MVN 10, 093 (P115866)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 03389

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
column 1
1. 1(szar2)# 3(bur'u) 1(bur3) GAN2# gu4
2. 5(bur'u) 8(bur3) 2(iku) GAN2
3. szuku e2-esz2 us2-sa ku3-la2-me
4. 1(bur'u) 3(bur3) 3(iku) GAN2
5. esz2 us2-sa ku3-la2 bar-ra-me
6. 1(bur'u) 5(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2
7. esz2 us2-sa ku3 nu-la2!-me
8. e2# uru11{ki}-me#
9. [a]-ra2# 1(disz)#-kam
10. [ba]-ab#-tuku
11. [...]
column 2
1. [...]
2. GAN2# [...]
3. buru14 bala# [...]
4. 2(szar2) la2# 2(esze3)# 5(iku) GAN2#
5. erin2 du3-du3-a ku3-la2 bar-ra-me
6. 4(szar2) 1(bur'u) 5(bur3) 1(esze3)# GAN2 saga#
7. 2(esze3) GAN2 hul#
8. zi-ga lugal
9. 5(bur'u) la2 2(esze3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 saga
10. 4(bur3) 1(iku) GAN2# hul#
11. [...]
reverse
column 1
1. lu2# mar-za GAN2# x ni2-ba ba#-[x]
2. 3(bur'u) 5(bur3) GAN2
3. lu2 szuku ku3 nu-la2-me
4. gu2-bi sanga nu-mu-tum3
5. 5(bur3) 3(iku) GAN2 saga
6. 1(bur3) GAN2 hul esz#?
7. du3-du3-a GAN2 diri#
8. szuku# e2 uru11-me
9. 5(bur'u) 8(bur3) 2(esze3) 3(iku) [...]
10. 3(bur3) 2(esze3)# [...]
11. 1(bur3)# [...]
12. [...]
column 2
1. [...]
2. [...] 2(u) x [...]-da
3. 1(szar2) 2(bur3) la2 2(esze3) 1(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 hul
4. GAN2 nig2-gal2-la
  blank space
5. GAN2# gid2-da
6. ugula sanga uru11#{ki#}
7. lu2-giri17-zal
8. ensi2
  blank space
9. mu# dumu-lugal mar#-ha#-szi#{ki#} ba-il2#?

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MVN 10, 93

    [Gregoire1981MVN10] Grégoire, Jean-Pierre. 1981. Inscriptions et Archives Administratives Cunéiformes (1e Partie). Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 10. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • history: ASJ 17, p.175-231, p. 201

    [Maekawa1995agricultural-10] Maekawa, Kazuya. 1995. “The Agricultural Texts of Ur III Lagash of the British Museum (X).” Acta Sumerologica 17: 175–231.

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  • Museum No.: AO 03389
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-04-11 at 16:18:03 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2014-10-07 at 08:47:43 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2014-10-07 at 08:30:15 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-11-22 at 13:35:08 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:39:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:18:42 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:45 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 10, 093 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P115866.
MVN 10, 093 artifact entry (No. P115866). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P115866 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 10, 093 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P115866 (Accessed: February 24, 2026).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {MVN 10, 093 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P115866},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P115866},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/4/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P115866
LB  - CDLI:P115866
M1  - 2026/2/24/
TI  - MVN 10, 093 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P115866
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 10, 093 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P115866.
MVN 10, 093 artifact entry (No. P115866). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P115866 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 10, 093 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P115866 (Accessed: February 24, 2026).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {MVN 10, 093 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P115866},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P115866},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/4/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P115866
LB  - CDLI:P115866
M1  - 2026/2/24/
TI  - MVN 10, 093 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P115866
ER  -
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