RTC 264 (P128419)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

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
Metadata history Transliteration history

Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 03330

Period

Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC) [uncertain]

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 2(disz) ud5 {gesz}tukul
2. e2-ki-gal-la
3. ud5 e2-gal
4. 2(disz) e2-gissu
5. 1(disz) ur-dam
6. ud5 ki-a-nag
7. 1(disz) ur-{gesz}gigir#
8. e2#-ki#-gal#-la
9. [...] x
  rest broken
column 2
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. ugula sanga {d}nin-sun2#
4. 1(disz) lugal-he2-gal2
5. ugula sanga {d}nin-dar-a
6. 2(disz) ARAD2-mu
7. ugula sanga {d}hendur-sag
8. 2(disz) lu2-{d}na-ru2-a
9. 2(disz) ur-sukkal
10. [...]
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [n x-x]-x-la#
2'. [n] lu2#-{d}dumu-zi#
3'. [n] lu2#-du10#-ga
4'. [n] ha-ba-lu5-ge2
5'. 2(disz) du11-ga-dingir
6'. 2(disz) ur-{d}lamma
7'. 2(disz) ur-nig2#
  blank space
8'. ud5 e2-[gal]
9'. 2(disz) x [...]
10'. [...]
11'. [...]
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. szunigin#? 4(u) 2(disz) x [...]
2'. mu en {d}inanna unu#[{ki}] dumu ur-{d}namma lugal-[a] masz-e ba-pa3-da#
  blank space
3'. szunigin2 2(gesz2) 6(disz) ud5 {gesz}tukul
4'. ur-dun kuruszda i3-dab5
5'. mu ur-ab-ba ensi2-ta
6'. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki}-a dumu ur-{d}namma lugal-a masz-e ba-pa3-da-sze3#

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)
Consult word list of Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: RTC, 264

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

  • history: AGGT, 437

    [Maiocchi2020AGGT] Maiocchi, Massimo, and Giuseppe Visicato. 2020. Administration at Girsu in Gudea’s Time. Antichistica 27. Venezia: Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Digital Publishing.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: AO 03330
  • Accession No.:

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

  • Period: Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC) [uncertain]
  • Dates Referenced: Ur-abba.01.00.00, Ur-Namma.D.00.00
  • Alternative Years:
  • Date Comments:
  • 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
2012-08-11 at 18:33:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-28 at 11:13:17 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

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

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“RTC 264 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128419.
RTC 264 artifact entry (No. P128419). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128419 (Original work published 2001)
RTC 264 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128419 (Accessed: January 16, 2025).
@misc{2023RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-01-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {RTC 264 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128419},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128419},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/4/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P128419
LB  - CDLI:P128419
M1  - 2025/1/16/
TI  - RTC 264 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128419
ER  -
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.