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MVN 19, 026 (P120152)

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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Lineart (detail)

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 012705

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 1(ban2) ninda
2. u4 1(disz)-kam u4 3(u)-kam#
3. na-ze2-i3-li2
4. sze a-sza3? igi#-u8#-udu-[a] LAGAB-a-de3 gen-na
reverse
1. 1(barig)# 3(ban2) kasz 1(barig) ninda#
erasure
2. ur-nigar{gar} lu2 {gesz}tukul
3. 2(barig) kasz 2(barig) ninda
4. ur-{d}isztaran 1(asz) sze gur ur-{d}nin-mar#[{ki}]
blank space
5. 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, 26

[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 012705
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 13:32:21	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
2016-04-02 at 21:41:04	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Ozaki Tohru		CDLI	approved
2016-04-02 at 21:38:52	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:46:28	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:23:41	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 (038146) (038146)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.12705) (BM.12705)
The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1214-317) (W_1895-1214-317)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 19, 026 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P120152.

MVN 19, 026 artifact entry (No. P120152). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120152 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 19, 026 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120152 (Accessed: January 1, 2026).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 19, 026 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120152},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120152},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P120152
LB  - CDLI:P120152
M1  - 2026/1/1/
TI  - MVN 19, 026 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120152
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MVN 19, 026 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P120152.

MVN 19, 026 artifact entry (No. P120152). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120152 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 19, 026 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120152 (Accessed: January 1, 2026).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 19, 026 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120152},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120152},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P120152
LB  - CDLI:P120152
M1  - 2026/1/1/
TI  - MVN 19, 026 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120152
ER  -