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MVN 19, 148 (P120228)

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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 012660

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
beginning broken
column 1'
1'. [...] x x x [...] x ug3#?-IL2? x
2'. [...] gurusz hun?-ga2? gam x
3'. [...] x hun-ga2 x ba?-ba? x [x] lu2-pa3-da
4'. [...] gu2#? x 1(disz) ma
5'. [...] lu2-dingir-ra?
6'. [...] ur#?-{d}nansze
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
column 1'
broken
column 2'
beginning broken
1'. [...]-x
2'. [... x-{d}]ig#-alim
3'. 2(ban2) ARAD2-mu
4'. x lugal-dumu-gi7
5'. 1(disz) gu4-numun ur-ki-gu-la#
6'. 1(disz) gu4-numun nig2-u2-rum
7'. 5(disz) gurusz lugal-dumu-gi7
8'. 7(disz) gurusz hun-ga2 ur-{d}[x]
rest broken

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, 148

[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 012660
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)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	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
2014-05-04 at 09:05:56	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:46:33	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:23:45	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 (038221) (038221)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.12660) (BM.12660)
The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1214-272) (W_1895-1214-272)

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Cite this Artifact

“MVN 19, 148 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P120228.

MVN 19, 148 artifact entry (No. P120228). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120228 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 19, 148 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120228 (Accessed: January 15, 2026).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 19, 148 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120228},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120228},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P120228
LB  - CDLI:P120228
M1  - 2026/1/15/
TI  - MVN 19, 148 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120228
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MVN 19, 148 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P120228.

MVN 19, 148 artifact entry (No. P120228). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120228 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 19, 148 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120228 (Accessed: January 15, 2026).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MVN 19, 148 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120228},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120228},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P120228
LB  - CDLI:P120228
M1  - 2026/1/15/
TI  - MVN 19, 148 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120228
ER  -