MVN 12, 398 (P116660)
Administrative tablet 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 014483Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
AdministrativeLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 3(barig) sze gur lugal
2. ma2-a si-ga
3. a-sza3 {d}szul-gi-zi-kalam-ma
4. ki ur-{d}ba-ba6-ta
reverse
1. ur-{gesz}gigir-ke4
2. szu ba-ti
1 line blank
3. iti GAN2-masz
over erasures
5. mu us2-sa gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 3(barig) sze gur lugal
2. ma2-a si-ga
3. a-sza3 {d}szul-gi-zi-kalam-ma
4. ki ur-{d}ba-ba6-ta
reverse
1. ur-{gesz}gigir-ke4
2. szu ba-ti
1 line blank
3. iti GAN2-masz
over erasures
5. mu us2-sa gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
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)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Administrative
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: MVN 12, 398
[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 014483
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- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.04.01.00 (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 13:41:04 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-05-02 at 14:20:00 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:21:05 | 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 (024770) (024770)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1896-0406-181) (W_1896-0406-181)
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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 12, 398 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116660.
MVN 12, 398 artifact entry (No. P116660). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116660 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 12, 398 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116660 (Accessed: November 15, 2025).
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