MVN 12, 400 (P116662)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 014884

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(asz) sze-gesz-i3 gur lugal numun-sze3
  blank space
2. ki lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su-ta
reverse
1. lu2-{d}gesz-bar-e3 [szu] ba-ti
  blank space
2. iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-mu2
3. mu us2-sa gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
seal 1
1. lu2-{d}gesz-bar-e3
2. dumu ur2-ra-dingir

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003095 (composite) (P455805) S003095 Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P116662

Physical information

unopened envelope

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
unopened envelope
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 014884
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 024772
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.14884
Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia (i3.MesopOil) 3790
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0408-79

References

  • primary: MVN 12, 400

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-03-09 at 12:32:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Gacia, Veronika; Sallaberger, Walther Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
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 View
2011-07-22 at 13:41:04 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:20:00 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:22:11 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:21:05 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“MVN 12, 400 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116662.
MVN 12, 400 artifact entry (No. P116662). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116662 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 12, 400 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116662 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 12, 400 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116662},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116662},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 12, 400 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116662.
MVN 12, 400 artifact entry (No. P116662). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116662 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 12, 400 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116662 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 12, 400 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116662},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116662},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P116662
LB  - CDLI:P116662
M1  - 2026/10/26/
TI  - MVN 12, 400 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116662
ER  -
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