MVN 11, B (P116234)

Administrative tag 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

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

SM 1909.05.083

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba SM catalogue: tag for a tablet basket (pisan-dub-ba) about cloth according to the tablets of var. PNN)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

47.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 21.0 mm

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. tug2 ki-la2 tag-ga
 en: xxx
3. kiszib3 ur-sa6-ga muhaldim
 en: xxx
4. kiszib3 gu3-de2-a
 en: xxx
5. kiszib3 lugal-ki-gal-la
 en: xxx
6. kiszib3 lugal-gu2-gal#
 en: xxx
7. kiszib3 u3-ma-ni#
 en: xxx
reverse
1. kiszib3 lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su dumu ARAD2-mu
 en: xxx
2. kiszib3 lu2-bi-mu
 en: xxx
3. kiszib3 ba-zi dumu szesz-<szesz?> nu-banda3 a-hu-um-dingir
 en: xxx
4. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-ta
 en: xxx
5. mu hu-hu-nu-ri!(PA) ba-hul-sze3
 en: xxx

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba SM catalogue: tag for a tablet basket (pisan-dub-ba) about cloth according to the tablets of var. PNN)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Amar-Suen.01.00.00 to Amar-Suen.07.00.00

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P116234

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions 47.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 21.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
obv.-- damage to top and right sides. rev.-- lower left broken off. cracking; left edge--double pierce

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Museum Number SM 1909.05.083
Accession Number 06247

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 024348

References

  • primary: MVN 11, B

    [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 1, 22

    [Fish1951MCS1] Fish, Thomas. 1951. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 1.

  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 258

    [Nelson1976pisandubba] Nelson, Richard C. 1976. “Pisan-Dub-Ba Texts from the Sumerian Ur III Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Minnesota.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:19:12 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:40:28 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:37 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:53 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 11, B Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P116234.
MVN 11, B artifact entry (No. P116234). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116234 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 11, B artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116234 (Accessed: April 20, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {MVN 11, {B} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116234},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116234},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 11, B Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P116234.
MVN 11, B artifact entry (No. P116234). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116234 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 11, B artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116234 (Accessed: April 20, 2026).
@misc{2024MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {MVN 11, {B} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116234},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116234},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P116234
LB  - CDLI:P116234
M1  - 2026/4/20/
TI  - MVN 11, B artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116234
ER  -
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