MVN 11, R (P116254)

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 1909.05.501

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: pisan-dub-ba--tablet basket re cows moving from Girsu to gu-abba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

38.0 mm × 35.0 mm × 19.0 mm

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. ab2 gub-ba
 en: xxx
3. i3 ud5-da gar-ra
 en: xxx
4. gir2-su{ki}-ta
 en: xxx
5. gu2-ab-ba{ki}-[sze3]
 en: xxx
reverse
1. mu ha-ar-szi{ki} ba-hul
 en: xxx

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba SM catalogue: pisan-dub-ba--tablet basket re cows moving from Girsu to gu-abba)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P116254

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions 38.0 mm × 35.0 mm × 19.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
complete; piercing in left edge

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 1909.05.501
Accession Number 06665

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 024368
Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia (i3.MesopOil) 3688

References

  • primary: MVN 11, R

    [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. 172

    [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
2023-03-09 at 12:32:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Gacia, Veronika; Sallaberger, Walther Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia Pagé-Perron, Émilie 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 14:19:38 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, R Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P116254.
MVN 11, R artifact entry (No. P116254). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116254 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 11, R artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116254 (Accessed: May 16, 2026).
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	month = {oct 8},
	title = {MVN 11, {R} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116254},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116254},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 11, R Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P116254.
MVN 11, R artifact entry (No. P116254). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116254 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 11, R artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116254 (Accessed: May 16, 2026).
@misc{2024MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {MVN 11, {R} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116254},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116254},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P116254
LB  - CDLI:P116254
M1  - 2026/5/16/
TI  - MVN 11, R artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116254
ER  -
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