MVN 12, 440 (P116702)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 014567

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(barig) 3(ban2) sze lugal
2. ur-{d}ba-ba6 kuruszda
3. 5(ban2) lu2-kal-la
4. 6(disz) sila3 sze szah2
reverse
1. 1(ban2) sze muszen
  blank space
2. iti amar-a-a-si u4 7(disz) ba-zal
3. mu en eridu{ki}

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P116702

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 014567
Accession Number

References

  • primary: MVN 12, 440

    [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
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan 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
2011-07-22 at 13:41:11 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
2009-06-03 at 10:22:15 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

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 12, 440 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116702.
MVN 12, 440 artifact entry (No. P116702). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116702 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 12, 440 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116702 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116702},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 12, 440 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116702.
MVN 12, 440 artifact entry (No. P116702). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116702 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 12, 440 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116702 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 12, 440 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116702},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116702},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P116702
LB  - CDLI:P116702
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - MVN 12, 440 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116702
ER  - 
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