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MCS 8, 97 Liv 51 63 40 (P112918)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

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World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

Museum Number

WML 51.63.040

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) u8
2. 1(u) kir11
3. 1(u) la2 1(disz) sila4-nita2
blank space
4. sza3-bi-ta
5. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 8(disz) u8
6. 1(u) 1(disz) kir11
7. 8(disz) sila4-nita2
8. gub-ba-am3
9. siki-bi 1(asz) gu2 4(u) 5(disz) 5/6(disz) ma-na
10. nam-sza3-tam mu-kux(DU)
11. 1(u) 3(disz) u8
12. 1(disz) sila4
13. siki kusz-bi
14. ri-ri-ga-am3
15. kiszib3 lu2-kal-la
reverse
1. 4(disz) u8 siki-bi 9(disz) ma-na
2. la2-ia3-am3
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3. szunigin 1(gesz2) 4(u) 6(disz) udu hi-a gub-ba-am3
4. szunigin 1(u) 4(disz) udu hi-a ri-ri-ga-am3
5. szunigin 4(disz) u8 la2-ia3-am3
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6. nig2-ka9 [...] x-ra ensi2-ka
7. [...] na-gada
8. [mu en {d}]nanna# kar-[zi-da ba]-hun

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)

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World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Artifact comments:

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: MCS 8, 97 Liv 51 63 40

[Fish1958MCS8] Fish, Thomas. 1958. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 8.
history: Orient 16 (pp. 1-110), p. 101 154

[Gomi1980Liverpool] Gomi, Tohru. 1980. “Administrative Texts of the Third Dynasty of Ur in the Merseyside County Museums, Liverpool.” Orient, Report of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan 16: 1–110.

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Composite No.:
Museum No.: WML 51.63.040
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.09.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-17 at 08:44:01	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2017-03-03 at 09:54:05	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:35:23	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:16:01	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2009-06-03 at 10:11:18	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:19:37	CDLI	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI	CDLI	approved

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Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (013683) (013683)

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“MCS 8, 97 Liv 51 63 40 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 17, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P112918.

MCS 8, 97 Liv 51 63 40 artifact entry (No. P112918). (2024, August 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112918 (Original work published 2001)

MCS 8, 97 Liv 51 63 40 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112918 (Accessed: July 9, 2025).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 17},
	title = {MCS 8, 97 {Liv} 51 63 40 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112918},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112918},
}

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“MCS 8, 97 Liv 51 63 40 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 17, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P112918.

MCS 8, 97 Liv 51 63 40 artifact entry (No. P112918). (2024, August 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112918 (Original work published 2001)

MCS 8, 97 Liv 51 63 40 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112918 (Accessed: July 9, 2025).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 17},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112918},
}

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