MVN 09, 002 (P115645)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

EAH 00002

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 3(asz) sze gur lugal
2. la2-ia3 sze gir2-nun-ka
3. lu2-kal-la kuruszda
4. su-su-dam
reverse
  blank space
1. iti sze-sag11-ku5
2. mu si-mu-ur4-<ru-um{ki}> lu-lu-bu a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul
envelope
obverse
1. 3(asz) sze gur [lugal]
  blank space
2. la2-ia3 sze gir2-nun
3. kiszib3 lu2-kal-la kuruszda
reverse
1. iti sze-sag11-ku5
  blank space
2. mu si-mu-ur4-<ru-um>{ki} lu-lu-bu a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul
seal 1
1. lu2#-kal-la
2. dumu ur-{d}KA.[DI]
3. sipa udu-niga

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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 9, 002

    [Snell1979MVN9] Snell, Daniel C. 1979. The E. A. Hoffman Collection and Other American Collections. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 9. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

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  • Museum No.: EAH 00002
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.44.11.00
  • Alternative Years: SH25 SH32 IS03
  • Date Comments:
  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 View
2022-06-28 at 13:36:44 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Lafont, Bertrand CDLI approved View
2021-07-26 at 08:13:48 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2013-06-14 at 13:00:37 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:39:31 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:18:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:17:47 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:40 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 002946 (composite) (P455656) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 09, 002 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P115645.
MVN 09, 002 artifact entry (No. P115645). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P115645 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 09, 002 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P115645 (Accessed: April 27, 2025).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MVN 09, 002 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P115645},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P115645},
}


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