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MVN 17, 107 (P119711)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 012342

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
1. [...] x
2. [...] x
3. [...] x
4. [...] x
5. [...] kaskal-sze3
6. [...] gi?-szu
7. [...] ni
8. 5(disz) [... sza3]-iri
9. 1(disz) kasz x i3 du dumu-gi7
10. i-di3-lum aga3-us2-me
11. szuszin{ki}-sze3 du-ni
12. 3(disz) sila3 kasz e2-ki-bi lu2 kas4
13. 5(disz) sila3 kal-i3-li2 aga3-us2-gal
reverse
1. 3(disz) e2-duru5-x du-ni
2. 1/2(disz) sila3 kasz u4 3(disz)-kam
3. inim-lal3 sukkal
4. a-sza3 e3-e3-de3 tusz-a
5. 5(disz) sila3 kasz sza3-iri
6. 1(disz) dug dida du kaskal-sze3
7. hu-ma-ti? nu-banda3
8. szuszin{ki}-sze3 du-ni
9. [x] sila3# kasz na-silim sukkal
10. szuszin{ki}-ta du-ni
11. 1(disz) sila3 kasz mah-gi-in lu2 kas4
12. kasz ARAD2 szi-ma-asz-gi5-me
13. [...]-gi-in
14. [...] sila3# sag-bi

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, 107

[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 012342
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.02.00
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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
2015-04-10 at 14:15:50	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:45:44	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:23:11	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 (035336) (035336)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.12342) (BM.12342)
British Museum Collection (W_1894-1224-55) (W_1894-1224-55)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 17, 107 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P119711.

MVN 17, 107 artifact entry (No. P119711). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P119711 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 17, 107 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P119711 (Accessed: March 4, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 17, 107 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P119711},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P119711},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
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M1  - 2026/3/4/
TI  - MVN 17, 107 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 17, 107 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P119711.

MVN 17, 107 artifact entry (No. P119711). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P119711 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 17, 107 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P119711 (Accessed: March 4, 2026).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 17, 107 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P119711},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P119711},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P119711
LB  - CDLI:P119711
M1  - 2026/3/4/
TI  - MVN 17, 107 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P119711
ER  -