MVN 17, 117 (P119715)

Administrative tag excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 012352

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub#-[ba]
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. e2 [...]
 en: xxx
3. kiszib3 ur-{d}nin-gir2-su
 en: xxx
4. x HU x
 en: xxx
  1 line blank
reverse
  blank space

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P119715

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 012352
Accession Number

External resources

References

  • primary: MVN 17, 117

    [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.

    pisan-du[b-ba]


  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba

    [Nelson1976pisandubba] Nelson, Richard C. 1976. “Pisan-Dub-Ba Texts from the Sumerian Ur III Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Minnesota.

    unusable


Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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
2015-05-06 at 08:29:50 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:19:37 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:45:44 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:23:11 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

Cite this Artifact

“MVN 17, 117 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P119715.
MVN 17, 117 artifact entry (No. P119715). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P119715 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 17, 117 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P119715 (Accessed: May 16, 2026).
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	month = {oct 8},
	title = {MVN 17, 117 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P119715},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P119715},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 17, 117 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P119715.
MVN 17, 117 artifact entry (No. P119715). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P119715 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 17, 117 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P119715 (Accessed: May 16, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {MVN 17, 117 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P119715},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P119715},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P119715
LB  - CDLI:P119715
M1  - 2026/5/16/
TI  - MVN 17, 117 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P119715
ER  - 
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