MVN 12, 325 (P116587)
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 013701Period
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)
(enclosed within unopened envelope)
envelope
obverse
blank space
seal impression
1. 3(asz) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
2. 1(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) ziz2 gur# [lugal]
3. ki nam-mah# [...]
4. sza3 e2-duru5 bara2-si#-ga#
reverse
1. 8(asz) 1(barig) sze gur lugal
2. sza3 e2-duru5 ad-da{ki}
blank space
seal impression
3. la2-ia3 su-ga ki ur-esz3-ku3-ga-ta
4. giri3 nig2-u2-rum
5. kiszib3 ma-ni
6. iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-mu2
7. mu amar-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
1. ma-ni
2. sagi
3. {d}gu3-de2-a
4. dumu ur-{d}lamma
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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- Seal no.:
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Artifact comments:
unopened envelope
- Genre(s): Administrative
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: MVN 12, 325
[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 013701
- Accession No.: 1896-03-31, 0056
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.01.02.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2019-10-13 at 09:44:31 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-07-22 at 13:41:00 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-05-02 at 14:19:57 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2009-06-03 at 10:22:02 | 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 (024699) (024699)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1896-0331-56) (W_1896-0331-56)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| CDLI Seals 003781 (composite) (P456491) | Girsu (mod. Tello) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2023MVN,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-09]},
year = {2023},
month = {sep 11},
title = {MVN 12, 325 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P116587},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116587},
}
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