MVN 09, 100 (P115743)

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 00104

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. 6(disz) udu 1(disz) masz2
2. lugal-mudra5
3. 1(disz) sa12-du5
4. 1(disz) masz2 lu2-gi-na
5. 1(disz) ba-al-i3-li2
6. 1(disz) lugal-pa-e3
7. 1(disz) ur-{d}utu
8. 1(disz) lu2-{d}ba-ba6
9. 1(disz) masz2 lu2-bala-sa6-ga
10. 1(disz) masz2 ur-{d}lamma dumu lu2-dingir-ra
11. 1(u) 1(disz) udu 3(disz) masz2
12. e2 {d}szul-gi
13. 1(disz) szar2!-ra-ab-du
14. 1(disz) ur-nigar{gar}
15. 1(disz) ur-mes
16. 1(disz) ad-da-mu
17. 5(disz) udu 1(disz) masz2
18. sa12-du5
19. 9(disz) udu 1(disz) masz2
20. ur-{d}ba-ba6 e2 szabra
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1. 2(disz) udu 2(disz) masz2
2. szabra {d}nin-gir2-su
3. 3(disz) udu 1(u) masz2
4. e2 ba-gara2
5. 1(disz) masz2 ur-{d}lamma dumu a-tu
6. 1(disz) udu ur-{d}al-la
7. mu na-ba-sa6-sze3
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8. szunigin 5(disz)! u8
9. szunigin 2(disz)! kir11
10. szunigin [...] 2(u) 9(disz)! udu
11. szunigin 2(disz) {munus}asz2-gar3
12. szunigin 1(u) 5(disz) masz2-nita2
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13. lugal!-nam2!-mah! i3-dab5
14. iti! amar!-a!-a-si
15. mu! ha!-ar!-szi{ki} hu-ur5-ti{ki} ba-hul
16. egir5! nig2-ka9-ta

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, 100

[Snell1979MVN9] Snell, Daniel C. 1979. The E. A. Hoffman Collection and Other American Collections. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 9. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.
history: EBH, p.362:EAH 104

[Radau1900EBH] Radau, Hugo. 1900. Early Babylonian History down to the End of the Fourth Dynasty of Ur. New York : Oxford University Press, American Branch ; London : H. Frowde.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: EAH 00104
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.10.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-04 at 16:54:19	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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 09:53:57	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2014-02-07 at 14:30:04	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:39:43	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:19:05	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:20:42	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 (022467) (022467)
Electronic Babylonian Library (EAH.104) (EAH.104)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 09, 100 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P115743.

MVN 09, 100 artifact entry (No. P115743). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P115743 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 09, 100 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P115743 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {MVN 09, 100 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P115743},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P115743},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 09, 100 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P115743.

MVN 09, 100 artifact entry (No. P115743). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P115743 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 09, 100 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P115743 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {MVN 09, 100 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P115743},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P115743},
}

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