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MVN 04, 008 (P113960)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Pontificio Istituto Biblico, Rome, Italy

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Pontificio Istituto Biblico, Rome, Italy

Museum Number

IB 025

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. 6(bur3) 2(iku) GAN2
2. mu sze-numun-sze3
3. GAN2-gu4 a!-tu#!?
4. lu2-kal-la engar
reverse
1. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul

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

Pontificio Istituto Biblico, Rome, Italy

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: MVN 4, 8

[Cagni1976MVN4] Cagni, Luigi, and Giovanni Pettinato. 1976. La Collezione Del Pontificio Istituto Biblico, Roma; La Collezione Della Collegiata Dei SS. Pietro e Orso, Aosta. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 4. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: IB 025
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.03.00.00
Alternative Years: SH25 SH32 SH44
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2022-03-24 at 15:28:31	Lafont, Bertrand	Transliteration	Lafont, Bertrand	CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:37:03	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:17:12	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:20:00	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 (018478) (018478)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 04, 008 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P113960.

MVN 04, 008 artifact entry (No. P113960). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P113960

MVN 04, 008 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P113960 (Accessed: February 22, 2026).

@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-22]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 04, 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P113960},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P113960},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
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LB  - CDLI:P113960
M1  - 2026/2/22/
TI  - MVN 04, 008 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 04, 008 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P113960.

MVN 04, 008 artifact entry (No. P113960). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P113960

MVN 04, 008 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P113960 (Accessed: February 22, 2026).

@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-22]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 04, 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P113960},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P113960},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P113960
LB  - CDLI:P113960
M1  - 2026/2/22/
TI  - MVN 04, 008 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P113960
ER  -