MVN 11, E (P116240)

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 1909.05.086

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) re personnel of the temples of Ningirsu and bau)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

39.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 17.0 mm

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. a-sza3 du3-du3-a
 en: fields kept (for)
3. lu2 mar-sa
 en: the shipyard workers
4. sa12-du5
 en: the surveyors
5. ka-guru7
 en: the granary supervisors
6. szandana
 en: the gardeners
7. dub-sar gu4 udu
 en: the scribes of oxen and sheeps
reverse
1. giri3-se3-ga
 en: the personnel of
2. e2 {d}nin-gir2-su u3 {d}ba-ba6
 en: the temple of Ningirsu and Baba
3. aga3-us2 ensi2
 en: the soldiers of the governor
4. i3-du8-me
 en: the doorkeepers
5. ma2-u4-zal-la
 en: (and) the "morning boat"
  (a type of taxation -epsd2)
6. i3-gal2
 en: are here

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba SM catalogue: tag for a tablet-basket (pisan-dub-ba) re personnel of the temples of Ningirsu and bau)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P116240

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions 39.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 17.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
complete; left edge has 2, widely-spaced pierces. Right edge pierced once

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Museum Number SM 1909.05.086
Accession Number 06250

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 024354

References

  • primary: MVN 11, E

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

  • history: ArOr 17 (pp. 227-229), 228 4

    [Fish1949ArOr17] Fish, Thomas. 1949. “Some Ur III Tablets from Lagash.” Archiv Orientální 17: 227–29.

  • history: MCS 1, 22 & 25

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

  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 269

    [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
2024-10-29 at 19:26:58 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-08-07 at 12:11:30 Chóliz, Guillermo Translation Chóliz, Guillermo electronic Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary Lafont, Bertrand Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:19:16 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
2008-02-01 at 13:27:48 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-02-01 at 12:15:52 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. 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 Artifact

“MVN 11, E Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 29, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P116240.
MVN 11, E artifact entry (No. P116240). (2024, October 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116240 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 11, E artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116240 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 29},
	title = {MVN 11, {E} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116240},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116240},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 11, E Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 29, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P116240.
MVN 11, E artifact entry (No. P116240). (2024, October 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116240 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 11, E artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116240 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 29},
	title = {MVN 11, {E} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116240},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116240},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/29/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P116240
LB  - CDLI:P116240
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - MVN 11, E artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116240
ER  -
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