
20. 1(u) erin2-tur-[tur]
21. ugula lu2-{d}ha-ia3#
22. 1(disz) ugula [...]
23. 1(disz) szesz-tab#-[ba]
24. 2(u) sza3-[gu4]
25. 7(disz) [...]
26. 1(u) 7(disz)# [...]
27. x [...]
28. [...]
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. 1(disz) [...]
2'. 2(disz) [...]
3'. 2(disz) x [...]
4'. 1(disz) ad-kup4 x
5'. 2(disz) {gesz}szinig szu#
6'. 1(disz) {gesz}ab-ba x
7'. 1(disz) ugula ma2 x
8'. 1(disz) szesz-tab#-[ba]
9'. 1(disz) ugula he2-dab5 u3 [...]
10'. lu2-x
11'. 2(disz) he2-dab5#
12'. 6(disz) erin2 gesz-i3
13'. 2(disz) ugula ug3-IL2
14'. 6(disz) gurusz#
15'. 3(disz)? gurusz a2 1/3(disz)
16'. 4(disz) gurusz a2 igi [4(disz)-gal2]
17'. ug3-IL2-me
18'. 1(disz) geme2
19'. 1(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz)
20'. 1(disz) gurusz
21'. mu sagi-[sze3]
22'. 5(disz) gurusz
23'. dumu lu2-nig2-gal2-[la]
  blank space
24'. gub-ba-am3#
column 2
1. 1(disz) [...]
2. ki sanga {d}dumu#-zi#
3. 2(disz) erin2
4. esz3 didli gir2-su{ki}-sze3
5. 1(u) 3(disz) erin2
6. 2(disz) ug3-IL2
7. {gesz}kiri6-sze3
8. 1(disz) gurusz
9. u2-IL2 dur9{ur3}-ra-sze3
  blank space
10. ugu2-a ga2-ga2
11. 5(disz) gurusz erin2
12. 1(u) ug3-IL2
13. zah3-me
14. usz2 lu2-dingir-ra dumu szu-{d}utu
  blank space
15. szunigin 4(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz
16. szunigin 1(disz) 1/2(disz) geme2
17. gub-ba-am3
18. szunigin 2(u) la2 1(disz) gurusz
19. zi-ga-am3
column 3
1. [szunigin] 1(u) 6(disz) gurusz
2. zah3-me
  blank space
3. nigin-ba nig2-ka9-ak
4. erin2 ug3-IL2 sza3-gu4
5. ugula sanga {d}nin-dar-a
6. ur-{d}lamma
7. ensi2
8. mu lugal-e bad3 ma-da mu-du3

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MVN 17, 3

    [Pettinato1993MVN 17] Pettinato, Giovanni. 1993. Testi Economici Neo-Sumerici Del British Museum (BM 12230 - BM 12390). Vol. XVII. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

    nì-kasx-aka

  • history: Priests & officials p.61-102, p. 86-87 no. 18, p. 99-100 (copy)

    [Maekawa1999temples] Maekawa, Kazuya. 1999. “The ‘Temples’ and the ‘Temple Personnel’ of Ur III Girsu-Lagash.” In Priests and Officials in the Ancient Near East. Papers of the Second Colloquium on the Ancient Near East, The City and Its Life, Held at the Middle Eastern Culture Center in Japan (Mitaka, Tokyo), edited by Kazuko Watanabe, 61–102. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter.

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  • Museum No.: BM 012232
  • Accession No.: 1894-10-19, 0003

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 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
2018-05-06 at 16:23:35 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:53:56 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2016-10-20 at 10:10:54 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-03-13 at 12:46:19 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:45:39 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:23:08 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-07-02 at 23:01:22 Heimpel, Wolfgang Atf Heimpel, Wolfgang CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:28:25 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-02-01 at 13:51:46 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-02-01 at 13:27:49 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-02-01 at 12:15:56 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 18:52:15 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 17, 003 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119649.
MVN 17, 003 artifact entry (No. P119649). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119649 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 17, 003 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119649 (Accessed: March 16, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 17, 003 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119649},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119649},
}


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