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MVN 12, 502 (P116764)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 015997

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

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(asz) sze
2. 4(asz) gur
3. 4(asz) gur
4. sze bappir2
5. szu ti-a
6. ur-{d}suen
reverse
1. sza3-bi-ta
2. 5(gesz2) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) bappir2
3. mu-kux(DU) ur-{d}suen-ka
4. mu e2 {d}szara2-ta
5. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal-sze3
left
1. si-tum 2(gesz2) 1(u) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) bappir2

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
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: MVN 12, 502

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 015997
Accession No.: 1896-06-12, 0217

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.09.00.00, Ibbi-Suen.01.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: Šū-Suen.09.00.00 to Ibbi-Suen.01.00.00

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2011-07-22 at 13:41:15	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:20:06	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:21:08	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (024870) (024870)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.15997) (BM.15997)
The British Museum Collection (W_1896-0612-217) (W_1896-0612-217)

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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 12, 502 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116764.

MVN 12, 502 artifact entry (No. P116764). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116764 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 12, 502 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116764 (Accessed: December 8, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 12, 502 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116764},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116764},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 12, 502 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116764.

MVN 12, 502 artifact entry (No. P116764). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116764 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 12, 502 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116764 (Accessed: December 8, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 12, 502 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116764},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116764},
}

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