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MVN 12, 039 (P116301)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 012256

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(asz) sze gur lugal
1 line blank
2. sze-ba he2-dab5-ba
3. ki gu-za-ni-ta
4. kiszib3 ur-mes ugula
reverse
1. iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6
2. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-mes
2. dumu lu2-{d}dumu-zi ugula

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope Artifact type comments:
unopened envelope
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
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Condition Description:
Join Information:
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Seal information:
Artifact comments:
unopened envelope

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: MVN 12, 39

[Gomi1982MVN12] Gomi, Tohru. 1982. Wirtschaftstexte Der Ur III-Zeit Aus Dem British Museum. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 12. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.
history: MVN 17, 27

[Pettinato1993MVN 17] Pettinato, Giovanni. 1993. Testi Economici Neo-Sumerici Del British Museum (BM 12230 - BM 12390). Vol. XVII. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 012256
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.46.08.00
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Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:40:37	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:19:40	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:20:57	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (024414) (024414)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.12256) (BM.12256)
British Museum Collection (W_1894-1019-27) (W_1894-1019-27)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004564 (composite) (P457274)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 12, 039 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116301.

MVN 12, 039 artifact entry (No. P116301). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116301 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 12, 039 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116301 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 12, 039 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116301},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116301},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P116301
LB  - CDLI:P116301
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - MVN 12, 039 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 12, 039 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116301.

MVN 12, 039 artifact entry (No. P116301). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116301 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 12, 039 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116301 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 12, 039 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116301},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116301},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P116301
LB  - CDLI:P116301
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - MVN 12, 039 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116301
ER  -