MVN 11, 046 (P116060)
Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USAMuseum Number
SM 1909.05.069Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (SM catalogue: unbroken env.--grain is a loan to be repaid (ur5-ra su-ga))Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
48.0 mm × 35.0 mm × 21.0 mmHas seal impression(s)
obverse
1. 1(u) 5(asz) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
blank space
2. sze ur5-ra su-ga
3. ki lu2-du10-ga-ta
4. mu ad-da-sze3!
reverse
1. kiszib3 lu2-uru11{ki} dumu nin9-sal-la
blank space
seal impression
2. mu bad3 ma-da ba-du3
seal 1
1. geme2-{d}lamma nin-dingir {d}ba-[ba6]
2. lu2-uru11[{ki}]
3. ARAD2-[zu]
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)
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Artifact type:
Tablet & envelope Artifact type comments:
unopened envelope
- Material: Clay
- Measurements (mm): 48.0 high × 35.0 wide × 21.0 thick
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- Artifact Preservation:
- Condition Description: complete.
- Join Information:
- Seal no.:
- Seal information:
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Artifact comments:
unopened envelope
- Genre(s): Administrative (SM catalogue: unbroken env.--grain is a loan to be repaid (ur5-ra su-ga))
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: MVN 11, 46
[Owen1982MVN11] Owen, David I. 1982. Selected Ur III Texts from the Harvard Semitic Museum. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 11. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.
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history: JSS 1 (pp. 206-215), 212
[Fish1956JSS1] Fish, Thomas. 1956. “Uruki.” Journal of Semitic Studies 1: 206–15.
- Composite No.:
- Museum No.: SM 1909.05.069
- Accession No.: 06233
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šulgi.37.00.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-07-21 at 09:08:35 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2017-10-13 at 15:03:17 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-07-22 at 13:40:08 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-05-02 at 14:19:24 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2009-06-03 at 10:19:46 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:20:49 | CDLI | Atf | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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| 2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (024175) (024175)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| CDLI Seals 002336 (composite) (P455046) | Girsu (mod. Tello) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2024MVN,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-11]},
year = {2024},
month = {jul 21},
title = {MVN 11, 046 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P116060},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116060},
}
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