RTC 084 (P216863)

Letter tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 31184

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Carta de Lugal-a2 a Allamu.)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. lugal#-a2
2. na-be2-a
3. al-la-mu
4. u3-na-du11
5. nig2-gur11 ur-nu
6. dam-gar3-ra
7. szesz-mu-pi5
8. umma{ki}-ta
reverse
1. u3 e2-ki-sa6#
2. ur-nu
3. ba-ba-al
4. nig2#-na-me i3-gal2-la#?
5. in-bi he2-tar-e
6. al-la-mu
7. u3-na-du11
8. e2 ARAD2-da-na-ka
9. in-bi he2-tar-e

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Letter (Carta de Lugal-a2 a Allamu.)
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  • primary: RTC, 84

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

  • history: FAOS 19, Gir 20

    [Kienast1995FAOS19] Kienast, Burkhart, and Konrad Volk. 1995. Die Sumerischen Und Akkadischen Briefe Des III. Jahrtausends Aus Der Zeit Vor Der III. Dynastie von Ur (SAB). Freiburger Altorientalische Studien, Band 19. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner.

  • history: RA 004 (pp. 69- 86), pl. 12, no. 36

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: AO 31184
  • Accession No.: AOTb 020

  • 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
2024-08-23 at 18:30:44 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-07 at 17:58:34 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31 Brumfield, Sara Atf Brumfield, Sara CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:34:08 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“RTC 084 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 31, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P216863.
RTC 084 artifact entry (No. P216863). (2024, October 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P216863 (Original work published 1970)
RTC 084 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P216863 (Accessed: March 20, 2025).
@misc{2024RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 31},
	title = {RTC 084 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P216863},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P216863},
}

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