MVN 11, I (P116245)

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 1909.05.090

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: tablet-basket tag: basket contains the inspections of the various workers in the household of namhani)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

40.0 mm × 34.0 mm × 19.0 mm

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. gurum2
 en: xxx
3. giri3-se3-ga
 en: xxx
4. sag-apin
 en: xxx
5. erin2 ug3-IL2
 en: xxx
reverse
1. e2 nam-ha-ni
 en: xxx
2. i3-gal2
 en: xxx
3. mu en {d}inanna [masz2-e] i3-pa3
 en: xxx

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba SM catalogue: tablet-basket tag: basket contains the inspections of the various workers in the household of namhani)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P116245

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions 40.0 mm × 34.0 mm × 19.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
poor. obv.-- signs are very worn. rev.-- only the top line is preserved. remainder gouged away; pierce in the left side of the tablet. This tablet was published in mcs 1 as 6254 = 1909.5.90, but was mistakenly labelled 1909.9.130. This was corrected in

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 1909.05.090
Accession Number 06254

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 024359

References

  • primary: MVN 11, I

    [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. 202

    [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 08:19:19 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 Artifact

“MVN 11, I Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P116245.
MVN 11, I artifact entry (No. P116245). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116245 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 11, I artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116245 (Accessed: May 17, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {MVN 11, {I} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116245},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116245},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 11, I Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P116245.
MVN 11, I artifact entry (No. P116245). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116245 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 11, I artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116245 (Accessed: May 17, 2026).
@misc{2024MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {MVN 11, {I} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116245},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116245},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P116245
LB  - CDLI:P116245
M1  - 2026/5/17/
TI  - MVN 11, I artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116245
ER  -
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