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MVN 17, 078 (P119695)

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 012312

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

Text

tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1. [...] {munus}asz2-gar3 x
2. [...] masz2-gal
3. [x] 5(disz) masz2-nita2
4. 1(u) 6(disz) {munus}asz2-gar3 sza3-du10
5. 1(u) 5(disz) masz2-nita2 sza3-du10
6. 1(u) la2 1(disz) masz2-nita2 sag ud5 szu-tab
7. 1(u) masz2-nita2 sag {munus}asz2-gar3 szu-tab
8. mu-kux(DU)
9. 4(disz) ud5 3(u) 5(disz) masz2-nita2
blank space
10. zi-ga
11. la2-ia3 {munus}asz2-gar3
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12. la2-ia3-am3
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1. libir-am3
2. 6(disz) {munus}asz2-gar3 sza3-du10
3. 1(u) la2 1(disz) masz2-nita2 sza3-du10
4. la2-ia3 su-ga
blank space
5. szunigin 2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) {munus}asz2-gar3#?
6. szunigin 3(u) 9(disz) masz2# [...]
7. [...] la2-ia3
8. [...] x
9. [mu]-kux(DU)
10. [mu e2 {d}szara2] umma{ki#} [ba]-dim2#?

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)

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, 78

[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.

mu-túm - zi-ga

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 012312
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.09.00.00
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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 09:53:57	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:45:43	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:23:10	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:22:24	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 (035322) (035322)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.12312) (BM.12312)
British Museum Collection (W_1894-1224-25) (W_1894-1224-25)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 17, 078 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P119695.

MVN 17, 078 artifact entry (No. P119695). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P119695 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 17, 078 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P119695 (Accessed: April 1, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 17, 078 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P119695},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P119695},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 17, 078 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P119695.

MVN 17, 078 artifact entry (No. P119695). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P119695 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 17, 078 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P119695 (Accessed: April 1, 2026).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 17, 078 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P119695},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P119695},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P119695
LB  - CDLI:P119695
M1  - 2026/4/1/
TI  - MVN 17, 078 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P119695
ER  -