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DAS 196 (P108944)

Administrative tablet 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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 27429

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda
2. puzur4-ha-mi
3. 1(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 kasz 3(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 ninda
4. sza3 en-nu-me
5. 4(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda
6. sza3 e2-gal-sze3
7. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda
8. 2(disz) gin2 i3
9. szu-esz18-dar sukkal#
10. 4(disz) sila3 kasz 4(disz) sila3 ninda
11. 2(disz) gin2 i3
12. i-ri2-i3-li2 gesz-i3-sze3# gen#-na
13. 1(ban2) kasz saga 1(ban2) ninda
14. a-a-kal-la ugula zi-gum2
reverse
1. 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
2. 2(disz) gin2 i3
3. e3-a-ba-ni
4. 4(disz) sila3 kasz 4(disz) sila3 ninda
5. 4(disz) gin2 i3
6. lu2 u4-sakar-me
7. 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
8. 2(disz) gin2 i3
9. na-sze-a a2-<ag2>-ga2 bala-de3 gen-na
10. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ninda
11. 1/3(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
12. elam kiszib3 sukkal-mah
1 line erased
13. 4(disz) sila3 ninda aga3-us2 lugal
14. zi#-ga u4 5(disz)-kam
15. iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2

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)

Collections

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: DAS, 196

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: AO 27429
Accession No.:

Provenience

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

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.02.05
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Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2018-01-01 at 10:29:06	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2016-07-28 at 14:27:33	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2016-04-02 at 09:02:10	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:29:34	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:12:02	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:18:13	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (028524) (028524)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“DAS 196 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P108944.

DAS 196 artifact entry (No. P108944). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108944

DAS 196 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108944 (Accessed: March 14, 2026).

@misc{2001DAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-14]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {DAS 196 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108944},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108944},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P108944
LB  - CDLI:P108944
M1  - 2026/3/14/
TI  - DAS 196 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P108944
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“DAS 196 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P108944.

DAS 196 artifact entry (No. P108944). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108944

DAS 196 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108944 (Accessed: March 14, 2026).

@misc{2001DAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-14]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {DAS 196 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108944},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108944},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P108944
LB  - CDLI:P108944
M1  - 2026/3/14/
TI  - DAS 196 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P108944
ER  -