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MVN 09, 122 (P115765)

Administrative 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 00132

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text

envelope
obverse
1. x x x x x
blank space
2. x x
reverse
1. iti munu4 gu7
blank space
2. mu# ha#?-ar#?-szi?{ki#?} x x
seal 1
1. na-min-du10-{d}nansze
2. dumu# lu2#-{d}nansze

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: Envelope Artifact type comments:
envelope only
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:
envelope only

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: MVN 9, 122

[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 00132
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.27.05.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

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
2022-06-29 at 14:50:20	Lafont, Bertrand	Transliteration	Lafont, Bertrand		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:39:44	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:19:06	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 10:18:29	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:20:43	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 (022489) (022489)
Electronic Babylonian Library (EAH.132) (EAH.132)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003861 (composite) (P456571)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 09, 122 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P115765.

MVN 09, 122 artifact entry (No. P115765). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P115765 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 09, 122 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P115765 (Accessed: March 2, 2026).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MVN 09, 122 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P115765},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P115765},
}

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DA  - 2023/2/1/
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LB  - CDLI:P115765
M1  - 2026/3/2/
TI  - MVN 09, 122 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 09, 122 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P115765.

MVN 09, 122 artifact entry (No. P115765). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P115765 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 09, 122 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P115765 (Accessed: March 2, 2026).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MVN 09, 122 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P115765},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P115765},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P115765
LB  - CDLI:P115765
M1  - 2026/3/2/
TI  - MVN 09, 122 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P115765
ER  -