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MVN 12, 220 (P116482)

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 013039

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. 1(u) 1(asz) sze gur lugal
2. ki ba-zi-ta
3. ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ba-zi
4. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. sze-ba {gesz}tukul-e-dab5-ba
2. giri3 lu2-lagasz{ki} sanga {d}gesz-bar-e3
3. iti munu4-gu7
4. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
envelope
beginning broken
1'. [...] ki-di [...]
blank space
2'. [kiszib3 ur-{d}]ba-ba6 dumu ba-zi
3'. [sze-ba {gesz}]tukul-e-dab5-ba
4'. [giri3] lu2#-lagasz#{ki} [sanga] {d}gesz-bar-e3#
reverse
1. [iti] munu4#-gu7
blank space
2. [mu us2-sa] ki#-masz{ki#} [ba-hul]
seal 1
1. ur-{d}ba-ba6
2. dub-sar
3. [dumu] ba-zi

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, 220

[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 013039
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.05.00 (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
2011-07-22 at 13:40:49	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:19:51	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 10:21:44	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2007-08-14 at 02:05:53	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:21:01	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 (024594) (024594)
The British Museum Collection (W_1896-0328-130-a) (W_1896-0328-130-a)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004761 (composite) (P457471)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 12, 220 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116482.

MVN 12, 220 artifact entry (No. P116482). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116482 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 12, 220 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116482 (Accessed: January 22, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 12, 220 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116482},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116482},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 12, 220 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116482.

MVN 12, 220 artifact entry (No. P116482). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116482 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 12, 220 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116482 (Accessed: January 22, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 12, 220 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116482},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116482},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P116482
LB  - CDLI:P116482
M1  - 2026/1/22/
TI  - MVN 12, 220 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116482
ER  -