RTC 423 (P128576)

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 03546

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 8(gesz2) 4(u) 8(asz) sze gur lugal
2. mu sze zabar-dab5-sze3
3. ki nam-ha-ni-ta
  blank space
4. kiszib3 lu2-uru11[{ki}] dumu ur-{d}nin-bara2
reverse
1. a-sza3 a-ka-sahar-ta sze ra uru11{ki}
  blank space
2. mu us2-sa e2 puzur4-isz-da-gan ba-du3
seal 1
column 1
1. lu2-giri17-zal
2. ensi2
3. lagasz{ki}
column 2
1. lu2-uru11[{ki}]
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{d}nin-[bara2]
4. ARAD2-zu#

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: RTC, 423

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

  • history: RIME 3/2, .01.02.x2017

    [Frayne1997RIME3/2] Frayne, Douglas R. 1997. Ur III Period (2112-2004 BC). Vol. 3/2. Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods. University of Toronto Press.

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  • Museum No.: AO 03546
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.40.00.00 (us2 year)
  • Alternative Years:
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-22 at 14:47:43 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-04-11 at 16:18:03 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2016-07-28 at 15:57:37 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:59:28 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:32:05 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:43:31 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:25:55 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005813 (composite) (P458523) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.40.00.00 (us2 year)

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Cite this Artifact
“RTC 423 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 22, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128576.
RTC 423 artifact entry (No. P128576). (2024, September 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128576 (Original work published 2001)
RTC 423 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128576 (Accessed: November 21, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-11-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 22},
	title = {RTC 423 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128576},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128576},
}

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