MVN 12, 420 (P116682)

Administrative tablet 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 016147

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 5(asz) sze gur lugal
2. sze szuku mu en {d}inanna ba-hun
  written an en inanna
3. la2-ia3 su-ga bi2-sza-hi-dingir
4. ki ARAD2-mu-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 szabra
  blank space
2. iti sze-sag11-ku5
3. mu en {d}inanna x x x ba-hun
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szul-gi
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. lu2-gi?-[na]
2. dub-sar#
3. dumu ab-ba-x-x
4. ARAD2-[zu]

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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  • primary: MVN 12, 420

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

  • history: QNAR 1, BM 16147

    [Altavilla2005QNAR1] Altavilla, Stefania. 2005. Neo-Sumerian Sealing Impressions in the British Museum. Quaderni Napoletani Di Assiriologie. Ricerche 1. Roma: Aracne.

    (seal)


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 016147
  • Accession No.: 1896-06-12, 0367

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.05.11.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-19 at 08:33:09 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2018-08-23 at 08:56:41 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2013-07-19 at 10:34:12 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:41:06 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:20:01 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:22:12 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:21:06 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 006138 (composite) (P458848) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.05.11.00

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 12, 420 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116682.
MVN 12, 420 artifact entry (No. P116682). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116682 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 12, 420 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116682 (Accessed: July 21, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-21]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 12, 420 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116682},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116682},
}

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