JavaScript is disabled or not supported in your browser. If possible, enable it for a better experience.

MVN 22, 006 (P208474)

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

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 013615

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

37.0 mm × 34.0 mm × 15.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u)# gurusz al 1(u) sar#-[ta]
2. ugula nig2-du11-ga-ni#
3. 2(u) 5(disz) gurusz al 1(u) sar-ta
4. ugula ur-zu#?
5. 5(u) gurusz al 3(u) sar-ta#
reverse
1. ugula# [...] x x
2. [1(gesz2) ...] 2(u) gurusz sza3#-gu4# [...]
3. szunigin 2(gesz2) [...] 4(u) 5(disz) gurusz
4. gurum2 ak gesz-du6-ku3
5. u4 1(u) 4(disz) ba-zal
6. nu#-banda3 lugal-x-[...]
(lower edge broken)
left
1. [...] x [...]

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): 37.0 high × 34.0 wide × 15.0 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, 6

[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 013615
Accession No.: 1896-03-28, 0706

Provenience

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

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced:
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2017-03-03 at 09:54:02	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2017-01-25 at 01:57:37	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 14:36:08	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:32:47	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	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 (051639) (051639)
The British Museum Collection (W_1896-0328-706) (W_1896-0328-706)

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifact

“MVN 22, 006 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208474.

MVN 22, 006 artifact entry (No. P208474). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208474 (Original work published 2002)

MVN 22, 006 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208474 (Accessed: December 30, 2025).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 22, 006 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208474},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208474},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P208474
LB  - CDLI:P208474
M1  - 2025/12/30/
TI  - MVN 22, 006 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P208474
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MVN 22, 006 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208474.

MVN 22, 006 artifact entry (No. P208474). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208474 (Original work published 2002)

MVN 22, 006 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208474 (Accessed: December 30, 2025).

@misc{2023MVN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {MVN 22, 006 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208474},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208474},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P208474
LB  - CDLI:P208474
M1  - 2025/12/30/
TI  - MVN 22, 006 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P208474
ER  -