MVN 09, 069 (P115712)

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 00070

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

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. [1(ban2)] 5(disz) sila3 i3-gesz lugal
2. ki ur-ab-ba-ta
3. i3 tug2-ge ak
4. ur-{d}nin-mar{ki}
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
  blank space
2. iti sze-sag11-ku5
3. mu en-mah-gal-an-na en {d}nanna ba-hun
envelope
obverse
1. [1(ban2)] 5(disz) sila3 i3-[gesz lugal]
  blank space
2. ki ur-ab-ba-ta
3. i3 tug2-ge ak
reverse
1. kiszib3 ur-{d}nin-mar{ki} dumu lugal-sa6-ga
  blank space
2. iti sze-sag11-ku5
3. mu en-mah-gal-an-na en {d}nanna ba-hun
seal 1
1. ur-{d}nin-mar{ki}
2. dub-sar
3. dumu [lugal-sa6-ga]
4. [dub-sar]

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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, 069

    [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 00070
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.04.11.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-16 at 10:19:44 Lafont, Bertrand Artifact Lafont, Bertrand Lafont, Bertrand approved View
2023-06-16 at 10:18:53 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Ozaki Tohru Lafont, Bertrand approved View
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
2022-01-06 at 17:37:54 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2021-07-26 at 09:32:58 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:39:41 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:03 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:18:13 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:42 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 014460 (composite) (P527067) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 09, 069 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 16, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P115712.
MVN 09, 069 artifact entry (No. P115712). (2023, June 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P115712 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 09, 069 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P115712 (Accessed: December 29, 2025).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 16},
	title = {MVN 09, 069 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P115712},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P115712},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/16/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P115712
LB  - CDLI:P115712
M1  - 2025/12/29/
TI  - MVN 09, 069 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P115712
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MVN 09, 069 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 16, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P115712.
MVN 09, 069 artifact entry (No. P115712). (2023, June 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P115712 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 09, 069 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P115712 (Accessed: December 29, 2025).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 16},
	title = {MVN 09, 069 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P115712},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P115712},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/16/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P115712
LB  - CDLI:P115712
M1  - 2025/12/29/
TI  - MVN 09, 069 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P115712
ER  -
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