MVN 12, 487 (P116749)

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 015898

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. 2(u) 2(asz) 1(barig) [... gur]
2. masz nu-[tuku]
3. 8(asz) sze gur [...]
4. masz-bi 8(asz) x [...]
5. 1(asz) 1(barig) gur nig2-sa10 udu x
  blank space
6. szunigin 3(u) 9(asz) 2(barig) sze x gur
7. sza3-bi-ta
8. 3(asz) 3(barig) kiszib3 nig2-{d}ba-ba6
9. 2(asz) kiszib3 ur-sa6-ga muhaldim
10. 2(barig) 3(disz) [...] sila3 kiszib3 tul2-ta
reverse
1. 1(asz) 2(barig)#? [... gur]
2. 5(disz) [sila3 ...]
3. [...]
4. x [...] x
5. 3(u) [...] x ur-nig2
6. su-su-dam
7. nig2-ka9-ak ur-[...]
8. dumu lugal-[...]
9. iti amar-a-[a-si]
10. mu ma2-gur8#-[mah] ba-[dim2]

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MVN 12, 487

    [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 015898
  • Accession No.: 1896-06-12, 0118

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.08.10.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 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 16:55:14 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI Approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:53:55 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-03-13 at 12:45:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:41:14 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:20:05 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:21:07 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, 487 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116749.
MVN 12, 487 artifact entry (No. P116749). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116749 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 12, 487 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116749 (Accessed: March 4, 2026).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 12, 487 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116749},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116749},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P116749
LB  - CDLI:P116749
M1  - 2026/3/4/
TI  - MVN 12, 487 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116749
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 12, 487 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P116749.
MVN 12, 487 artifact entry (No. P116749). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116749 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 12, 487 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116749 (Accessed: March 4, 2026).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 12, 487 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116749},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116749},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P116749
LB  - CDLI:P116749
M1  - 2026/3/4/
TI  - MVN 12, 487 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P116749
ER  -
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