MVN 17, 130 (P119724)

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 012365

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. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
2. 2(disz) gin2 i3
3. ur3-re-ba-du7 {gesz}ma2-sze3 gen-na
4. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 1(disz) sila3 ninda
5. 2(disz) gin2 i3
6. lugal-an-na-tum2 u4-zi-zi-szu du
7. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
8. 2(disz) gin2 i3
9. ur-{d}ba-ba6 gu4 uru4-da gen-na
10. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda
11. 2(disz) gin2 i3
12. 3(u) 5(disz) sila3 kasz 2(u) 1(disz) sila3 ninda
13. 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-gesz sa2-du11 u4 5(disz)
14. u4 {d}iszkur {gesz}ig-sze3 gen-na
reverse
1. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
2. 2(disz) gin2 i3
3. nig2-{d}ba-ba6 ki ensi2 gen-na?
4. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
5. 2(disz) gin2 i3
6. sza3-ga-na-kum sagi
7. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
8. 2(disz)! gin2 i3
9. lu2-{d}nansze lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu-la
10. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
11. 2(disz) gin2 i3
12. sza-um-i3-li2
13. da-da gala-da gen-na
14. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
15. 2(disz) gin2 i3
16. usz-gi-na ba-zi
left
1. u4 2(disz)-kam
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2. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MVN 17, 130

    [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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  • Museum No.: BM 012365
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2015-12-13 at 16:46:03 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-08-24 at 12:11:03 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:45:44 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:23:11 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:28:44 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:25 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MVN 17, 130 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P119724.
MVN 17, 130 artifact entry (No. P119724). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P119724 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 17, 130 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P119724 (Accessed: May 13, 2025).
@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 17, 130 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P119724},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P119724},
}


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