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MVN 17, 058 (P119678)

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 012292

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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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
2. ki ur-ab-ba-ta
3. SIG7-a tu-ra
4. dug 1(u) 5(disz)-am3
5. ba-ab-gal2
reverse
1. kiszib3 nig2-u2-rum
  blank space
2. iti diri sze-sag11-ku5
3. mu sza-asz-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. {d}szul-gi
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
5. nig2-u2-rum
6. ra2-gaba?
7. ARAD2-zu

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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
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  • primary: MVN 17, 58

    [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.

  • history: RA 58, p.97-110, p. 103 66

    [Lambert1964Urabba] Lambert, Maurice, and Hugo H. Figulla. 1964. “Les Archives de Urabba Fils de Bazig (II).” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 58: 97–110.

  • history: MVN 19, 58

    [Mander1995MVN19] Mander, Pietro. 1995. Testi Economici Neo-Sumerici Del British Museum (BM 12600-12750). Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 19. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

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  • Museum No.: BM 012292
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.42.11d.00 (intercalated)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2018-08-23 at 08:56:56 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2016-04-02 at 21:41:04 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2016-04-02 at 21:38:52 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-07-19 at 10:34:12 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:45:41 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:23:09 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:24 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 005718 (composite) (P458428) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 17, 058 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P119678.
MVN 17, 058 artifact entry (No. P119678). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P119678 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 17, 058 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P119678 (Accessed: April 23, 2025).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 17, 058 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P119678},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P119678},
}


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