MVN 11, 093 (P116107)

Administrative tablet 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, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

SM 1909.05.228

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: ni.ni allotments (šuku ni-ni) are given to erin2-workers from the places nina and kinunir from records on a writing board (le-um-ta))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

98.0 mm × 51.0 mm × 25.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. szuku du3-du3-a erin2-na
2. nu-banda3 lu2 kuruszda
3. nu-banda3 na-mu
4. nu-banda3 ur-{d}utu
5. nu-banda3 na-ba-sa6
6. u3 ur-nig2 dumu ku-li
7. szuku du3-du3-a erin2-na
8. lugal-iri-da szabra
9. ba-zi ensi2 gal
10. lu2-{d}ab-u2 dam-gar3
11. ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da dumu be-li2
12. nu-banda3 lugal-igi
13. nu-banda3 ug3-IL2
14. nu-banda3 ur-{d}e2-gal
15. nu-banda3 lu2-nab3
16. u3 ur-{d}gesz-bar-e3
17. szuku du3-du3-a
18. e2 {d}nansze
reverse
1. e2 {d}nin-dar-a
2. e2 {d}dumu-zi-da
3. e2 {d}ga2-tum3-du10
4. e2 ba-gara2
5. e2 {d}nin-sag-ub3-ba
6. nu-banda3 nig2-{d}ba-ba6
7. nu-banda3 lugal-iri-da
8. nu-banda3 lu2-giri17-zal
9. nu-banda3 ur-ma-ma
10. sza3 nigin6{ki}
11. nu-banda3 ur-saga
12. sza3 <ki>-nu-nir{ki#}
13. a-sza3 mu-ne
14. ugula ba-mu
15. a-sza3 ma2-lah5 lu2 mar-sa u3 lu2-tab-ba
16. szuku du3-du3-a
17. le-um-ta dab-ba
18. sza3 e2-kiszib3-ba-ka

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 98.0 high × 51.0 wide × 25.0 thick
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  • Condition Description: obv. deeply cracked. otherwise complete.
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (SM catalogue: ni.ni allotments (šuku ni-ni) are given to erin2-workers from the places nina and kinunir from records on a writing board (le-um-ta))
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: MVN 11, 93

    [Owen1982MVN11] Owen, David I. 1982. Selected Ur III Texts from the Harvard Semitic Museum. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 11. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • history: MCS 8, 80 HSM 6392

    [Fish1958MCS8] Fish, Thomas. 1958. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 8.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SM 1909.05.228
  • Accession No.: 06392

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-07-22 at 14:06:22 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:40:20 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:50 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 11, 093 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P116107.
MVN 11, 093 artifact entry (No. P116107). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116107
MVN 11, 093 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116107 (Accessed: July 21, 2025).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-21]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 11, 093 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116107},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116107},
}


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