MVN 11, G (P116243)

Administrative tag excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

SM 1909.05.088

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba SM catalogue: tag for tablet basket (pisan-dub-ba) for royal disbursements (zi-ga lugal))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

39.0 mm × 31.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. zi-ga lugal
 en: xxx
3. gurum2-ta
 en: xxx
4. sza3-ba
 en: xxx
5. i3-gal2
 en: xxx
reverse
1. mu ki-masz
 en: xxx

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba SM catalogue: tag for tablet basket (pisan-dub-ba) for royal disbursements (zi-ga lugal))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P116243

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions 39.0 mm × 31.0 mm × 18.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
complete; left edge pierced

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Museum Number SM 1909.05.088
Accession Number 06252

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 024357

References

  • primary: MVN 11, G

    [Owen1982MVN11] Owen, David I. 1982. Selected Ur III Texts from the Harvard Semitic Museum. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 11. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • history: MCS 1, 25

    [Fish1951MCS1] Fish, Thomas. 1951. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 1.

  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 171

    [Nelson1976pisandubba] Nelson, Richard C. 1976. “Pisan-Dub-Ba Texts from the Sumerian Ur III Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Minnesota.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2022-07-25 at 13:53:29 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:19:17 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:40:29 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:37 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:53 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“MVN 11, G Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P116243.
MVN 11, G artifact entry (No. P116243). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116243 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 11, G artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116243 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116243},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 11, G Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P116243.
MVN 11, G artifact entry (No. P116243). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116243 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 11, G artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116243 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116243},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116243},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P116243
LB  - CDLI:P116243
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - MVN 11, G artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116243
ER  -
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