MVN 09, 011 (P115654)

Administrative tablet 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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Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

EAH 00011

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

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 2(disz) gin2 igi-3(disz)-gal2 ku3#-babbar#
2. ki ur-{d}nansze dumu ur#-{d}ba-ba6-ta
3. 9(disz) gin2 ki nam-ha-ni-ta
4. 5(disz) gin2 ki lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su dumu sila4-mu-ta
5. 5(disz) gin2 la2 igi-6(disz)-gal2 ki ku-li dumu ki-ag2-mu-ta
6. 3(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ki sa6-sa6-ga# dumu ba-a-ta
7. 1(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ki ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ur-dun-ta
8. 2(disz) gin2 2/3(|NINDA2x(SZE.2(ASZ))|) ki ur-{d}x sza13-dub-ba-ta
reverse
1. szunigin# 1/2(disz) ma-na 9(disz) gin2 la2 igi-6(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar
  calculation: 12 1/3 + 9 + 5 + 4 5/6 + 3 1/2 + 1 1/2 + 2 2/3 = 38 5/6
2. sza3-bi-ta
3. 1/2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar 4(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
4. sze-bi 2(u) 7(asz) gur
  calculation: 30 × 270/300 = 27
5. kiszib3 ur-{d}nansze dumu ur-{d}ba-ba6
6. 9(disz) gin2 la2 igi-6(disz)-gal2
7. sze-bi# 7(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
  calculation: 8 5/6 × 270/300 = 7 285/300
  calculation: (30 + 8 5/6 =) 38 5/6 - 38 5/6 = 0
8. kiszib3 nam#-ha#-ni
9. ugu2-a# ga2#-ga2#-dam
10. ku3# a2 zi3 KA nu-ar3-ra
11. giri3 ur-ab-ba dumu ba-zi
12. iti sze-sag11-ku5#
13. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MVN 9, 011

    [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 00011
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.11.00 (us2 year)
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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
2018-03-23 at 18:53:26 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:54:08 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-09-22 at 08:42:42 Englund, Robert K. Atf Cripps, Eric L.; 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
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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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 09, 011 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P115654.
MVN 09, 011 artifact entry (No. P115654). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P115654 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 09, 011 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P115654 (Accessed: December 27, 2025).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MVN 09, 011 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P115654},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P115654},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P115654
LB  - CDLI:P115654
M1  - 2025/12/27/
TI  - MVN 09, 011 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P115654
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MVN 09, 011 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P115654.
MVN 09, 011 artifact entry (No. P115654). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P115654 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 09, 011 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P115654 (Accessed: December 27, 2025).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MVN 09, 011 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P115654},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P115654},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P115654
LB  - CDLI:P115654
M1  - 2025/12/27/
TI  - MVN 09, 011 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P115654
ER  -
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