MVN 11, C (P116236)

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 1909.05.084

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 of tablet basket (pisan-dub-ba) about the inspection or erin2- and un-il2-workers in the temple of Šulgi)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

45.0 mm × 37.0 mm × 20.0 mm

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. gurum2 ak dib-ba
 en: made inventory of those who passed by,
3. erin2 sag-apin
 en: xxx
4. u3 ug3-IL2
 en: xxx
5. e2 {d}szul-gi
 en: xxx
6. i3-gal2
 en: xxx
reverse
1. mu sza-asz-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
 en: xxx

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba SM catalogue: tag of tablet basket (pisan-dub-ba) about the inspection or erin2- and un-il2-workers in the temple of Šulgi)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P116236

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions 45.0 mm × 37.0 mm × 20.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
complete; left edge--pierced

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 1909.05.084
Accession Number 06248

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 024350

References

  • primary: MVN 11, C

    [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, 23

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

  • history: MCS 1, 24

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

  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 085

    [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
2021-10-07 at 10:01:56 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:19:01 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:16:37 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:14:11 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:19:13 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, C Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P116236.
MVN 11, C artifact entry (No. P116236). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116236 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 11, C artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116236 (Accessed: April 19, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {MVN 11, {C} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116236},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116236},
}


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PY  - 2024
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 11, C Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P116236.
MVN 11, C artifact entry (No. P116236). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116236 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 11, C artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116236 (Accessed: April 19, 2026).
@misc{2024MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {MVN 11, {C} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116236},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116236},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P116236
LB  - CDLI:P116236
M1  - 2026/4/19/
TI  - MVN 11, C artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116236
ER  -
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