MVN 17, 063 (P119683)

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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 012297

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. 1(asz) gur! sze!
2. ki nig2-sza3-ge-ta#
3. 1(asz) ki szesz-szesz-ta#?
4. 1(barig) ki {d}nin-mar{ki}-i3-sa6#-ta
5. 1(barig) ki ur-{d}ig-alim-ta
6. 1(barig) ki ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da-ta
7. 1(barig) ki ur-{d}hendur-sag-ta
8. 1(barig) ki he2-na-ti-ta
9. 1(disz) ki ur-esz3-ku3-ga-ta
10. 3(asz) gur ki ab-ba-gi-na-ta
  blank space
11. szunigin 1(u) 2(ban2) sze gur lugal
12. sza3-bi-ta
13. 8(asz) gur
14. zi-ga
  some text moved to next line
15. iti amar-a-a-si
16. 2(barig) kasz du kiszib3 lu2-gir2-nun
reverse
1. 1(asz) 7(disz) sila3 kasz du gur
2. kiszib3 ur-sa6-ga
3. sze-bi 1(asz) 2(barig) 7(disz) sila3 gur
4. iti sze-sag11-ku5
5. 1(barig) sze-ba szu-|BAD3.AN|!{ki}
6. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi-ta
7. iti ezem sze-sag11-ku5-sze3
8. sze-bi 1(asz) gur
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9. szunigin 1(u) 2(barig) 7(disz) sila3 gur
10. sze-bi-am3
11. diri 2(barig) 4(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 gur
12. nig2-ka9-ak szu ba-an-ti
  blank space
13. iti amar-a-a-si

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
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MVN 17, 63

    [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 su ba-an-ti

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  • Museum No.: BM 012297
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: 00.00.07.00, 00.00.10.00, 00.00.11.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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
2017-03-03 at 09:53:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-12-21 at 17:02:41 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-03-13 at 12:46:21 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:45:42 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:23:10 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:24 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, 063 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119683.
MVN 17, 063 artifact entry (No. P119683). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119683 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 17, 063 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119683 (Accessed: July 3, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-07-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 17, 063 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119683},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119683},
}


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