MVN 09, 114 (P115757)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

EAH 00124

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. 1(asz@c) {d}nansze
2. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) a tu5 [x]
3. 1/2(disz) 2(ban2) mu-ni-ki-en#-gi
4. 1(disz) 1(ban2) 5(disz) lu2-{d}igi-ma-sze3#
5. dumu-ni-me
6. 1(asz@c) 1(disz) ma2-gur8-re
7. 1(asz@c) 3(ban2) nin-igi-du
8. 1(asz) 2(ban2) nin-nig2-gur11-sze3
9. 1/2(disz) 2(ban2) szesz-ki-lu5-la
10. 1(disz) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sza3-mu-zu
11. 1(disz) 1(ban2) 5(disz) di-ku5-mu-zu
reverse
1. 1(disz) 1(ban2) nin-ki-ul
2. dumu-ni-me
3. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) du11-ga
  double ruling
4. 3(u) 1/2(disz) ma-na
  double ruling
5. ugula {d}nansze-[...]
6. giri3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu# [...]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P115757

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number EAH 00124
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 022481
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) EAH.124

References

  • primary: MVN 9, 114

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

Revisions and credits

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
2022-06-29 at 14:42:47 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI Approved View
2016-07-28 at 16:35:29 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:39:44 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:05 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:18:27 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 18:48:29 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 09, 114 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P115757.
MVN 09, 114 artifact entry (No. P115757). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P115757 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 09, 114 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P115757 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MVN 09, 114 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P115757},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P115757},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P115757
LB  - CDLI:P115757
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - MVN 09, 114 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P115757
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 09, 114 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P115757.
MVN 09, 114 artifact entry (No. P115757). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P115757 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 09, 114 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P115757 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MVN 09, 114 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P115757},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P115757},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P115757
LB  - CDLI:P115757
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - MVN 09, 114 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P115757
ER  -
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