MVN 10, 244 (P116011)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Béghin, Versailles, France

Museum Number

CB 17

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (metal)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 7(disz) {uruda}ha-bu3-da
2. ki-la2-bi 8(disz) ma-na la2 4(disz) gin2
3. ba-la2
4. ki na-ba-sa6-ta
5. ur-szu-ga-lam-ma
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. giri3 na-ni
3. u3 ur-{d}dumu-zi
  1 line blank
4. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 ma-da za-ab-sza-li!(SZA){ki} mu-hul

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (metal)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P116011

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 17
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 023339

References

  • primary: MVN 10, 244

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

  • history: OrAnt 18, p.227-239, p. 238 20

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2011-07-22 at 13:40:05 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:21 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:48 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“MVN 10, 244 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P116011.
MVN 10, 244 artifact entry (No. P116011). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116011
MVN 10, 244 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116011 (Accessed: October 11, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-11]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 10, 244 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116011},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116011},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P116011
LB  - CDLI:P116011
M1  - 2026/10/11/
TI  - MVN 10, 244 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116011
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MVN 10, 244 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P116011.
MVN 10, 244 artifact entry (No. P116011). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116011
MVN 10, 244 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116011 (Accessed: October 11, 2026).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-11]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 10, 244 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116011},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116011},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P116011
LB  - CDLI:P116011
M1  - 2026/10/11/
TI  - MVN 10, 244 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116011
ER  -
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