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MVN 22, 037 (P203940)

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 013682

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

75.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 24.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [...] u8#
2. [...] x gal
3. [...] udu-nita2
4. 3(disz)# [x] sila4 ba-ur4
5. 4(disz) sila4 nu-ur4
(espacio en blanco con seal)
6. mu-kux(DU)
7. zi-ga
blank space
8. libir-am3
9. 8(disz) sila4 ba-ur4 su-ga mu-kux(DU)
10. la2-ia3 1(u) [...] 7(disz)#? udu su-su nu-su im-ma
11. la2-ia3-am3
blank space
12. szunigin 2(u) 9(disz) gub-ba
13. szunigin 1(disz) zi-ga
14. szunigin 1(u) 1(disz) la2-ia3
15. e2-iti-da na-gada
blank space
16. [x? gu]-ab#-ba{ki}
17. [mu us2-sa] ki#-masz{ki} [mu us2-sa]-a#-bi
seal 1

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
Measurements (mm): 75.0 high × 46.0 wide × 24.0 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, 37

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 013682
Accession No.: 1896-03-31, 0037

Provenience

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

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.00.00 (us2-us2 year)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2017-03-03 at 09:54:04	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2016-02-19 at 11:53:58	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:34:43	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 11:27:13	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:32:41	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (051670) (051670)
British Museum Collection (W_1896-0331-37) (W_1896-0331-37)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 22, 037 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203940.

MVN 22, 037 artifact entry (No. P203940). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203940 (Original work published 2002)

MVN 22, 037 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203940 (Accessed: March 19, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 22, 037 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203940},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203940},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
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M1  - 2026/3/19/
TI  - MVN 22, 037 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MVN 22, 037 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203940.

MVN 22, 037 artifact entry (No. P203940). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203940 (Original work published 2002)

MVN 22, 037 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203940 (Accessed: March 19, 2026).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 22, 037 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203940},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203940},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P203940
LB  - CDLI:P203940
M1  - 2026/3/19/
TI  - MVN 22, 037 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P203940
ER  -