MVN 13, 211 (P116983)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

FLP 0942

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

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) [...] sze gur
2. szu-igi-du
3. [a]-gu3-e tak4-a
4. ki lugal-amar-ku3-ta
5. 2(barig) 2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 iti-de3 la2-a
6. 6(gesz2) 1(u) nag-x ki? na-ta
7. 2(u) 4(disz) ki ur-nigar#{gar}-ta
8. 1(gesz2) 1(disz) ki ba-an-x [dumu] lu2-gi-[na]
9. 2(gesz2) 2(disz) ki ur-{d}lamma dumu [...]
10. 6(asz) gur a-sza3 ambar-ta
11. 2(gesz2) 1(u) giri3 sza3-ku3-ge
12. 3(gesz2) ki ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
13. 1(asz) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ki lu2-kal-la-ta sze nig2-gal2-[la]
14. 2(asz) 4(ban2)! sze gur he-gal2-ta
15. 2(bur3) 2(esze3) a-sza3 GAN2-zi-ta
reverse
1. szunigin 4(u) [...] 3(asz) 3(barig)# 3(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 gur
2. sza3-bi-ta
3. 4(asz) 4(barig) gur sa2-du11
4. iti 1(disz)-kam iti 7(disz)-sze3
5. sze-bi 3(u) 3(asz) la2 1(asz) gur
6. 3(disz) sze-ba iti 1(disz)-kam iti 1(u) 3(disz)-[sze3]
7. sze-bi 1(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz) gur#
  blank space
8. szunigin 3(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 4(u) 2(disz) [gur]
9. zi-[ga]
10. la2-ia3 8(asz) 3(disz) sila3 gur
11. nig2-ka9-ak
12. lu2-{d}nin-dar-a muhaldim
  blank space
13. mu e2 {d}szara2 ba-du3
seal 1
1. lu2-{d}nin-dar!-a
2. muhaldim lugal

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MVN 13, 211

    [Sigrist1984MVN13] Sigrist, Marcel, David I. Owen, and Gordon D. Young. 1984. The John Frederick Lewis Collection, Part. II. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 13. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: FLP 0942
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.09.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2022-10-25 at 16:45:03 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Ozaki Tohru Lafont, Bertrand approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:53:56 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2016-07-28 at 16:35:31 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-03-13 at 12:45:52 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-11-17 at 14:42:51 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:41:35 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:20:20 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:21:13 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003152 (composite) (P455862) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 13, 211 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P116983.
MVN 13, 211 artifact entry (No. P116983). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P116983
MVN 13, 211 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P116983 (Accessed: June 11, 2025).
@misc{2001MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-11]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 13, 211 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P116983},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P116983},
}


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