MVN 09, 111 (P115754)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

EAH 00121

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
1. [x] ansze
2. 3(disz) dur3
3. 1(disz) dur3 su-ga engar sag! ansze 2(disz)-sze3
4. 1(disz) ansze amar ga
5. gub-ba-am3
6. {d}utu-mu engar
7. 1(disz) ansze
8. 7(disz) dur3
9. 1(disz) dur3 2(disz) su-su! engar
10. gub-ba-am3
11. ur-{d}lamma engar
12. 4(disz)! ab2-mah2
13. 2(disz)! gu4-gesz
14. 1(disz) gu4 2(disz) gesz-sze3
15. 1(disz) ab2 amar ga
16. 1(disz) ansze su-ga nu-banda3-gu4 sag-gu4-gesz-sze3
17. 1(disz) gu4 1(disz) su-su engar
18. gub-ba-am3
19. 1(disz) gu4-gesz na-gab2-tum
20. zi-ga
reverse
1. 2(disz) ab-ba engar ba-usz2
2. 2(disz) ab2-mah2
3. 2(disz) gu4-gesz
4. 1(disz) gu4 2(disz) gesz-sze3
5. 1(disz) ab2-mah2 sag-gu4-gesz-sze3 su-ga engar
6. 1(disz) gu4-gesz su-ga engar
7. 1(disz) gu4 amar ga
8. gub-ba-am3
9. 1(disz) ab2-mah2 szu-gi4
10. zi-ga
11. la2-ia3 1(disz) gu4 1(disz)
12. masz-da3 engar
13. 4(disz) ansze
14. 1(disz) dur3
15. 1(disz) dur3 2(disz) gesz-sze3
16. 2(disz) dur3 2(disz)
17. 1(disz) ansze su-ga nu-banda3-gu4
18. 1(disz) dur3 su-ga nu-banda3-gu4
19. 1(disz) ansze su-ga engar
20. 1(disz) dur3 su-su nu-su mu 3(disz)
21. lu2 zi-gum2
  blank space
22. gub-ba-am3
23. [la2]-ia3 1(disz) ansze 2(disz)
24. [x]-ge engar
25. ugula ur-nig2
left
column 1
1. [e2 {d}nin-gesz]-zi-daa
2. ur#-e2-ninnu
column 2
1. 2(disz)

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MVN 9, 111

    [Snell1979MVN9] Snell, Daniel C. 1979. The E. A. Hoffman Collection and Other American Collections. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 9. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • history: EBH, p. 380:EAH 111

    [Radau1900EBH] Radau, Hugo. 1900. Early Babylonian History down to the End of the Fourth Dynasty of Ur. New York : Oxford University Press, American Branch ; London : H. Frowde.

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  • Museum No.: EAH 00121
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-04 at 16:54:19 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard 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
2022-06-29 at 14:41:04 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Lafont, Bertrand CDLI approved View
2018-01-01 at 10:29:05 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:39:44 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:05 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:42 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 09, 111 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P115754.
MVN 09, 111 artifact entry (No. P115754). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P115754 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 09, 111 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P115754 (Accessed: November 28, 2025).
@misc{2024MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-28]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {MVN 09, 111 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P115754},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P115754},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P115754
LB  - CDLI:P115754
M1  - 2025/11/28/
TI  - MVN 09, 111 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P115754
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MVN 09, 111 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P115754.
MVN 09, 111 artifact entry (No. P115754). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P115754 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 09, 111 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P115754 (Accessed: November 28, 2025).
@misc{2024MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-28]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {MVN 09, 111 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P115754},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P115754},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P115754
LB  - CDLI:P115754
M1  - 2025/11/28/
TI  - MVN 09, 111 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P115754
ER  -
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