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MVN 02, 289 (P113588)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC) period and now kept in Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland

Museum Number

MAH 16280

Period

Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) sila3 i3-nun
2. 1/2(disz) sila3 lal3!?(TA)
3. 1(ban2) zu2#-lum
4. 1(disz) [...] x
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] PI gur
2'. kiszib3 IG
blank space
3'. zi-ga
4'. {d}szara2-i3-sa6

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)
Consult word list of Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)

Collections

Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: MVN 2, 289

[Sauren1974MVN2] Sauren, Herbert. 1974. Wirtschaftsurkunden Des Musée d’Art et d’Histoire in Genf. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 2. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.
history: AGGT, 93

[Maiocchi2020AGGT] Maiocchi, Massimo, and Giuseppe Visicato. 2020. Administration at Girsu in Gudea’s Time. Antichistica 27. Venezia: Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Digital Publishing.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: MAH 16280
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2012-08-11 at 18:33:57	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:36:34	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:16:49	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:19:52	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (017962) (017962)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 02, 289 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P113588.

MVN 02, 289 artifact entry (No. P113588). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P113588

MVN 02, 289 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P113588 (Accessed: January 29, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-29]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 02, 289 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P113588},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P113588},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 02, 289 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P113588.

MVN 02, 289 artifact entry (No. P113588). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P113588

MVN 02, 289 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P113588 (Accessed: January 29, 2026).

@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-29]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 02, 289 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P113588},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P113588},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P113588
LB  - CDLI:P113588
M1  - 2026/1/29/
TI  - MVN 02, 289 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P113588
ER  -