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MVN 17, 127 (P119721)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 012362

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. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3
2. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
3. ur-{d}suen lu2 {gesz}tukul
4. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3
5. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
6. ki-ag2-mu sukkal
7. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3
8. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
9. lu2-{d}nanna sukkal
10. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3
11. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
12. ur-mes sukkal
13. lu2 ma2 {gesz}tukul-da gub-ba
14. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3
15. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
16. a-bu-ni lu2 kas4
reverse
1. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3
2. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
3. dingir-ra-bi2 lu2 kas4
4. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3
5. 1(disz) i3 [id]-gur2#
6. szu-x [... lu2] kas4#
7. 5(disz) [sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3]
8. 1(disz) [i3 id-gur2]
9. [...]
10. [...]
11. [...]
12. [...]
13. [...]
14. [...]
15. [...]
16. [...]
17. [...] zi3
18. [...] x
19. [...] lu2 kas4
20. zi-ga u4 3(u) la2 1(disz)
left
1. iti sze-il2-la

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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Join Information:
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Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: MVN 17, 127

[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.

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 012362
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.12.29
Alternative Years:
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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
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
2009-06-03 at 10:28:43	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:22:25	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 (035344) (035344)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.12362) (BM.12362)
British Museum Collection (W_1894-1224-75) (W_1894-1224-75)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 17, 127 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P119721.

MVN 17, 127 artifact entry (No. P119721). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P119721 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 17, 127 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P119721 (Accessed: February 8, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 17, 127 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P119721},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P119721},
}

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TI  - MVN 17, 127 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 17, 127 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P119721.

MVN 17, 127 artifact entry (No. P119721). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P119721 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 17, 127 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P119721 (Accessed: February 8, 2026).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 17, 127 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P119721},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P119721},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P119721
LB  - CDLI:P119721
M1  - 2026/2/8/
TI  - MVN 17, 127 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P119721
ER  -