RTC 265 (P128420)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 03329

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

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
column 1'
  beginning broken
1'. [...] DU [...]-ba [...] AN [...] x
  rest broken
column 2'
  beginning broken
1'. 3(asz@c) [...]
2'. gub-ba-am3
3'. lu2-{d}suen
4'. 2(asz@c) gu4-gesz
5'. gub-ba-am3
6'. la2-ia3 2(disz) gu4-gesz
7'. ur-{d}dumu#-zi
8'. 3(asz@c)# gu4#-gesz
  rest broken
column 3'
  beginning broken
1'. ugula#? ur-{d}dumu-zi#
2'. 4(asz@c) gu4-[gesz?]
3'. gub-ba-am3#
4'. la2-ia3 1(disz) gu4-[gesz?]
5'. lu2-{d}gesz-bar-[e3]
6'. 5(asz@c) gu4-[gesz?]
7'. gub-[ba-am3]
  rest broken
reverse
column 1'
  beginning broken
  blank space
1'. i3-lu5#-[...]
2'. 1(asz@c) 1/2(asz@c) gu4 su nu-[su libir?]
3'. du11-ga-{d}utu#?
  blank line
4'. {d}nansze-i3-sa6#
5'. 1(asz@c) ansze [x]
6'. gub-ba-am3
7'. la2-ia3 6(disz) dusu2#
8'. ur-ab-ba
9'. 1(asz@c) dusu2#
10'. gub-ba-am3
11'. la2-ia3 7(disz) ansze [x?]
12'. nam-ha-ni#
13'. 2(asz@c) ansze [x?]
14'. lugal-im-[ru-a]
15'. 3(asz@c) ansze# [x?]
16'. ki lugal-[...-ta]
  rest broken
column 2'
  beginning broken
  blank space
1'. szunigin 1(gesz2@c) 5(u@c) 2(asz@c) 1/2(asz@c) gu4-gesz
2'. szunigin 2(asz@c) ab2-mah2
3'. szunigin 3(asz@c) gu4 szu-gi4
4'. szunigin 2(asz@c) 1/2(asz@c) gu4 su nu-su libir
5'. szunigin 5(asz@c) 1/2(asz@c) gu4 su nu-su im-ma
6'. szunigin 1(u@c) la2 1/2(asz@c) dusu2
7'. szunigin 1(asz@c) ansze szu-gi4
8'. szunigin! 1/2(asz@c) ansze su nu-su libir
9'. szunigin 1(asz@c) 1/2(asz@c) ansze su nu-su im-ma
10'. szunigin 2(asz@c) ansze apin
11'. szunigin 3(asz@c) [...] gu4# [apin] ki [...]
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  broken
column 3'
  beginning broken
  blank space
1'. gu4 apin gub-ba
2'. {d}nansze
3'. ugula ur#-ur sanga
4'. mu-a-kam
5'. ur-ab-ba
6'. ensi2
  blank space
7'. [mu e2] {d}nin#-sun2 [uri5{ki}]-ma# ba-du3-a

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: RTC, 265

    [Thureau-Dangin1903RTC] Thureau-Dangin, François. 1903. Recueil de Tablettes Chaldéennes. Paris: Ernest Leroux.

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  • Museum No.: AO 03329
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ur-Namma.L.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-04-11 at 16:18:03 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:56:23 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-28 at 11:13:20 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:25:51 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“RTC 265 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128420.
RTC 265 artifact entry (No. P128420). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128420 (Original work published 2001)
RTC 265 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128420 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {RTC 265 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128420},
}

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