Metal 279 2 (P112981)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 02451

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (metal)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 7(disz) {uruda}ha-bu3-da
2. ki-la2-bi 1(disz) 5/6(disz) ma-na 4(disz) gin2
3. ba-zi-ir
4. ki lugal-im-ru-a-ta
5. ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. giri3 na-ni
3. u3 ur-{d}lamma
4. mu ma2-dara3-abzu ba-ab-du8
seal 1
1. a2-zi-da
2. dub-sar
3. dumu szesz-szesz
seal 2
1. ur-szu-ga-lam-ma
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
seal 3
1. ur-{d}lamma
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ARAD2-mu

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope Artifact type comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envelope


  • primary: Travail du métal, p. 279 2

    [Limet1960métal] Limet, Henri. 1960. Le Travail Du Métal Au Pays de Sumer Au Temps de La IIIe Dynastie d’Ur. Bibliothèque de La Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres de l’Université de Liège, Fascicule 155. Paris: Les Belles Lettres.

  • history: CCL 1, T.143 (seals)

    [Delaporte1920CCL1] Delaporte, Louis. 1920. Catalogue Des Cylindres, Cachets et Pierrres Gravées de Style Oriental Du Musée Du Louvre. Musée Du Louvre. Département Des Antiquités Orientales et de La Céramique Antique. Hachette: Paris.

  • history: DAS, 42

    [Lafont1985DAS] Lafont, Bertrand. 1985. Documents Administratifs Sumériens Provenant Du Site de Tello et Conservés Au Musée Du Louvre. Paris: Éditions Recherche sur les Civilisations.

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  • Museum No.: AO 02451
  • Accession No.: AOTc 042

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.02.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2016-01-31 at 03:42:46 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:35:33 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:16:09 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:19:38 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
“Metal 279 2 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P112981.
Metal 279 2 artifact entry (No. P112981). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P112981
Metal 279 2 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P112981 (Accessed: March 28, 2024).
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	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Metal 279 2 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P112981},
}

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