JavaScript is disabled or not supported in your browser. If possible, enable it for a better experience.

MVN 22, 068 (P206235)

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

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 013734

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

43.0 mm × 35.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) dabin 3(disz) id-gur2 i3
2. sza3-iri u4 4(disz)-kam
3. 5(disz) sila3 zi3 kaskal-sze3
4. {d}szul-gi-da-an-ga-da sukkal
5. szuszin{ki}-sze3 du-ni
6. 1(barig) 5(disz) sila3 zi3 3(disz) id-gur2 i3
7. u4 3(disz)-kam
8. ur-{d}ba-ba6 sukkal
9. mu dumu dab5-ba-ne-sze3 du-ni
10. 5(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) id-gur2 i3
11. sza3-iri
reverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 zi3 kaskal-sze3
2. lu2-ri2-i3-li2 lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu#-la#
3. szuszin{ki}-sze3 du-ni
4. 1(barig) 5(disz) sila3 zi3 3(disz) id-gur2 i3
5. u4 3(disz)-kam
6. dingir-dan dumu nu-banda3 sag-da-na-ke4 igi-kar2 kar2-de3 gen-na
7. 5(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) id-gur2 i3
8. ur-ba-gara2 mar-tu
9. szuszin{ki}-ta [du-ni?]
blank space
10. 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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 43.0 high × 35.0 wide × 18.0 thick
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
sealed; N
Artifact comments:

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: MVN 22, 68

[Molina2003MVN22] Molina, Manuel. 2003. Testi Amministrativi Neosumerici Del British Museum, BM 13601-14300. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 21. Roma: Bonsignori Editore.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 013734
Accession No.: 1896-03-31, 0089

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.10.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

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
2016-04-02 at 21:41:07	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru		CDLI	Approved
2016-04-02 at 21:38:56	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:35:37	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:32:46	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (051701) (051701)
British Museum Collection (W_1896-0331-89) (W_1896-0331-89)

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 22, 068 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206235.

MVN 22, 068 artifact entry (No. P206235). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206235 (Original work published 2002)

MVN 22, 068 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206235 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 22, 068 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206235},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206235},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P206235
LB  - CDLI:P206235
M1  - 2026/4/7/
TI  - MVN 22, 068 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P206235
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 22, 068 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206235.

MVN 22, 068 artifact entry (No. P206235). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206235 (Original work published 2002)

MVN 22, 068 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206235 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 22, 068 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206235},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206235},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P206235
LB  - CDLI:P206235
M1  - 2026/4/7/
TI  - MVN 22, 068 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P206235
ER  -