RTC 264 (P128419)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 03330

Period

Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC) [uncertain]

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 2(disz) ud5 {gesz}tukul
2. e2-ki-gal-la
3. ud5 e2-gal
4. 2(disz) e2-gissu
5. 1(disz) ur-dam
6. ud5 ki-a-nag
7. 1(disz) ur-{gesz}gigir#
8. e2#-ki#-gal#-la
9. [...] x
  rest broken
column 2
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. ugula sanga {d}nin-sun2#
4. 1(disz) lugal-he2-gal2
5. ugula sanga {d}nin-dar-a
6. 2(disz) ARAD2-mu
7. ugula sanga {d}hendur-sag
8. 2(disz) lu2-{d}na-ru2-a
9. 2(disz) ur-sukkal
10. [...]
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [n x-x]-x-la#
2'. [n] lu2#-{d}dumu-zi#
3'. [n] lu2#-du10#-ga
4'. [n] ha-ba-lu5-ge2
5'. 2(disz) du11-ga-dingir
6'. 2(disz) ur-{d}lamma
7'. 2(disz) ur-nig2#
  blank space
8'. ud5 e2-[gal]
9'. 2(disz) x [...]
10'. [...]
11'. [...]
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. szunigin#? 4(u) 2(disz) x [...]
2'. mu en {d}inanna unu#[{ki}] dumu ur-{d}namma lugal-[a] masz-e ba-pa3-da#
  blank space
3'. szunigin2 2(gesz2) 6(disz) ud5 {gesz}tukul
4'. ur-dun kuruszda i3-dab5
5'. mu ur-ab-ba ensi2-ta
6'. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki}-a dumu ur-{d}namma lugal-a masz-e ba-pa3-da-sze3#

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC) [uncertain]
Accounting Period Ur-abba.01.00.00 to Ur-Namma.D.00.00

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P128419

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Museum Number AO 03330
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 000705
Louvre Collections (Louvre) cl010157593

References

  • primary: RTC, 264

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

  • history: AGGT, 437

    [Maiocchi2020AGGT] Maiocchi, Massimo, and Giuseppe Visicato. 2020. Administration at Girsu in Gudea’s Time. Antichistica 27. Venezia: Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Digital Publishing.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-04-11 at 16:18:03 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:56:23 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2012-08-11 at 18:33:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-28 at 11:13:17 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:25:51 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“RTC 264 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P128419.
RTC 264 artifact entry (No. P128419). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P128419 (Original work published 2001)
RTC 264 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P128419 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
@misc{2023RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {RTC 264 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P128419},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P128419},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/4/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P128419
LB  - CDLI:P128419
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - RTC 264 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P128419
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“RTC 264 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P128419.
RTC 264 artifact entry (No. P128419). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P128419 (Original work published 2001)
RTC 264 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P128419 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
@misc{2023RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {RTC 264 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P128419},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P128419},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/4/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P128419
LB  - CDLI:P128419
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - RTC 264 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P128419
ER  -
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