MVN 11, T (P116256)

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 1909.05.621

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--pisan-dub-ba--now largely effaced)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

43.0 mm × 35.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. nig2-ka9-ak [...]
 en: xxx
3. sza3-ze2
 en: xxx
  1 line blank
4. i3-gal2
 en: xxx
reverse
1. mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
 en: xxx

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba SM catalogue: tablet basket--pisan-dub-ba--now largely effaced)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P116256

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions 43.0 mm × 35.0 mm × 18.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
complete but effaced; two pierces in the 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 1909.05.621
Accession Number 06785

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 024370

References

  • primary: MVN 11, T

    [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, 26

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

  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 118

    [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
2022-07-25 at 13:57:13 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:19:21 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-03-13 at 12:45:34 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:40:29 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:53 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“MVN 11, T Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P116256.
MVN 11, T artifact entry (No. P116256). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116256 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 11, T artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116256 (Accessed: October 18, 2026).
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	month = {oct 8},
	title = {MVN 11, {T} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116256},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116256},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 11, T Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P116256.
MVN 11, T artifact entry (No. P116256). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116256 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 11, T artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116256 (Accessed: October 18, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {MVN 11, {T} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116256},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116256},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P116256
LB  - CDLI:P116256
M1  - 2026/10/18/
TI  - MVN 11, T artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116256
ER  -
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