MVN 12, 249 (P116511)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 013044

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. 6(gesz2) 4(u) 4(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) sze gur lugal
2. ki ur-tur-ta
3. ur-{d}en-lil2-la2
4. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. sze-ba aga3-us2
  1 line blank
2. iti sze-sag11-ku5
3. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P116511

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 013044
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 024623
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0328-135-a

References

  • primary: MVN 12, 249

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

  • citation: AOS 68, p. 117-141, p. 119 n. 16

    [Waetzoldt1987compensation] Waetzoldt, Hartmut. 1987. “Compensation of Craft Workers and Officials in the Ur III Period.” In Labor in the Ancient Near East, edited by Marvin A. Powell, 117–41. American Oriental Series, Volume 68. New Haven, Connecticut: American Oriental Society.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:40:55 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:19:54 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:21:02 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“MVN 12, 249 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116511.
MVN 12, 249 artifact entry (No. P116511). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116511 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 12, 249 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116511 (Accessed: May 13, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 12, 249 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116511},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 12, 249 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116511.
MVN 12, 249 artifact entry (No. P116511). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116511 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 12, 249 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116511 (Accessed: May 13, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 12, 249 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116511},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116511},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P116511
LB  - CDLI:P116511
M1  - 2026/5/13/
TI  - MVN 12, 249 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116511
ER  -
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