MVN 11, H (P116244)

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 1909.05.089

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 tablet basket (pisan-dub-ba) re accounts of šabra-officials)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

39.0 mm × 34.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. nigin-ba gurum2-ma#
 en: xxx
3. szabra-ne
 en: xxx
4. i3-gal2
 en: xxx
5. [...]
 en: xxx
reverse
1. mu {gesz}gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-hul!
 en: xxx

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba SM catalogue: tag for tablet basket (pisan-dub-ba) re accounts of šabra-officials)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P116244

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions 39.0 mm × 34.0 mm × 18.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
obv.-- gouged. rev.--left edge damaged; left edge pierced and damaged

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 1909.05.089
Accession Number 06253

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 024358

References

  • primary: MVN 11, H

    [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, 25

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

  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 222

    [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 08:19:18 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:40:29 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, H Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P116244.
MVN 11, H artifact entry (No. P116244). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116244 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 11, H artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116244 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-22]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {MVN 11, {H} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116244},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116244},
}


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DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/4/22/
TI  - MVN 11, H artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116244
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 11, H Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P116244.
MVN 11, H artifact entry (No. P116244). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116244 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 11, H artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116244 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
@misc{2024MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-22]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {MVN 11, {H} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116244},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116244},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P116244
LB  - CDLI:P116244
M1  - 2026/4/22/
TI  - MVN 11, H artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116244
ER  -
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