MVN 12, 206 (P116468)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 017825

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) gurusz szesz-tab-ba ma2#-lah5
2. 1(barig) sze lugal-ta
3. 1(ban2) zi3-ta
4. sze zi3 KU gur
5. ki ur-mes-ta
6. mu kiszib3 ur-sag-ku5 nu-da-gal2-la-sze3
reverse
1. kiszib3 lu2-nigin6{ki} ib2-ra
  blank space
2. iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2
3. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki}
seal 1
1. lu2-nigin6[{ki}]
2. ma2-DU.[DU]
3. dumu ur-[sa6-ga]

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope Artifact type comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envelope

  • primary: MVN 12, 206

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 017825
  • Accession No.: 1894-10-15, 0085

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.02.00 (us2 year)
  • Alternative Years:
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg 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
2022-08-02 at 16:41:04 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Lafont, Bertrand CDLI approved View
2017-07-22 at 14:19:50 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-07-22 at 14:06:22 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-06-17 at 09:57:55 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:40:48 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:51 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:21:39 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:21:01 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002980 (composite) (P455690) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 12, 206 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116468.
MVN 12, 206 artifact entry (No. P116468). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116468 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 12, 206 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116468 (Accessed: August 27, 2025).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 12, 206 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116468},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116468},
}


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DA  - 2023/8/19/
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ID  - P116468
LB  - CDLI:P116468
M1  - 2025/8/27/
TI  - MVN 12, 206 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MVN 12, 206 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116468.
MVN 12, 206 artifact entry (No. P116468). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116468 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 12, 206 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116468 (Accessed: August 27, 2025).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 12, 206 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116468},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116468},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P116468
LB  - CDLI:P116468
M1  - 2025/8/27/
TI  - MVN 12, 206 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116468
ER  -
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