MVN 05, 215 (P114435)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Rosen, Jonathan P., New York, New York, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Rosen, Jonathan P., New York, New York, USA

Museum Number

Rosen RX 19

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

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 2(gesz2) 1(u) 8(asz) 3(barig) sze gur
2. i3-dub a-sza3 {d}na-ru2-a
3. zi3-ka a2 kin-ga2-ra geme2 usz-bar-sze3
4. ki lu2-iri-sag-ta
reverse
1. ba-zi
2. szu ba-ti
3. mu e2 {d}szara2 ba-du3
envelope
obverse
1. 2(gesz2) 1(u) 8(asz) 3(barig) sze gur
2. i3-dub a-sza3 {d}na-ru2-a
3. zi3-ka a2# kin-gar-ra geme2 usz-bar-sze3
  blank space
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4. ki lu2-iri-sag-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 ba-zi dumu ur-{d}lamma
  blank space
  seal impression
2. mu e2 {d}szara2 ba-du3
seal 1
1. ba-zi
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{d}lamma

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MVN 5, 215

    [Sollberger1978MVN5] Sollberger, Edmond. 1978. The Pinches Manuscript. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 5. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • history: YRBC, 1204

    [OzakiYRBC] Ozaki, Tohru, Marcel Sigrist, and Sergio Tang. 2023. The Rosen Collection Texts at the Yale Peabody Museum. Nisaba 34. Roma: Arbor Sapientiae Editore.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: Rosen RX 19
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.09.00.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-18 at 19:34:40 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Pagé-Perron, Émilie; Wagensonner, Klaus Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2022-06-28 at 18:28:34 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2013-06-12 at 16:27:03 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:37:51 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:17:45 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:15:49 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:11 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002032 (composite) (P454742) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 05, 215 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P114435.
MVN 05, 215 artifact entry (No. P114435). (2024, June 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P114435 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 05, 215 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P114435 (Accessed: July 5, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 18},
	title = {MVN 05, 215 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P114435},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P114435},
}

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