MVN 12, 246 (P116508)

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 017844

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) gurusz 5(ban2) lugal-ta sze-bi 5(asz)# gur# lugal#?
2. a2 hun-ga2 {gesz}gaba-tab a-sza3 e-su-dar-sze3
3. ki ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ba-zi-ta
reverse
1. e2 ur-gu2-edin-na-ta
2. giri3 ur-{d}nansze
3. ka-tar-{d}ba-ba6
4. szu ba-ti
5. iti amar-a-a-si
6. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
envelope
obverse
1. [3(u) gurusz] 5(ban2)# sze lugal-ta
2. [...] x
3. [... {gesz}]gaba#-tab a-sza3 [e-su]-dar-sze3
4. [giri3 ur-{d}nansze] dumu ensi2
5. [ki ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu] ba-zi-ta
line uncertain
blank space
5. [e2 ur-gu2]-edin#-na-ta
6. [kiszib3 ka-tar-{d}]ba-ba6
reverse
1. [...] x
2. [iti amar-a-a]-si#
3. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki#} ba#-hul
blank space
seal 1
1. ka-tar-{d}ba#-ba6
2. dumu erin#-[da]
3. [gu-za-la2]

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, 246

[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 017844
Accession No.: 1894-10-15, 0104

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.10.00 (us2 year)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	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
2022-08-02 at 17:01:21	Lafont, Bertrand	Transliteration	Lafont, Bertrand		CDLI	Approved
2022-08-02 at 16:59:01	Lafont, Bertrand	Transliteration	Lafont, Bertrand		CDLI	Approved
2021-07-26 at 12:54:46	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:40:55	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:19:54	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 10:21:51	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:21:02	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 (024620) (024620)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.17844) (BM.17844)
British Museum Collection (W_1894-1015-104) (W_1894-1015-104)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 002616 (composite) (P455326)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 12, 246 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116508.

MVN 12, 246 artifact entry (No. P116508). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116508 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 12, 246 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116508 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 12, 246 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116508},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116508},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 12, 246 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116508.

MVN 12, 246 artifact entry (No. P116508). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116508 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 12, 246 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116508 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 12, 246 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116508},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116508},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P116508
LB  - CDLI:P116508
M1  - 2026/1/30/
TI  - MVN 12, 246 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116508
ER  -