MVN 12, 435 (P116697)

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 015099

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. 1(gesz2) 2(u) hal ku6-sze6 1(barig) 2(ban2) lugal-ta
2. ku6-bi 2(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) gur
  calculation: 80 x 80 ÷ 300 = 21;1,4
3. ku6 sur-ra
4. ki sza3-ku3-ge-ta
reverse
1. lu2-sa6-ga dumu ab-ba-a
2. szu ba-ti
3. giri3 ba-a
  1 line blank
4. iti amar-a-a-si
5. mu hu-uh2-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, 435

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

  • citation: BBVO 10, p. 143 n. 455, p. 217 n. 680

    [Englund1990Fischerei] Englund, Robert K. 1990. Organisation Und Verwaltung Der Ur III-Fischerei. Berliner Beiträge Zum Vorderen Orient, Band 10. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.

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  • Museum No.: BM 015099
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.07.10.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune 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
2013-07-23 at 17:10:52 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-08-10 at 16:54:15 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
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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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 12, 435 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116697.
MVN 12, 435 artifact entry (No. P116697). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116697 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 12, 435 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116697 (Accessed: April 29, 2025).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 12, 435 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116697},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116697},
}


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