MVN 17, 069 (P119688)

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 012303

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. 4(u) 1(disz) gurusz
2. nu-banda3 ur-{d}nin-gir2-su
3. 3(u) 4(disz) nu-banda3 ur-sa6-ga
4. 3(u) 4(disz) ugula lu2-{d}dumu-zi
5. 3(u) la2 1(disz) ugula na-ba-sa6
6. nu-banda3 lu2-{d}utu
7. 2(u) 7(disz) ugula {d}nin-mar{ki}-ka
8. 2(u) 2(disz) ugula ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
9. nu-banda3 igi-zu-bar-ra
10. 2(u) 6(disz) ugula lu2-{d}ba-ba6
11. nu-banda3 gu3-de2-a
  blank space
12. szunigin 3(gesz2) 3(u) 3(disz) gurusz
13. sza3-bi-ta
14. 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz {gi}dusu e2-uz-ga
15. 1(u) e2-gu4-gaz
16. 2(u) 1(disz) dug lugal-ra-us2-sa#
17. 1(u) ma2 {uruda}szen zabar
18. 5(disz) ma2 dabin sa
19. 7(disz) ma2 esir2
20. 5(disz) ma2 ku4? mu-du-lum
21. 3(disz) ma2 zi3 nig2-ar3-ra imgaga3
22. 3(disz) ma2 i3 zu2-lum
23. 1(u) ma2 gi {gesz}ma-nu
reverse
1. 4(u) ma2 zi3?-da gid2-da
2. 1(u)# ma2 nig2 gid2-da#
3. 5(disz)# a2 kikken
4. 5(disz) gu2-gir engur?
5. 5(disz) e2-muhaldim
6. 3(disz) sipa ansze zi-ge
7. 2(disz) nig2-gu2-na gesz-kin-ti
8. 2(disz) ka e2-gal ki ur-{d}ba-ba6
9. 2(disz) zi3-IL2 ki ur-{d}ig-alim
10. 1(disz) im-IL2 ki ur-{d}ba-ba6
11. 1(disz) im-IL2 ki ka5-a-mu
12. 1(disz) in-bul5-bul5?
  LAGABxHA-LAGABxHA
14. 1(disz) gu2-esir2
15. 1(disz) ku6 nisi
16. 1(disz) ki {d}utu-gu2-gal
17. 1(disz) ki {d}nansze-GIR2@g-gal
18. 1(disz) ki za-na-a
19. 2(disz) gir2-su?{ki} szu ensi2-sze3
20. 4(disz) tu-ra
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21. szunigin 3(gesz2) 1(u) la2 1(disz) gurusz
22. zi-ga
23. 2(u) 4(disz) iri-ta nu-e3
24. u4 7(disz)-kam
25. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MVN 17, 69

    [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.

    zi-ga

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  • Museum No.: BM 012303
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  • 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
2017-03-03 at 09:53:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI 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, 069 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119688.
MVN 17, 069 artifact entry (No. P119688). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119688 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 17, 069 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119688 (Accessed: March 14, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 17, 069 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119688},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119688},
}


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