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MVN 12, 433 (P116695)

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 012380

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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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz du
2. 5(disz) sila3 ninda
3. ku-u2-a lu2 {gesz}tukul
4. lu2-ba-la-la mu-da-gen-na
5. giri3 {d}ba-ba6-eb2-gu-ul
reverse
1. u4 4(disz)-kam
2. ka i7 {d}szul-gi-pirig
1 line blank
3. zi-ga
4. iti GAN2-masz
5. mu hu-hu-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: MVN 12, 433

[Gomi1982MVN12] Gomi, Tohru. 1982. Wirtschaftstexte Der Ur III-Zeit Aus Dem British Museum. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 12. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.
history: MVN 17, 145

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 012380
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.07.01.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2022-08-06 at 16:47:14	Lafont, Bertrand	Transliteration	Lafont, Bertrand		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:41:06	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:20:01	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:21:06	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (024805) (024805)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.12380) (BM.12380)
British Museum Collection (W_1894-1224-93) (W_1894-1224-93)

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 12, 433 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116695.

MVN 12, 433 artifact entry (No. P116695). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116695 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 12, 433 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116695 (Accessed: April 6, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-06]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 12, 433 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116695},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116695},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 12, 433 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116695.

MVN 12, 433 artifact entry (No. P116695). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116695 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 12, 433 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116695 (Accessed: April 6, 2026).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-06]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 12, 433 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116695},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116695},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P116695
LB  - CDLI:P116695
M1  - 2026/4/6/
TI  - MVN 12, 433 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116695
ER  -