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MVN 19, 125 (P120211)

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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Lineart (detail)

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 012682

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(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 ninda lugal#
2. 1(disz) 1/2(disz) udu al-sze6 ta?
3. {d}nin-gir2-su
4. 2(ban2) ninda 1(disz) udu ta?
5. {d}ba-ba6
6. u4 1(disz)-kam
7. u4 2(u) 2(disz)-kam
reverse
1. 2(ban2) <x> sila3 ninda
2. u4 1(disz)-kam
3. u4 1(u) 2(disz)-kam
4. 4(disz) udu al-sze6
5. {d}szul-gi
blank space
6. szunigin 6(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) ninda lugal
7. szunigin 1(gesz2) la2 1(disz) udu al-sze6 ta?
8. ge6-{d}iszkur szu ba-ti
9. iti diri sze-sag11-ku5

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, 125

[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 012682
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.11d.01 (intercalated), 00.00.11d.22 (intercalated)
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 00.00.11d.01 (intercalated) to 00.00.11d.22 (intercalated)

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2017-03-03 at 09:54:00	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:46:32	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:23:45	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:22:35	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 (038205) (038205)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.12682) (BM.12682)
British Museum Collection (W_1895-1214-294) (W_1895-1214-294)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 19, 125 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P120211.

MVN 19, 125 artifact entry (No. P120211). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120211 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 19, 125 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120211 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 19, 125 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120211},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120211},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P120211
M1  - 2026/2/28/
TI  - MVN 19, 125 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120211
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 19, 125 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P120211.

MVN 19, 125 artifact entry (No. P120211). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120211 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 19, 125 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120211 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 19, 125 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120211},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120211},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P120211
LB  - CDLI:P120211
M1  - 2026/2/28/
TI  - MVN 19, 125 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120211
ER  -