MVN 12, 434 (P116696)

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 016122

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 3(asz) sze-numun gur lugal
2. a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
3. 3(asz) a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
4. e2 ur3-ra-ta
5. x a#-sza3 la-za-wi-ta
6. x a2 hun-ga2
7. [a-sza3 {d}]hendur-sag-sze3
reverse
1. [i3-dub a?-sza3? du6]-lugal#-u3#-a-ta
2. [ur]-bad3-tibirx(KU)-ra szu ba-ti
3. 1(barig) sze-numun ur-{d}utu
4. ki ur-sa6-ga-ta
5. lu2-e2-a szu ba-ti
6. iti ezem-{d}dumu-zi
7. mu hu-hu-nu-ri{ki#} ba-hul

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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, 434

    [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 016122
  • Accession No.: 1896-06-12, 0342

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.07.06.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune 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
2022-08-06 at 16:49:19 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:41:06 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:20:01 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:21:06 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 12, 434 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116696.
MVN 12, 434 artifact entry (No. P116696). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116696 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 12, 434 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116696 (Accessed: April 2, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 12, 434 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116696},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116696},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 12, 434 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116696.
MVN 12, 434 artifact entry (No. P116696). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116696 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 12, 434 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116696 (Accessed: April 2, 2026).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 12, 434 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116696},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116696},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P116696
LB  - CDLI:P116696
M1  - 2026/4/2/
TI  - MVN 12, 434 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116696
ER  - 
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