MVN 17, 081 (P119698)

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 012315

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x [...]-da
2'. [...] 9(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
3'. [a]-sza3 ub-lu2-pa3-da
4'. [...] 6(bur3) 2(iku) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
5'. [...] 2(bur3) GAN2 1(asz) 1(barig)-ta
6'. [a]-sza3# sahar-dub-ba
7'. [...] 4(bur3) GAN2 1(asz)-ta
8'. [a]-sza3# ab2-lu2
9'. [...] 1(esze3) 1(iku) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
10'. [a-sza3] {d}x
column 2
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1'. 1(bur'u) 5(bur3) 5(iku) GAN2 [...]
2'. a-sza3 tir ma-nu
3'. 2(bur'u) 1(esze3) 4(iku) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
4'. a-sza3 tir-gaba-gid2#-da#
5'. 7(bur3) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
6'. a-sza3 ba-du
7'. 5(bur3) 2(esze3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
8'. a-sza3 dug-erin2-na
reverse
column 1
1. 8(bur3) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
2. 2(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 bala-a 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
3. a-sza3 ki-sumun a-nun
4. 7(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
5. 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 bala-a 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
6. a-sza3 u2-du-lu-za-ma-du10
7. 1(bur'u) 4(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
8. 1(bur3) 3(iku) GAN2 1(asz)-ta
9. 3(ban2) 1/2(disz) a2 hun-ga2
10. a-sza3 {d}szul-gi-zi-kalam-ma
11. 5(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
12. 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 1(asz)-ta
  rest broken
column 2
1. [...] 9(bur3)# 1(esze3) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
2. [...] 5(bur3) GAN2 1(asz) 1(barig)-ta
3. [...] 6(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 1(asz)-ta
4. [sze]-bi 3(gesz2) 3(u) 4(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur
  1 line blank
5. [GAN2] uru4-a
6. [...] 1(bur3) 1(esze3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
7. [sze]-bi# 2(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur
8. [...] x-a
  rest broken

Consult previous versions and their differences
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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MVN 17, 81

    [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.

    [gána]-uru4-a


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  • Museum No.: BM 012315
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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
2011-07-22 at 13:45:43 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, 081 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119698.
MVN 17, 081 artifact entry (No. P119698). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119698 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 17, 081 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119698 (Accessed: July 3, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-07-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 17, 081 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119698},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P119698},
}

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