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MVN 12, 085 (P116347)

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 013006

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. 3(u) 2(disz) gurusz
2. sze-bi 6(asz) 2(barig) gur
3. ki ba-zi-ta!
4. sze ur5-ra dumu dab5-ba-sze3
5. szu-i3-li2
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. i3-dub ur-sag-pa-e3
1 line blank
3. iti amar-a-a-si
4. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
envelope
obverse
1. 3(u) 2(disz) gurusz
2. sze-bi 6(asz) 2(barig) gur
blank space
3. ki ba-zi-ta
4. sze ur5-ra dumu dab5-ba-sze3
5. kiszib3 szu-i3-li2
reverse
broken
seal 1
1. szu-i3-li2
2. dumu ba-zi-ge#

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
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: MVN 12, 85

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 013006
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.46.10.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2021-07-26 at 09:55:26	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:40:41	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:19:44	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 10:20:34	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:20:58	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 (024460) (024460)
The British Museum Collection (W_1896-0328-97-a) (W_1896-0328-97-a)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004187 (composite) (P456897)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 12, 085 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116347.

MVN 12, 085 artifact entry (No. P116347). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116347 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 12, 085 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116347 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 12, 085 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116347},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116347},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P116347
LB  - CDLI:P116347
M1  - 2026/1/23/
TI  - MVN 12, 085 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116347
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 12, 085 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116347.

MVN 12, 085 artifact entry (No. P116347). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116347 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 12, 085 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116347 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 12, 085 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116347},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116347},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P116347
LB  - CDLI:P116347
M1  - 2026/1/23/
TI  - MVN 12, 085 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116347
ER  -