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MVN 12, 172 (P116434)

Administrative tablet 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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 014959

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(gesz2) 5(u) sze gur lugal
2. i3-dub e2-szid-da!
3. a-sza3 ki-BAD-a-gug4
4. i3-dub nu-bala-a
5. 2(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) gur
6. sze e2-dub2-ba
sic dub2
7. 7(gesz2) 4(u) 9(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) gur
reverse
1. la2-ia3 i3-dub su-su-dam
1 line blank
2. ur-e2-ninnu dumu al-la-mu
3. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul

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
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: MVN 12, 172

[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 014959
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.00.00 (us2 year)
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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
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 13:40:46	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:19:49	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:21:00	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 (024546) (024546)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.14959) (BM.14959)
British Museum Collection (W_1896-0408-154) (W_1896-0408-154)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 12, 172 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116434.

MVN 12, 172 artifact entry (No. P116434). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116434 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 12, 172 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116434 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 12, 172 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116434},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116434},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 12, 172 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116434.

MVN 12, 172 artifact entry (No. P116434). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116434 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 12, 172 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116434 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 12, 172 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116434},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116434},
}

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M1  - 2026/2/28/
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