MVN 11, 048 (P116062)
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 1909.05.074Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (SM catalogue: unbroken env.--dispersal of grain and emmer; sealed by the servant of the ereš-dingir-priestess of bau.)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
38.0 mm × 32.0 mm × 20.0 mmHas seal impression(s)
obverse
1. 7(asz) sze gur lugal
2. 1(asz) 3(barig) ziz2 gur
3. mu zi-ga didli-sze3
4. ki inim-{d}ba-ba6-i3-dab5-ta
blank space
5. kiszib3 ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
6. iti amar-a-a-si
reverse
1. mu an-sza-an{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
column 1
1. geme2-{d}lamma
2. nin-dingir
3. {d}ba-ba6
column 2
1. ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
2. dub-sar
3. dumu szu-na
4. 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): 38.0 high × 32.0 wide × 20.0 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.--dispersal of grain and emmer; sealed by the servant of the ereš-dingir-priestess of bau.)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: MVN 11, 48
[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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- Museum No.: SM 1909.05.074
- Accession No.: 06238
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
- Elevation:
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šulgi.34.10.00
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- Accounting Period:
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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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 10:19:48 | 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 (024177) (024177)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| CDLI Seals 005801 (composite) (P458511) | Girsu (mod. Tello) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) | Šulgi.32.00.00, Šulgi.34.10.00 |
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2001MVN,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-15]},
year = {2001},
month = {dec 20},
title = {MVN 11, 048 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P116062},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116062},
}
TY - ELEC DA - 2001/12/20/ PY - 2001 ID - P116062 LB - CDLI:P116062 M1 - 2025/11/15/ TI - MVN 11, 048 artifact entry UR - https://cdli.earth/P116062 ER -