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MVN 19, 012 (P120138)

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 012661

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 5(disz) sila3 ninda
2. 1(disz) i3-gesz id-gur2
3. szu-e-li sukkal
4. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda#
5. 1(disz) i3-gesz id-gur2
6. ur-{d}nanna sukkal
7. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
8. 1(disz) i3-gesz id-gur2
9. a2-bi2-la-num2
reverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda
2. 1(disz) i3-gesz id-gur2
3. puzur4-ra-bi2
4. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
5. 1(disz) i3-gesz id-gur2
6. ni-ku-um# lu2 kas4!
7. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda
8. 1(disz) i3-gesz id-gur2
9. {d}nanna-kam sukkal
10. an#-sza-an{ki}-ta
11. u3# nibru{ki}-ta gen-na
12. iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-mu2

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 19, 12

[Mander1995MVN19] Mander, Pietro. 1995. Testi Economici Neo-Sumerici Del British Museum (BM 12600-12750). Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 19. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 012661
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.02.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2016-07-28 at 15:41:04	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:46:21	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:23:38	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:22:34	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (038132) (038132)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.12661) (BM.12661)
The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1214-273) (W_1895-1214-273)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 19, 012 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P120138.

MVN 19, 012 artifact entry (No. P120138). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120138 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 19, 012 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120138 (Accessed: January 3, 2026).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 19, 012 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120138},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120138},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P120138
LB  - CDLI:P120138
M1  - 2026/1/3/
TI  - MVN 19, 012 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120138
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MVN 19, 012 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P120138.

MVN 19, 012 artifact entry (No. P120138). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120138 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 19, 012 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120138 (Accessed: January 3, 2026).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 19, 012 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120138},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120138},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P120138
LB  - CDLI:P120138
M1  - 2026/1/3/
TI  - MVN 19, 012 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120138
ER  -