MVN 12, 490 (P116752)
Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
Flat catalogue
As CSV As TSVExpanded catalogue
As JSONLinked catalogue
As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XMLText / annotations
Text data
As ATF As JTFLinked annotations
As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML
Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 015852Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
AdministrativeLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
obverse
1. 2(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) sze gur
2. szu-du#-du
3. x x x ziz2
4. uru11{ki}-ta
5. 1(barig) 4(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 iti-de3 la2-a
6. 3(asz) 4(barig) {gesz}geszimmar du3-a-ta
7. 3(barig) ki lu2-{d}utu-ta
8. 1(u) 2(asz) gur a-sza3 ambar-ta
9. 1(asz) gur he-gal2-ta
10. 1(barig) nu ki nam-zi-tar-ra-ta
11. 1(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) GAN2 zi-ta
12. 1(barig) 3(ban2) kiszib3 nin-a-na dumu ur-{d}al-la
reverse
blank space
1. szunigin 2(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 gur
2. sza3-bi-ta
3. 1(asz) 4(barig) sze gur sa2-du11
4. iti 1(disz)-kam iti 1(u) 3(disz)-sze3
5. sze-bi 2(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) gur
6. zi-ga
7. la2-ia3 5(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 gur
8. nig2-ka9-ak
9. ur-{d}da-mu
10. mu e2 {d}szara2 ba-du3
seal 1
1. ur-{d}da-mu
2. gudu4 {d}nin-gesz-zi#-[da]
3. [dumu ur-...]
uncertain
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)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
- Measurements (mm):
- Weight:
- Artifact Preservation:
- Condition Description:
- Join Information:
- Seal no.:
- Seal information:
- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative
- Language(s): Sumerian
-
primary: MVN 12, 490
[Gomi1982MVN12] Gomi, Tohru. 1982. Wirtschaftstexte Der Ur III-Zeit Aus Dem British Museum. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 12. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.
- Composite No.:
- Museum No.: BM 015852
- Accession No.: 1896-06-12, 0072
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
- Elevation:
- Stratigraphic Level:
- Excavation No:
- Findspot Square:
- Findspot Comments:
- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.09.00.00
- Alternative Years:
- Date Comments:
- Accounting Period:
Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (024858) (024858)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.15852) (BM.15852)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1896-0612-72) (W_1896-0612-72)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDLI Seals 004842 (composite) (P457552) | Girsu (mod. Tello) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2023MVN,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-10]},
year = {2023},
month = {aug 19},
title = {MVN 12, 490 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P116752},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116752},
}
TY - ELEC DA - 2023/8/19/ PY - 2023 ID - P116752 LB - CDLI:P116752 M1 - 2025/11/10/ TI - MVN 12, 490 artifact entry UR - https://cdli.earth/P116752 ER -