MVN 17, 013 (P119655)

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 012242

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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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) sila3 ur-{gesz}gigir dumu lu2 sar
2. 1(disz) 1/2(disz) ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 ugula he2-dab5
3. 1(disz) 1/2(disz) nam-mah-{d}ba-ba6 gala
4. 1(disz) 1/3(disz) ur-{d}nin-mu2
5. 1/2(disz) nig2-ub-te?
6. 1/2(disz) lugal-ab-ba
7. dumu ur-{d}nin-mu2-me
8. 2(disz) ur-{d}lamma dumu a-tu
9. 1/2(disz) ki-lu5-la
10. dumu lu2-usz-gi-na
11. 1/2(disz) ur-mes
12. 1/2(disz) lu2 {gesz}tukul
13. dumu lu2-bala-sa6-ga-me
14. 1/2(disz) lu2-{d}nin-szubur
15. 1/2(disz)? lu2-e2?-gaba-kur-ra
16. 1/2(disz) lugal-inim-gi-na
17. 2(disz) sila3 sza3-gal ur-gi7-ra
18. dumu lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
reverse
1. 1/2(disz) lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
2. dumu dingir-ra
3. 1/3(disz) ur-{d}ig-alim
4. 1/2(disz) lu2-{d}hendur-sag
5. dumu lugal-ab-ba-me
6. 2/3(disz) lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
7. dumu lugal-gur4
8. 2/3(disz) he2-ti
9. dumu ur-{d}dumu-zi
10. 1/2(disz) szesz-kal-la
11. 1/2(disz) lu2-{d}nanna
12. dumu lu2-tu-ga-me
13. 2/3(disz) lu2-bala-sa6-ga
14. 2/3(disz) lugal-szesz-ga
15. 2/3(disz) nam-tar-eb2-gu
16. dumu ur-{d}saman3-me
17. 1(disz) ur-{d}gid2 dumu szu-dingir
18. 1/2(disz) lu2-{d}suen dumu lu-ba
19. 2(disz) ur-temen-na
left
column 1
1. 2(disz) ur-hu-ba-du7
2. 3(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 sza3 en-nu
column 2
1. szunigin 5(ban2) 8(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3
2. u4 2(u)-kam
some text moved to next line
3. iti sze-il2-la

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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 17, 13

[Pettinato1993MVN 17] Pettinato, Giovanni. 1993. Testi Economici Neo-Sumerici Del British Museum (BM 12230 - BM 12390). Vol. XVII. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 012242
Accession No.: 1894-10-19, 0013

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.12.20
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	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
2017-03-03 at 09:53:56	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2015-12-24 at 16:18:34	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:45:39	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:23:08	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 10:28:30	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:22:23	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 (035288) (035288)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.12242) (BM.12242)
British Museum Collection (W_1894-1019-13) (W_1894-1019-13)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 17, 013 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P119655.

MVN 17, 013 artifact entry (No. P119655). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P119655 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 17, 013 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P119655 (Accessed: March 5, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P119655},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 17, 013 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P119655.

MVN 17, 013 artifact entry (No. P119655). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P119655 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 17, 013 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P119655 (Accessed: March 5, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 17, 013 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P119655},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P119655},
}

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PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P119655
M1  - 2026/3/5/
TI  - MVN 17, 013 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P119655
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