MVN 09, 012 (P115655)

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 00012

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. 2(u) sze gur lugal
2. a2 gesz-gar-ra-sze3
3. ki ur-{d}szusz3-{d}ba-ba6-ta
4. ba-sa6-ga
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
  blank space
2. iti ezem-{d}dumu-zi
3. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
envelope
obverse
1. [...]
2. szu ba-ti
3. a2 [gesz-gar]-ra-sze3
4. ki ur-{d}szusz3-{d}ba-ba6-ta
  blank space
5. ba-sa6-ga szu ba-ti
reverse
1. kiszib3 ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
  blank space
2. iti ezem-{d}dumu-zi
3. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. [...]
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-szu-ga-lam-[ma]

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 9, 012

    [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 00012
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.06.00 (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
2021-07-26 at 08:15:10 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:39:32 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 10:17:53 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 005198 (composite) (P457908) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 09, 012 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P115655.
MVN 09, 012 artifact entry (No. P115655). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P115655 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 09, 012 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P115655 (Accessed: July 23, 2025).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MVN 09, 012 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P115655},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P115655},
}

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