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MVN 19, 045 (P120170)

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 012732

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. 2(disz) sila3 ninda
2. ur-{d}da-mu
3. 2(disz) sila3 ur3-re-ba-du7#
4. 2(disz) kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
5. lugal-ezem
reverse
1. 5(disz)? sila3 ninda
2. zi?-x-x
3. giri3 ur-nig2
1 line blank
4. zi-ga u4 2(u)-kam
5. iti szu-numun

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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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: MVN 19, 45

[Mander1995MVN19] Mander, Pietro. 1995. Testi Economici Neo-Sumerici Del British Museum (BM 12600-12750). Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 19. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.
history: Kennelmen, 31

[Mander1994kennelmen] Mander, Pietro. 1994. An Archive of Kennelmen and Other Workers in Ur III Lagash. Supplemento Agli Annali, N. 80. Napoli: Istituto Universitario Orientale.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 012732
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: Amar-Suen.05.04.20
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:46:29	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:23:42	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:22:34	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 (038164) (038164)
British Museum Collection (W_1895-1214-344) (W_1895-1214-344)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 19, 045 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P120170.

MVN 19, 045 artifact entry (No. P120170). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120170 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 19, 045 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120170 (Accessed: March 7, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {MVN 19, 045 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120170},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120170},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 19, 045 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P120170.

MVN 19, 045 artifact entry (No. P120170). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120170 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 19, 045 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120170 (Accessed: March 7, 2026).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {MVN 19, 045 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120170},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120170},
}

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DA  - 2023/9/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P120170
LB  - CDLI:P120170
M1  - 2026/3/7/
TI  - MVN 19, 045 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120170
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