MVN 10, 227 (P115994)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC) period and now kept in Béghin, Versailles, France

Museum Collection(s)

Béghin, Versailles, France

Museum Number

CB 21

Period

Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 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) tug2 aktum guz-za
2. 1(asz@c) tug2 nig2-lam2 usz-bar
reverse
1. ur-{d}nin-pirig
  blank space
2. [zi]-ga
3. [mu e2 {d}nin]-gir2-su [ba]-du3

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P115994

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Béghin, Versailles, France
Museum Number CB 21
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 164470

References

  • primary: MVN 10, 227

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

  • history: RA 73, p.23-35, p. 30 26

    [Durand1979textes] Durand, Jean-Marie. 1979. “Textes de Collections Diverses.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 73: 23–35.

  • history: OrAnt 18, p.227-239, p. 233 3

    [Grégoire1979documents] Grégoire, Jean-Pierre. 1979. “Quelques Nouveaux Documents Économiques Cunéiformes Provenant de l’ancienne Collection Allotte de La Fuÿe.” Oriens Antiquus 18: 227–39.

  • history: AGGT, 495

    [Maiocchi2020AGGT] Maiocchi, Massimo, and Giuseppe Visicato. 2020. Administration at Girsu in Gudea’s Time. Antichistica 27. Venezia: Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Digital Publishing.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2012-08-11 at 18:33:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:48 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“MVN 10, 227 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P115994.
MVN 10, 227 artifact entry (No. P115994). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P115994
MVN 10, 227 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P115994 (Accessed: June 13, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P115994},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 10, 227 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P115994.
MVN 10, 227 artifact entry (No. P115994). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P115994
MVN 10, 227 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P115994 (Accessed: June 13, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-13]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 10, 227 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P115994},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P115994},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P115994
LB  - CDLI:P115994
M1  - 2026/6/13/
TI  - MVN 10, 227 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P115994
ER  - 
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