RTC 417 (P128570)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 03544

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

-

Has seal impression(s) Annotation unreviewed

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(u) 6(disz) gurusz 2(asz) sze gur lugal-ta
2. sze-bi 5(u) 2(asz) gur
  blank space
3. gab2-us2 udu kur-ka szuku-bi
4. e2-gal-la bi2-ib2-gi4-me
reverse
1. ki a-tu-ta
2. kiszib3 lu2-du10-ga szusz3
  blank space
3. mu a-ra2 3(disz)-kam-asz si-mu-ur4-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. szul-gi nita kal-ga
2. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
3. lugal ki-en-gi ki-uri
4. lu2-du10-ga
5. dumu lu2-{d}nanna ARAD2#-zu#

Textual annotations

This annotation was changed automatically to match a new version of the transliteration, but has not yet been reviewed since.
#new_text=P128570 # ID FORM SEGM XPOSTAG HEAD DEPREL MISC # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 2(u) 2(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 2 6(disz) 6(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 3 gurusz gurusz[male] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 4 2(asz) 2(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 5 sze sze[barley] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 6 gur gur[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 7 lugal-ta lugal[king] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Abl _ _ _ _ 8 sze-bi sze[barley] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs|Animacy=Nhum _ _ _ _ 9 5(u) 5(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 10 2(asz) 2(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 11 gur gur[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 12 gab2-us2 gabus[shepherd_helper] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 13 udu udu[sheep] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 14 kur-ka kur[mountain] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Gen,Gen _ _ _ _ 15 szuku-bi szukur[ration] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs|Animacy=Nhum _ _ _ _ 16 e2-gal-la egal[palace] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 17 bi2-ib2-gi4-me gi[return] VERB V Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 18 ki ki[place] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 19 a-tu-ta Atu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Abl _ _ _ _ 20 kiszib3 kiszib[seal] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 21 lu2-du10-ga Luduga[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 22 szusz3 kusz[cattle_manager] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 23 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 24 a-ra2 ara[times] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 25 3(disz)-kam-asz 3(disz)[one] NUM NU Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 26 si-mu-ur4-ru-um{ki} Simurrum[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 27 ba-hul hulu[destroy] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 28 szul-gi Szulgir[1] PROPN RN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 29 nita nita[male] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 30 kal-ga kalag[strong] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 31 lugal lugal[king] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 32 uri5{ki}-ma Urim[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 33 lugal lugal[king] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 34 ki-en-gi ki'engi[1] PROPN GN Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 35 ki-uri ki'uri[1] PROPN GN Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Abs _ _ _ _ 36 lu2-du10-ga Luduga[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 37 dumu dumu[child] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 38 lu2-{d}nanna Lunanna[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 39 x-x _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 004265 (composite) (P456975) S004265 Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P128570

Physical information

unopened envelope

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
unopened envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Museum Number AO 03544
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 000857

References

  • primary: RTC, 417

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-12-05 at 07:57:49 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. Dahl, Jacob L. Approved View
2022-12-04 at 11:30:39 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Annotation McGrath, William; Wang Jinyan Machine Translation and Automated Analysis of Cuneiform Languages Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:59:28 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:32:05 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:43:29 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:25:54 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“RTC 417 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P128570.
RTC 417 artifact entry (No. P128570). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P128570
RTC 417 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P128570 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
@misc{2001RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-26]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {RTC 417 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P128570},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P128570},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P128570
LB  - CDLI:P128570
M1  - 2026/10/26/
TI  - RTC 417 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P128570
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“RTC 417 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P128570.
RTC 417 artifact entry (No. P128570). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P128570
RTC 417 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P128570 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
@misc{2001RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-26]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {RTC 417 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P128570},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P128570},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P128570
LB  - CDLI:P128570
M1  - 2026/10/26/
TI  - RTC 417 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P128570
ER  -
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