MVN 17, 012 (P119654)

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 012241

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
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3# [ninda]
2. 2(disz) gin2 i3 sza3-iri
3. 1(disz) dug dida du 1(ban2) ninda-kaskal-sze3
4. i-di3-i3-lu gu4 me-en-szu{ki}-sze3 gen-na
5. 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
6. aga3-us2 lugal ansze i-di3-li2-a-<sze3>
7. giri3 ur-dingir-ra
8. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
9. 2(disz) gin2 i3
10. ba-a ur-{d}ba-ba6-da gen-na
11. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
12. 2(disz) gin2 i3
13. an-na-hi sze sza-da?{ki}-sze3 gen-na
14. 8(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda
15. 2(disz) gin2 i3
16. u3-ma-ni mangaga-sze3 gen-na
17. 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
18. ka-la-a giri3 lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
19. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
20. 2(disz) gin2 i3-gesz 2(disz) gin2 i3-udu
21. na-bi2-{d}suen lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu-la
22. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
23. 2(disz) gin2 i3
24. a-tu szar2-ra-ab-du
25. giri3 ur-nigar{gar}
reverse
1. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
2. 5(disz) gin2 i3
3. i-di3-a giri3 lu2-{d}nin-tu
4. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
5. 2(disz) gin2 i3
6. a-mur-{d}suen GAN2? sza3-ba-ba-a-sze3 gen-na
7. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
8. 2(disz) gin2 i3
9. {d}nanna-ma-szum2 szuszin{ki}-sze3 gen-na
10. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
11. 2(disz) gin2 i3
12. en-num2-dingir sa-bu-um{ki}-ta gen-na
13. 7(disz) sila3 kasz saga 7(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 i3-udu
14. lu2-{d}szara2 szesz sukkal-mah
15. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda
16. lu2-banda3{da} sukkal
17. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 7(disz) sila3 ninda
18. al-la-mu sukkal
19. ma2 muszen-x gen-na-me
20. 2(disz) sila3 ninda lu2 ba-ad-da-ri2
21. 2(disz) sila3 ninda a-hu-ba-kid-du
22. sza3 en-nu-me
23. 3(disz) sila3 dabin sza3-gal ur-ra
24. 2(disz) sila3 ninda sipa ur-ra
25. zi#-ga u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam
26. iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-mu2

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MVN 17, 12

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 012241
  • Accession No.: 1894-10-19, 0012

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan 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
2016-04-02 at 21:41:04 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2016-04-02 at 21:38:52 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-08-24 at 12:11:03 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
2006-10-12 at 12:22:23 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 17, 012 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119654.
MVN 17, 012 artifact entry (No. P119654). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119654 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 17, 012 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119654 (Accessed: July 3, 2024).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-07-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 17, 012 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119654},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119654},
}


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