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MVN 19, 104 (P120198)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 012642

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. x x x udu# 1(disz)# 1/2(disz)# [sila3]
2. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 3(disz)# udu 1(disz) sila3
3. sze#-bi 3(barig) 2(ban2) 2(disz) sila3
4. nig2#-kal-la
5. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 4(disz) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
6. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 8(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3
7. sze-bi 3(barig) 2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3
8. lu2-kal-la
9. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
10. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 8(disz) udu 1(disz)# sila3
11. sze-bi 3(barig) 2(ban2) 1(disz)# sila3
12. an-ne2
13. 1(gesz2) 2(u) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
14. 1(gesz2) 2(u) udu 1(disz) sila3
15. sze-bi 3(barig) 2(ban2) <x> sila3
16. lu2-{d}nin-szubur
reverse
1. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3
2. sze-bi 1(barig) 4(ban2)
3. a2-na-mu
4. 2(gesz2) 5(u) 2(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3
5. sze-bi 2(barig) 5(ban2)# 2(disz) sila3
6. 4(u) 2(disz) sila4 diri 1/2(disz) sila3
7. sze-bi 2(ban2) 1(disz) sila3
8. 1(u) gu4 8(disz) sila3
9. 1(u) 5(disz) gu4 6(disz) sila3
10. sze-bi 2(barig) 5(ban2)
11. 5(disz) sila3 szeg9-bar
1 line blank
12. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4
13. u4# 2(u) 4(disz)#-kam

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, 104

[Mander1995MVN19] Mander, Pietro. 1995. Testi Economici Neo-Sumerici Del British Museum (BM 12600-12750). Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 19. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.
history: P. Mander, Herdsmen, 01

[sec7625] Mander, Pietro. n.d.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 012642
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: 00.00.03.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-31 at 18:04:21	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
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
2011-07-22 at 13:46:31	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 (038192) (038192)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.12642) (BM.12642)
The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1214-254) (W_1895-1214-254)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 19, 104 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 31, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120198.

MVN 19, 104 artifact entry (No. P120198). (2024, August 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120198 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 19, 104 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120198 (Accessed: December 26, 2025).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 31},
	title = {MVN 19, 104 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120198},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120198},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 19, 104 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 31, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120198.

MVN 19, 104 artifact entry (No. P120198). (2024, August 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120198 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 19, 104 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120198 (Accessed: December 26, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-26]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 31},
	title = {MVN 19, 104 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120198},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120198},
}

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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2025/12/26/
TI  - MVN 19, 104 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120198
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