RTC 398 (P128551)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), 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 03022

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(barig) sza3-gal erin2-e szu-ti-a
2. ur-{d}hendur-sag-ka
3. 1(barig) lu2-{d}nin-szubur
4. 1(barig) ur-gu
5. 1(barig) lugal-a2-zi-da
6. 1(barig) ur-am3-ma
7. 4(ban2) lugal-ni2-te-na
8. 3(ban2)# na-na-sa6
9. 2(ban2)# ur-{d}a-zi-a
10. 2(ban2)# {d}szara2-kam
11. ($ blank space $) 1(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) gur
12. nam-1(u) ur-{d}hendur-sag-ka
13. n n ur-{d}szara2
14. n n lu2-{d}utu
15. n n a-da-a
16. n n [...-TUG2?]-NUN-ka
17. n n [...]-x
18. n n [...]
19. n n [...]-x-x
20. n n [...]-x
21. n n x x x
22. ($ blank space $) 2(asz)# 1(barig)# 1(ban2)# gur#
reverse
1. nam-1(u) lu2-{d}utu
2. 1(barig) lu2-giri17-zal
3. 1(barig) lugal-ma2-gur8-re
4. 1(barig) ur-{d}ma-mi
5. 1(barig) la#-a-ni
6. ($ blank space $) a-KA-KA
7. ($ blank space $) lugal-inim-du10-ga
8. ($ blank space $) a-kal-la
9. ($ blank space $) ur-{d}utu
10. ($ blank space $) ur-{d}isztaran
11. ($ blank space $) a-la-mu
12. ($ blank space $) 4(barig)
13. nam-1(u) lugal-ma2-gur8-re
14. szunigin 4(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur
15. sza3-gal erin2-e szu-ti-a
16. 3(asz) sze gur sze zi3-da
17. ugula ur-{d}isztaran
18. nu-banda3 lugal-ku3-zu
19. iti e2-iti-6(disz)
20. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 ma-da za-ab-sza-la{ki} mu-hul

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: RTC, 398

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

  • history: DAS, 59

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

  • citation: Maekawa Kazuya, ZA 070, 017

    [sec18359] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: AO 03022
  • Accession No.: AOTc 059

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) [uncertain]
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.07.08.00
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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
2018-10-19 at 10:01:45 Englund, Robert K. Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2018-09-18 at 12:03:31 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“RTC 398 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128551.
RTC 398 artifact entry (No. P128551). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128551 (Original work published 2001)
RTC 398 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128551 (Accessed: March 10, 2025).
@misc{2023RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {RTC 398 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128551},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128551},
}


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