DP 229 (P220879)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 13437

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative [identification uncertain]

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(barig@c) sze-ba
2. sa6-sa6
3. 3(asz@c)#? dumu nita 2(ban2@c)
4. [3(asz@c) dumu] munus 2(ban2@c)
5. [4(ban2@c) nin]-ama-na
6. [4(ban2@c) za]-na
rest broken
column 2
1. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
2. 3(ban2@c) e2-hi-li-su3
3. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
4. 3(ban2@c) nin-e2-unu{ki}-ga-nir-gal2
5. 3(ban2@c) e2-hi-li-su3
6. 2(disz@t)-kam-ma
7. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
8. 3(ban2@c) e2-[ku3]
rest broken
column 3
1. 3(asz@c) nu-siki munus 3(ban2@c)
2. 8(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita [2(ban2@c)]
3. 7(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
4. sze-bi 4(asz@c)# 3(ban2@c) gur saggal
5. geszgal-si
6. 4(ban2@c) ZUM
7. 4(ban2@c) nin-mu-su-da
8. 4(ban2@c) gu-u9
9. [4(ban2@c)] nin-da-[nu]-me-a
10. [4(ban2@c)] nin-u3-ma
11. [2(ban2@c) dumu] nita
12. [2(ban2@c) dumu] munus
rest broken
column 4
1. 2(asz@c) dumu munus 2(ban2@c)
2. 3(ban2@c) geme2-e2-zi-da
3. [3(ban2@c)] kisz-a-bi2-tusz
4. 3(ban2@c) geme2-ganun
5. 3(ban2@c) e2-nun-ne2
6. 3(ban2@c) geme2-e2-dam
7. 3(ban2@c)# [USZ]-ni-tum
8. [3(ban2@c)] igi-bar-lu2-ti
9. 3(ban2@c)#? nin-bara2-ge
10. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
11. 3(ban2@c) szesz-an-edin-na
12. 3(ban2@c)! [da-na]
13. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
14. 3(ban2@c) zex(|AB2.SZA3.GI|)-na
rest broken
column 5
1. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
2. szu-nigin2 5(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
3. 2(u@c) la2 3(asz@c) geme2 3(ban2@c)
4. [1(asz@c)] nu-siki munus 3(ban2@c)
5. 3(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
6. 8(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
7. sze-bi 4(asz@c) nin-inim-zi-da
8. 4(ban2@c)! ag-ga-ga
9. 4(ban2@c)! {d}nin-mar{ki}-ama-pa4-pa4
10. 3(ban2@c)! a-[am6-ma]
11. 3(ban2@c)# [KA-sa6]
12. 3(ban2@c)# [ma-ma-tum]
rest broken
column 6
1. 3(ban2@c) me-me
2. 2(ban2@c)! dumu munus
3. 3(ban2@c) szesz-da-gal-di
4. 3(ban2@c) USZ-ni-tum
5. 2(disz@t)-kam-ma
6. sag dub-me
7. 3(ban2@c) nin-mu-da-kusz2
8. 3(ban2@c) nin-tesz2#-[mu]
rest broken
column 7
1. 1(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
2. sze-bi [3(barig@c) igi]-bar-lu2-ti
3. ki-siki-me
4. 3(ban2@c) nin-tur
5. 3(ban2@c) nin-[bara2]-da-[ri2]
rest broken
column 8
1. [4(ban2@c) sza3-ge]-a-[ra2]-bi2-du11#
2. szu-[nigin2 2(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)]
rest broken
column 9
all of column missing
reverse
column 1'
beginning broken
1'. [4(ban2@c) nam-iri]-na-[sze3]
2'. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus#
3'. 4(ban2@c) nin-[nig2]-u-[mu]
4'. [4(ban2@c) zi-le]
column 2'
beginning broken
1'. 2(asz@c) dumu munus [2(ban2@c)]
2'. 4(ban2@c) nin-ba-ba
3'. sze-bi 2(barig@c) puzur4-ma-ma
4'. 4(ban2@c) sal-la
5'. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
6'. 4(ban2@c) {d}ba-ba6-ama-mu
7'. 2(asz@c) dumu nita 2(ban2@c)
column 3'
beginning broken
1'. 3(ban2@c) [nin-lu2]-ti-[ti]
2'. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
3'. a-ga-am-me
4'. 3(ban2@c) nin-tigix(|E2.BALAG|)-ni-du10
5'. gala
6'. 3(ban2@c) nin-esz2-dam-me-ki-ag2
7'. 3(ban2@c) nin-u3-ma
8'. 3(ban2@c) nin-lum-ma-ki-ag2
9'. 3(ban2@c) SZIM-tusz-sze3
10'. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
column 4'
1'. 2(ban2@c) [dumu munus]
2'. 3(ban2@c) nin#-[sza3]-la2-tuku
3'. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
4'. 3(ban2@c) za-na
5'. 3(ban2@c) {d}asznan-ama-mu
6'. 3(ban2@c) nin-ur2-ni
7'. 3(ban2@c) {d}ba-ba6-tesz2-mu
8'. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
9'. 3(ban2@c) dam-a-mu
10'. 2(asz@c) dumu munus 2(ban2@c)
11'. 3(ban2@c) {d}ba-ba6-zi-mu
12'. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
13'. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
14'. 3(ban2@c) nam-dam
15'. geme2 szah2 nig2-gu7-a-me
column 5'
beginning broken
1'. [gab2-ra] szah2# [me]
2'. szu-nigin2 1(asz@c) nita 4(ban2@c)
3'. 1(asz@c) munus 4(ban2@c)
4'. 1(u@c) 6(asz@c) munus 3(ban2@c)
5'. 5(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
6'. 6(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
7'. sze-bi 3(asz@c) 1(barig@c) geme2 szah2 nig2-gu7-a-me
8'. 3(ban2@c) szesz-a-mu
9'. geme2 masz-kam
10'. lugal-pa-e3
11. sipa szah2
column 6'
beginning broken
1'. 5(u@c)# 5(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
2'. 1(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) la2 1(asz@c) geme2 3(ban2@c)
3'. 4(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) munus 2(ban2@c)
column 7'
1. [gu2-an-sze3 x lu2 tur mah-ba]
2. [sze-bi x gur saggal]
3. [sze-ba geme2 dumu u2-rum]
4. [{d}ba-ba6]
5. [sa6-sa6]
6. [dam URU-KA-gi]-na
7. lugal#
8. lagasz{ki}-ka
9. iti ninda GAN2 masz-ka
10. en-ig-gal
11. nu-banda3
12. ganun kiri6-ta
13. e-ne-ba 3(|ASZxDISZ@t|)
column 8'
beginning broken
1'. 1(u)! ba-am6

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Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative [identification uncertain]
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: DP, 229

[AllottedelaFuÿe1908-1920DP] Fuÿe, François-Maurice Allotte de la. 1908-1920. Documents Présargoniques. Paris: Ernest Leroux.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: AO 13437
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Dates Referenced: Urukagina_l.03.00.00
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-04-11 at 16:18:03	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2017-03-04 at 12:42:13	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2016-07-28 at 14:28:00	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2015-05-07 at 08:44:38	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2011-10-22 at 12:37:06	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Atf	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	approved
2011-10-21 at 07:59:02	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Atf	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	approved
2008-10-09 at 16:03:58	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Atf	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	approved
2008-04-01 at 15:50:20	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Atf	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:34:34	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	approved

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Louvre Collections (cl010138145)

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“DP 229 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P220879.

DP 229 artifact entry (No. P220879). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P220879 (Original work published 2003)

DP 229 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P220879 (Accessed: April 18, 2024).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {DP 229 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P220879},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P220879},
}

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