RTC 431 (P128584)

Administrative bulla 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 24077

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Bulla

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

object bulla
surface a
  blank space
  seal impressions
seal 1
column 1
1. {d?}i-bi2-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an ub-[da limmu2-ba]
column 2
1. lu2-{d}szara2 sukkal
2. ARAD2-zu
seal 2
column 1
1. {d}i-bi2-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. [lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba]
column 2
1. lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su#
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-{d}ba-[ba6]
4. [ARAD2-zu]
seal 3
1. dan-u2-we
2. aga3-us2-gal-gal lugal
seal 4
1. gu3-de2-a
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-{d}ba-ba6
4. ab-ba-iri

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

  • Artifact type: Bulla
  • Material: Clay
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  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:

    Delaporte, CCL 1, T.220-222

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: RTC, 431

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

  • history: DAS, 11

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

  • history: RA 004 (pp. 69- 86), pl. 31 no. 82

    [Thureau-Dangin1897RA4] Thureau-Dangin, François. 1897. “Musée Du Louvre Département Des Antiquités Orientales: Tablettes Chaldéennes Inédites.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 4 (3): 69–86.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: AO 24077
  • Accession No.: AOTc 011

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-31 at 09:37:46 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-31 at 09:35:47 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2018-08-23 at 08:56:41 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2017-10-14 at 09:10:18 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2016-10-20 at 10:10:54 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-10-31 at 15:22:19 Englund, Robert K. Atf Zólyomi, Gábor CDLI approved View
2013-09-28 at 22:46:04 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-07-22 at 17:17:17 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-07-21 at 18:01:03 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:59:29 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 10:43:33 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 002148 (composite) (P454858) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
CDLI Seals 002384 (composite) (P455094) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
CDLI Seals 005950 (composite) (P458660) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
CDLI Seals 005951 (composite) (P458661) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“RTC 431 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 31, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128584.
RTC 431 artifact entry (No. P128584). (2024, October 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128584 (Original work published 2001)
RTC 431 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128584 (Accessed: December 14, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-12-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 31},
	title = {RTC 431 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128584},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128584},
}


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