MVN 12, 219 (P116481)

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 017847

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)

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. szu ba-ti
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [... lugal-a2]-zi-da#
  rest broken
envelope
obverse
1. 4(u) 4(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
  blank space
2. [ki] ur-{d}en-lil2-la2-ta
3. [kiszib3] szesz-kal-la dumu lugal#-a2-zi-da
reverse
1. [...]
  blank space
2. iti szu-numun
3. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. szesz-kal-la
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lugal-a2-zi-da

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MVN 12, 219

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 017847
  • Accession No.: 1894-10-15, 0107

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.04.00 (us2 year)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2021-07-26 at 10:11:35 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:40:49 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:51 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:21:44 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:21:01 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 004111 (composite) (P456821) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 12, 219 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116481.
MVN 12, 219 artifact entry (No. P116481). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116481 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 12, 219 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116481 (Accessed: November 11, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 12, 219 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116481},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116481},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 12, 219 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116481.
MVN 12, 219 artifact entry (No. P116481). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116481 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 12, 219 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116481 (Accessed: November 11, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 12, 219 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116481},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116481},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P116481
LB  - CDLI:P116481
M1  - 2025/11/11/
TI  - MVN 12, 219 artifact entry
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ER  - 
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