MVN 17, 129 (P119723)

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 012364

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) ur-szu dam#? x [x] lu2-dingir-ra a-x
2. ki szu-da-da-[sze3?]
3. 1(disz) ur-{d}lamma dub-sar#
4. ki {d}nansze-GIR2@g-gal-sze3# szu du8-a-bi in-gub-esz2
5. 1(disz) geme2-{d}szul-pa-e3 mu nu-ma-su2 i3-me-a-sze3# szu ba-ra
6. 1(disz) nin-a-zu mu nu-ma-su2 i3-me-a-sze3 szu ba-ra
reverse
1. ur-{d}ba-ba6 muhaldim-e sag-ga2-na mu lugal bi2-in-pa3
2. 1(disz) du11-ga-ni dam ku3#-dim2-ma mu a2-mi-a i3-in-ti-la-sze3
3. ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 muhaldim-e# sag-ga2-na mu lugal bi2-in-pa3
4. ($ blank space $) 5(disz)
5. zi-ga
6. erin2 {gesz}tukul-e dab5-ba-me#

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MVN 17, 129

    [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.

  • history: ZA 60 (pp. 70-87), 74 BM 12364

    [Sauren1970ZA60] Sauren, Herbert. 1970. “Zum Burgschaftsrecht in Neusumerischer Zeit.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 60: 70–87.

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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-24 at 17:49:02 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg 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
2012-06-12 at 09:32:49 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. 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 12:22:25 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 17, 129 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 24, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P119723.
MVN 17, 129 artifact entry (No. P119723). (2024, October 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P119723 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 17, 129 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P119723 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).
@misc{2024MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 24},
	title = {MVN 17, 129 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P119723},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P119723},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/24/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P119723
LB  - CDLI:P119723
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - MVN 17, 129 artifact entry
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ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 17, 129 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 24, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P119723.
MVN 17, 129 artifact entry (No. P119723). (2024, October 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P119723 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 17, 129 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P119723 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).
@misc{2024MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 24},
	title = {MVN 17, 129 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P119723},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P119723},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/24/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P119723
LB  - CDLI:P119723
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - MVN 17, 129 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P119723
ER  - 
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