MVN 12, 050 (P116312)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 013207

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(u) 3(asz) sze gur lugal
2. sze-ba he2-dab5 ug3-IL2-sze3
3. i3-dub inim-ma-dingir-ta
4. ki ba-zi-ta
reverse
1. ab-ba-mu nu-banda3
2. szu ba-ti
3. iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6
4. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
envelope
obverse
1. 2(u) 3(asz) sze gur lugal sze gibil
2. sze-ba he2-dab5 u3 ug3-IL2
  blank space
3. i3-dub inim-ma-dingir-ta
4. ki ba-zi-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 ab-ba-mu nu-banda3
2. ugu2 lu2-bi ga2-ga2-dam
  blank space
3. iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6
4. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ab-ba-mu
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-nigin6{ki}

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

Fischer, ZA 082, 078 no. 11

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 001904 (composite) (P454614) S001904 Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P116312

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 013207
Accession Number 1896-03-28, 0298

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 024425
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0328-298-a

References

  • primary: MVN 12, 50

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2021-07-26 at 09:52:12 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-07-22 at 14:06:22 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:40:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:43 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:20:31 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:20:57 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 12, 050 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116312.
MVN 12, 050 artifact entry (No. P116312). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116312 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 12, 050 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116312 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 12, 050 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116312},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116312},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 12, 050 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116312.
MVN 12, 050 artifact entry (No. P116312). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116312 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 12, 050 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116312 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 12, 050 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116312},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116312},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P116312
LB  - CDLI:P116312
M1  - 2026/10/23/
TI  - MVN 12, 050 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116312
ER  -
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