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MVN 12, 448 (P116710)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Lineart

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 012722

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. 1(u) gin2 i3-gesz
2. 2(disz) sila3 zu2-lum
3. a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
4. 1(u) gin2 i3-gesz
5. 2(disz) sila3 zu2-lum
6. a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
reverse
1. nig2-siskur2-ra ki-szum2-sikil [...]
2. giri3 lu2-eb dumu du-du
3. zi-ga
4. iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6
5. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal

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
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: MVN 12, 448

[Gomi1982MVN12] Gomi, Tohru. 1982. Wirtschaftstexte Der Ur III-Zeit Aus Dem British Museum. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 12. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.
history: MVN 19, 65

[Mander1995MVN19] Mander, Pietro. 1995. Testi Economici Neo-Sumerici Del British Museum (BM 12600-12750). Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 19. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 012722
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.01.08.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11	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 13:41:12	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:20:03	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:21:06	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 (024819) (024819)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.12722) (BM.12722)
British Museum Collection (W_1895-1214-334) (W_1895-1214-334)

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 12, 448 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116710.

MVN 12, 448 artifact entry (No. P116710). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116710 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 12, 448 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116710 (Accessed: February 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 12, 448 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116710},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116710},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 12, 448 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116710.

MVN 12, 448 artifact entry (No. P116710). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116710 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 12, 448 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116710 (Accessed: February 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 12, 448 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116710},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116710},
}

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M1  - 2026/2/10/
TI  - MVN 12, 448 artifact entry
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