MVN 09, 044 (P115687)

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 00045

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. [...] 3(u) u8#
2. [...] 4(gesz2) 2(u) 6(disz) udu-nita2
3. [...] 3(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz) kir11
4. [...] 3(gesz2) 7(disz) sila4#-nita2
5. 2(u) masz2 sag
  blank space
6. mu-kux(DU)
7. 1(u) 8(disz) u8 1(disz) udu-nita2
8. sila4
9. zi-ga
10. u8 udu#-[nita2]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [szunigin ...] 4(u) 1(disz) gub-ba#
2'. szunigin# [...] 2(disz) zi#-[ga]
3'. szunigin# [x] ri-ri-ga#
4'. szunigin# 1(disz)# la2-ia3
5'. lugal#-{d}#li9#-[si4]
6'. [sza3] nigin6?{ki#}
7'. [mu {d}amar-{d}]suen# lugal-[e ur-bi2-lum]{ki} mu#-hul#

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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
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MVN 9, 044

    [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 00045
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.02.00.00
  • Alternative Years: SS03
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 View
2022-06-28 at 13:49:14 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI Approved View
2017-07-22 at 14:19:52 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:53:56 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:39:39 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:02 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:18:04 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:41 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 09, 044 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P115687.
MVN 09, 044 artifact entry (No. P115687). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P115687 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 09, 044 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P115687 (Accessed: January 22, 2026).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MVN 09, 044 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P115687},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P115687},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P115687
LB  - CDLI:P115687
M1  - 2026/1/22/
TI  - MVN 09, 044 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P115687
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 09, 044 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P115687.
MVN 09, 044 artifact entry (No. P115687). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P115687 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 09, 044 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P115687 (Accessed: January 22, 2026).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MVN 09, 044 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P115687},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P115687},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P115687
LB  - CDLI:P115687
M1  - 2026/1/22/
TI  - MVN 09, 044 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P115687
ER  -
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