MVN 19, 119 (P120207)

Administrative tag excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 012620

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. {gesz}kiri6 kab2-du11-ga gir2-su{ki}-ta
 en: xxx
3. gu2-ab-ba-sze3
 en: xxx
reverse
1. i3-gal2
 en: xxx
  blank space
2. mu e2 {d}szara2 ba-du3
 en: xxx

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P120207

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 012620
Accession Number

References

  • primary: MVN 19, 119

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

  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 229

    [Nelson1976pisandubba] Nelson, Richard C. 1976. “Pisan-Dub-Ba Texts from the Sumerian Ur III Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Minnesota.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:19:39 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:46:31 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:23:45 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:29:21 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:35 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“MVN 19, 119 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120207.
MVN 19, 119 artifact entry (No. P120207). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120207 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 19, 119 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120207 (Accessed: May 15, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120207},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 19, 119 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120207.
MVN 19, 119 artifact entry (No. P120207). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120207 (Original work published 2001)
MVN 19, 119 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120207 (Accessed: May 15, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120207},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120207},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P120207
LB  - CDLI:P120207
M1  - 2026/5/15/
TI  - MVN 19, 119 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120207
ER  - 
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