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MVN 09, 031 (P115674)

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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Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

EAH 00032

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. 4(gesz2) 2(u) 3(disz) u8
2. 2(u) udu-gal
3. 1(gesz2) 4(disz) udu-nita2
4. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 4(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
5. 3(u) 5(disz) sila4 nu-ur4
6. 1(u) masz2 sag
blank space
7. mu-kux(DU)
8. u8 3(u) 5(disz) udu-nita2
9. zi-ga
reverse
1. la2-ia3 1(gesz2) 5(u) 8(disz) u8
2. 3(gesz2) 1(u) udu-nita2
3. 3(u) 2(disz) sila4
4. la2-ia3-am3
blank space
5. szunigin 7(gesz2) 4(u) 6(disz) gub-ba
6. szunigin 3(u) 5(disz) zi-ga
7. szunigin 5(gesz2) 4(u) la2-ia3
8. ur-sa6-ga dumu lu2-{d}na-ru2-a
9. sza3 gu2-ab-ba{ki}-ka
10. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal

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

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: MVN 9, 031

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: EAH 00032
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.01.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2017-03-03 at 09:54:10	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:39:38	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:19:01	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 10:18:02	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:20:41	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 (022398) (022398)
Electronic Babylonian Library (EAH.32) (EAH.32)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 09, 031 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P115674.

MVN 09, 031 artifact entry (No. P115674). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P115674 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 09, 031 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P115674 (Accessed: March 2, 2026).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MVN 09, 031 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P115674},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P115674},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P115674
LB  - CDLI:P115674
M1  - 2026/3/2/
TI  - MVN 09, 031 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P115674
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 09, 031 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P115674.

MVN 09, 031 artifact entry (No. P115674). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P115674 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 09, 031 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P115674 (Accessed: March 2, 2026).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MVN 09, 031 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P115674},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P115674},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P115674
LB  - CDLI:P115674
M1  - 2026/3/2/
TI  - MVN 09, 031 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P115674
ER  -