MVN 22, 025 (P120657)

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 013661

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

104.0 mm × 76.0 mm × 33.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(disz)#? gu4-numun GAN2# ba
2. 1(disz) gu4-numun {d}nin-mar{ki}-ka
3. 1(disz) gu4-numun ARAD2
4. 1(disz) gu4-numun ur-{d}lamma
5. 1(u) 3(disz) gurusz hun-ga2 engar
6. 5(disz) sza3-gu4 ugula lugal-ti-ra-asz2-sze3#
7. 7(disz) sza3-gu4 ugula a-kal-la
8. 4(disz) erin2 ugula ur-{d}nansze
9. 4(disz) erin2 ugula lugal-sipa
10. 3(disz) erin2 ugula ARAD2-mu
11. 3(disz) ug3-IL2
12. he2-dab5-me
13. GAN2 lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
14. 1(disz) gu4-numun GAN2 ba
15. 1(disz) gu4-numun a-kal-la
16. 1(disz) gu4-gesz diri
17. 4(disz) gurusz hun-ga2 engar
18. 1(u) 2(disz) erin2 ugula ur-{d}nansze
19. GAN2 ur-{d}szusz3-{d}ba-ba6
20. 1(disz) gu4-numun gu4 gun3?!
21. 1(disz) gu4#-gesz#?! diri#
22. [...]
23. [...]
column 2
1. ur#-{d}nin-tu szesz-gal#
2. 2(disz) gurusz hun-ga2 sanga
3. nin-e2-unu{ki}
4. 3(disz) gurusz hun-ga2 sanga
5. lu2-dingir-ra szesz-gal#
6. 1(u) 5(disz) erin2 ugula ARAD2#-mu
7. GAN2 ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
8. 1(disz) gu4-numun ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
9. 1(disz) gu4-numun ur-{d}ba-ba6
10. 1(disz) gu4-numun sanga
11. 1(u) gurusz hun-ga2 sanga
12. ur-{d}nin-tu szesz-gal
13. 6(disz) gurusz hun-ga2 sanga
14. geme2-e2-nigin6!{ki}
15. 9(disz) gurusz hun-ga2 ugula ur-{d}ba-ba6
16. 5(disz) gurusz hun-ga2 ugula lugal-ti-ra-asz2-sze3
17. 1(u) 2(disz) gurusz hun-ga2 sanga
18. lu2-dingir-ra szesz!-gal
19. 7(disz) gurusz hun-ga2 ugula lugal-sipa
20. GAN2 lu2-pa3?-da
21. 1(disz) gu4-numun GAN2 ba
22. 1(disz) gu4-numun hun-ga2 ur-mes
23. [1(disz) gu4]-gesz iri{ki}-bi
24. [...] ur-{d}iszkur
reverse
column 1
1. [...] x ur-szu-ga-lam-ma
2. [x] gurusz# hun-ga2 ur-{d}nansze
3. 1(u) 4(disz) ugula ARAD2!-mu
4. 6(disz) ASZ sza3-gu4 ugula a-kal-la
5. [x] sza3#-gu4 ugula lugal-ti-ra-asz2
6. [GAN2] lugal#-kun5
7. [1(disz) gu4]-numun nig2-u2-rum
8. 1(disz) gu4-numun ur-ki-gu-la
9. 1(u) 3(disz) ugula lugal-sipa
10. 1(u) 1(disz) ASZ ugula ur-{d}ba-ba6
11. GAN2 ur-{d}ba-ba6
12. 1(disz) gu4-gesz da#-gu
13. 9(disz) ugula ur#-{d}nansze
14. GAN2 {d}nin-mar{ki}-ka
15. 1(disz)# gu4-numun GAN2 ba
16. 5(disz) sza3-gu4 ugula lugal-ti-ra-asz2
17. 5(disz) ugula ur-{d}nansze
18. 5(disz) ugula lugal-sipa
19. GAN2 lu2-giri17-zal
20. a-sza3 en-nu-lum-ma
21. 1(disz) gu4-numun GAN2 ba
22. 1(u) la2 1(disz) ugula ur-{d}ba-ba6
23. 5(disz) sza3-gu4 ugula lugal-ti-ra-asz2-sze3
24. 5(disz) gurusz hun-ga2 engar
25. GAN2 ur-<ki>-gu-la
column 2
1. [...]
2. 2(u) [gu4-numun] 4(disz) [ug3-IL2] 1(gesz2) 3(u) 1(disz) [gurusz hun-ga2] 2(gesz2) 2(u) [erin2 u3 sza3-gu4?]-me
3. ugula [sanga? {d}]nin-gir2-su
4. 1(disz) gu4#-[numun] GAN2 ba
5. 8(disz) [dumu dab5-ba] ugula# nam-mah
6. GAN2 [ur-{d}]ha-ia3
7. 1(disz) gu4 x lugal-dingir-mu
8. 5(disz) dumu dab5#-[ba ugula] nam#-mah
9. GAN2 e2-a-lu2-bi
10. 1(disz) gu4-numun GAN2 ba
11. 5(disz) dumu dab5-ba ugula szu-esz-dar
12. GAN2 lu2-sag-ub3{ki}
13. 1(disz)# gu4-numun GAN2 ba
14. 1(disz) gu4-numun hun-ga2 ur-{d}szul#-pa-e3
15. 1(u) dumu dab5-ba ugula szu-esz-dar
16. GAN2 ur-{d}iszkur
17. 5(disz) gu4-numun 3(u) la2 2(disz) dumu dab5-ba
18. ugula a2-gu-gu
19. a#-sza3 lugal-nam-tar-re
20. u4# 1(u) 3(disz)-kam
21. [iti] ezem-{d}szul-gi
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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
Measurements (mm): 104.0 high × 76.0 wide × 33.0 thick
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
sealed; N
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: MVN 22, 25

[Molina2003MVN22] Molina, Manuel. 2003. Testi Amministrativi Neosumerici Del British Museum, BM 13601-14300. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 21. Roma: Bonsignori Editore.
history: Mycenaean, 08

[Uchitel1985Mycenaean] Uchitel, Alexander. 1985. “Mycenaean and Near Eastern Economic Archives.” Phdthesis, University of London.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 013661
Accession No.: 1896-03-31, 0016

Provenience

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

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.07.13
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-18 at 15:19:49	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-04-16 at 17:15:18	Lafont, Bertrand	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru		Lafont, Bertrand	Approved
2017-07-22 at 14:19:51	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2017-02-28 at 17:16:33	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:47:13	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:24:10	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:22:47	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 (051658) (051658)
British Museum Collection (W_1896-0331-16) (W_1896-0331-16)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 22, 025 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120657.

MVN 22, 025 artifact entry (No. P120657). (2024, June 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120657 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 22, 025 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120657 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120657},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 22, 025 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120657.

MVN 22, 025 artifact entry (No. P120657). (2024, June 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120657 (Original work published 2001)

MVN 22, 025 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120657 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 18},
	title = {MVN 22, 025 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120657},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120657},
}

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M1  - 2026/3/10/
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