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MVN 19, 100 (P120194)

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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Lineart (detail)

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 012749

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

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(ban2) sze lugal
2. sza3-gal he2-dab5-sze3
3. ki ur-szu-ga#-lam-ma-ta
4. a2-bi2-lum
5. e2 {d}nin-dar-a
6. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. a-sza3 tir-gaba-gid2-da
1 line blank
2. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4?
seal 1
1. lu2#-dingir#-[ra]
2. dub-[sar]
3. dumu# ur#-dun#

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, 100

[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 012749
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.03.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2021-10-31 at 19:12:05	Lafont, Bertrand	Atf	Lafont, Bertrand		CDLI	approved
2013-07-18 at 11:09:05	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:46:30	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:23:44	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:22:35	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 (038188) (038188)
The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1214-361) (W_1895-1214-361)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 002775 (composite) (P455485)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 19, 100 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P120194.

MVN 19, 100 artifact entry (No. P120194). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120194 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 19, 100 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120194 (Accessed: January 17, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {MVN 19, 100 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120194},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120194},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 19, 100 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P120194.

MVN 19, 100 artifact entry (No. P120194). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120194 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 19, 100 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120194 (Accessed: January 17, 2026).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {MVN 19, 100 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120194},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120194},
}

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DA  - 2023/9/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P120194
LB  - CDLI:P120194
M1  - 2026/1/17/
TI  - MVN 19, 100 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120194
ER  -