MVN 12, 291 (P116553)
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, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 013069Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
AdministrativeLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
obverse
1. 4(asz) sze gur lugal
2. ugula ba-sa6-ga
blank space
3. 1(asz) 2(barig) gur ugula ni-mu
4. sza3-gal erin2-na-sze3
5. ki lu2-{d}gesz#-bar-e3-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 nam-mah
blank space
2. a-sza3 gibil-ta
3. iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6
4. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba#-hul mu us2-sa-a-bi
seal 1
1. nam-mah
2. dub-[sar]
3. dumu ur-{d}[...]
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)
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Artifact type:
Tablet & envelope Artifact type comments:
unopened envelope
- Material: Clay
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Artifact comments:
unopened envelope
- Genre(s): Administrative
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: MVN 12, 291
[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 013069
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- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.08.00 (us2-us2 year)
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2011-07-22 at 13:40:58 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-05-02 at 14:19:56 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2009-06-03 at 10:21:57 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:21:03 | CDLI | Atf | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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| 2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (024665) (024665)
- The British Museum Collection (W_-13069-a) (W_-13069-a)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| CDLI Seals 003896 (composite) (P456606) | Girsu (mod. Tello) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2023MVN,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-07]},
year = {2023},
month = {oct 28},
title = {MVN 12, 291 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P116553},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116553},
}
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