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MVN 12, 403 (P116665)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 012267

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

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 6(gesz2) 3(asz) 1(barig) sze gur lugal
2. sze-numun a-sza3 {d}amar-{d}suen-ki-ag2-{d}nin-gir2-su-ka-sze3
3. i3-dub a-sza3 a-ba-al-la
4. ki ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu sanga {d}gesz-bar-e3-ta
reverse
1. lugal-{d}szul-gi
2. szu ba-ti
3. iti ezem-{d}dumu-zi
4. mu en-mah-gal-an-na en {d}nanna ba-hun
envelope
obverse
1. 6(gesz2) 3(asz) 1(barig) sze gur lugal
2. sze-numun a-sza3 {d}amar-{d}suen-ki-ag2-{d}nin-gir2-su-ka-sze3
1 line blank
3. i3-dub a-sza3 a-ba-al-la
4. ki ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu
5. sanga {d}gesz-bar-e3-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 lugal-{d}szul-gi szabra
1 line blank
2. iti ezem-{d}dumu-zi
3. mu en-mah-gal-an-na en {d}nanna ba-hun
seal 1
1. lugal-{d}szul-gi
2. dub-sar
3. dumu {d}utu-mu

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: MVN 12, 403

[Gomi1982MVN12] Gomi, Tohru. 1982. Wirtschaftstexte Der Ur III-Zeit Aus Dem British Museum. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 12. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.
history: MVN 17, 37a-b

[Pettinato1993MVN 17] Pettinato, Giovanni. 1993. Testi Economici Neo-Sumerici Del British Museum (BM 12230 - BM 12390). Vol. XVII. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 012267
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.04.06.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2011-07-22 at 13:41:05	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:20:00	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:21:05	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (024775) (024775)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.12267) (BM.12267)
British Museum Collection (W_1894-1019-38) (W_1894-1019-38)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003755 (composite) (P456465)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 12, 403 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116665.

MVN 12, 403 artifact entry (No. P116665). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116665 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 12, 403 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116665 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 12, 403 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116665},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116665},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 12, 403 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116665.

MVN 12, 403 artifact entry (No. P116665). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116665 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 12, 403 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116665 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 12, 403 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116665},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116665},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P116665
LB  - CDLI:P116665
M1  - 2026/3/8/
TI  - MVN 12, 403 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116665
ER  -