MVN 13, 674 (P117447)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 0988

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
  (enclosed within unopened envelope)
envelope
obverse
1. 1(barig) 2(ban2) 6(disz)#? sila3 sze lugal
2. sze ur5#-ra# masz2 ga2-ga2-dam
  blank space
  seal impression
3. ki ur-{d}ba-ba6-ta
4. ARAD2#?-{d}nanna szu ba-ti
reverse
1. iti# ezem-{d}szul-gi
2. mu# ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
  blank space
  seal impression
seal 1
1. ARAD2-{d}nanna
2. dumu ur-{d}[x]
3. gu-za-la2 [x]

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 & envelope Artifact type comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:

    listed under Mayr, SITU 0304 ?

  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envelope

  • primary: MVN 13, 674

    [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 0988
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello) [uncertain]
  • Elevation:
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.46.07.00 ?
  • Alternative Years:
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2019-11-21 at 19:03:33 Englund, Robert K. Atf Simkó, Krisztián CDLI approved View
2013-06-10 at 16:21:42 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:42:20 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:20:53 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:24:48 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:21:26 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 001605 (composite) (P454315) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 13, 674 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P117447.
MVN 13, 674 artifact entry (No. P117447). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P117447
MVN 13, 674 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P117447 (Accessed: June 22, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-22]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {MVN 13, 674 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P117447},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P117447},
}


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