MVN 17, 068 (P119687)

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

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV
Metadata history Transliteration history

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 012302

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

-

tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. ki ur-{d}nun-gal dumu erin-da-ta
2'. 3(u) 4(asz) gur
3'. sze a-sza3 he-gal2
4'. ki sanga {d}nin-mar{ki}-ta
5'. 1(u) 2(barig) gur
6'. ki ur-{d}nin-gir2-su-ta
  blank space
7'. szunigin 2(gesz2) 1(asz) 2(barig) gur
8'. sza3-bi-ta
9'. 3(u) 2(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) dabin gur
10'. kiszib3-bi 2(disz)
11'. kiszib3 ur-{d}ig-alim dub-sar zi3
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. 6(asz)# 3(barig) 3(ban2) [...]
2'. kiszib3 lu2#-[...]
3'. dumu ad-da#-[...]
  blank space
4'. szunigin 1(gesz2) 4(u) 8(asz) 1(barig) gur#
5'. zi-ga
6'. la2-ia3 1(u) 3(asz) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
  blank space
7'. gu-za-ni
8'. e2 nam-ha-ni
9'. 3(gesz2) 2(u) 1(asz) 4(barig) gur
10'. i3-dub a-sza3 la-za-wi-ta
11'. 2(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) la2-ia3 su-ga zi3 KA
reverse
column 1
1. ki sanga {d}dumu-zi-ta
2. 1(gesz2) 2(u) gur
3. sze a-sza3 he-gal2
4. ki sanga {d}nin-mar{ki}-ta
  blank space
5. szunigin 4(gesz2) 4(u) 4(asz) 5(ban2) gur
6. sza3-bi-ta
7. 2(gesz2) 2(asz) dabin gur
8. kiszib3 ku#-li# dumu ki-lugal#?-mu#?
9. 4(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) zi3 [...]
10. kiszib3-bi [...]
11. kiszib3 x [...]
  rest broken
column 2
1. 1(asz) 4(barig) sze gur
2. 4(asz) 3(ban2) gig gur
3. kiszib3-bi 3(disz)
4. kiszib3 lu2-{d}nin-szubur
5. dumu sila4-mu
6. 2(barig) 5(ban2) kiszib3 ka-tar-{d}ba-ba6
  blank space
7. szunigin 2(gesz2) 5(u) 9(asz) 3(barig) zi3 gur
8. zi-ga
9. la2-ia3 1(gesz2) 4(u) 4(asz) 2(barig) gur
10. ur-ab-ba e2 {d}nansze
  blank space
11. nig2-ka9-ak szu-ka# gu-za-ni e2 nam#-ha-ni
12. kiszib3# ur-ab-[ba]
  rest broken

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:

  • primary: MVN 17, 68

    [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.

    nì-kasx-aka

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 012302
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2017-03-03 at 09:53:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-03-13 at 12:46:23 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:45:42 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:23:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:24 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 17, 068 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P119687.
MVN 17, 068 artifact entry (No. P119687). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P119687 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 17, 068 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P119687 (Accessed: January 26, 2026).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 17, 068 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P119687},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P119687},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P119687
LB  - CDLI:P119687
M1  - 2026/1/26/
TI  - MVN 17, 068 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P119687
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 17, 068 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P119687.
MVN 17, 068 artifact entry (No. P119687). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P119687 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 17, 068 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P119687 (Accessed: January 26, 2026).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 17, 068 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P119687},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P119687},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P119687
LB  - CDLI:P119687
M1  - 2026/1/26/
TI  - MVN 17, 068 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P119687
ER  -
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.