MVN 12, 256 (P116518)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 017835

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)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 9(asz) gig gur lugal
  blank space
2. ki lu2-{d}igi-ma-sze3-ta
3. kiszib3 lu2-nigin6{ki} dumu erin-da
reverse
1. giri3 ur-tur
  blank space
2. iti sze-il2-la
3. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. lu2-nigin6{ki}
2. dumu erin-da
3. ugula kikken2

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002981 (composite) (P455691) S002981 Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P116518

Physical information

unopened envelope

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
unopened envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 017835
Accession Number 1894-10-15, 0095

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 024630
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.17835
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1894-1015-95

References

  • primary: MVN 12, 256

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2017-07-22 at 14:06:23 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:40:56 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:54 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:21:52 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:21:02 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 12, 256 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116518.
MVN 12, 256 artifact entry (No. P116518). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116518 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 12, 256 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116518 (Accessed: April 25, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 12, 256 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116518},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116518},
}


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TI  - MVN 12, 256 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 12, 256 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116518.
MVN 12, 256 artifact entry (No. P116518). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116518 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 12, 256 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116518 (Accessed: April 25, 2026).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 12, 256 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116518},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116518},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P116518
LB  - CDLI:P116518
M1  - 2026/4/25/
TI  - MVN 12, 256 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116518
ER  -
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