NFT p. 222 AO 04397 (P010487)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 04397

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Stone

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (field purchase?)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

80.0 mm × 93.0 mm × 23.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
  (beginning of column missing)
1'. [x x] sum [x] ki
2'. [x] 3(u@c)#? sum [x] ti# ki
3'. 3(u@c) dug ga
4'. [x] ga [...]
  rest of column missing
column 2
1'. [x] esz2# ma2#
2'. 3(u@c) gesz-gi-musz3
3'. 3(u@c) gisal
4'. gesz-gu2
5'. esz2-ma2-gid2
6'. gesz-udu-la2
7'. esz2
8'. [x] mar?
column 3
1'. KAL#?
2'. dug sze
3'. 3(u@c) ninda
4'. ma2:li
5'. dug
6'. ninda
7'. udu
8'. dug-gesztin
9'. gu2 ma-gur8
10'. 1(asz@c) dug [...]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (field purchase?)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P010487

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 80.0 mm × 93.0 mm × 23.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Stone
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 04397
Accession Number

References

  • primary: NFT, p. 222 AO 04397

    [Thureau-Dangin1910NFT] Cros, Gaston, and François Thureau-Dangin. 1910. Nouvelles Fouilles de Tello. Edited by Gaston Cros. Paris: Ernest Leroux.

  • history: Civil, NABU 1989/61

    [Civil1989NABU61] Civil, Miguel. 1989. “The Stone Fragment AO 4397 (NFT 222).” NABU, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires 1989 (3): 39–40.

  • history: SRU, 116

    [Edzard1968SRU] Edzard, Dietz Otto. 1968. Sumerische Rechtsurkunden Des III. Jahrtausends Aus Der Zeit Vor Der III. Dynastie von Ur. Abhandlungen. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse. Neue Folge, Heft 67. München: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften.

  • history: OIP 104, 019b

    [Gelb1991OIP104] Gelb, Ignace Jay, Piotr Steinkeller, and Robert M. Whiting. 1991. Earliest Land Tenure Systems in the Near East: Ancient Kudurrus (ELTS). The University of Chicago Oriental Institute Publications 104. https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oip/earliest-land-tenure-systems-near-east-ancient-kudurrus.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-05 at 08:44:01 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-21 at 10:38:45 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-03 at 16:55:41 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-24 at 15:00:20 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2010-07-13 at 09:59:18 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-03-01 at 15:47:08 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:14:07 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Hebenstreit, Laurent CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“NFT p. 222 AO 04397 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010487.
NFT p. 222 AO 04397 artifact entry (No. P010487). (2024, September 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010487 (Original work published 2001)
NFT p. 222 AO 04397 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010487 (Accessed: October 8, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010487},
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Cite this Artifact

“NFT p. 222 AO 04397 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010487.
NFT p. 222 AO 04397 artifact entry (No. P010487). (2024, September 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010487 (Original work published 2001)
NFT p. 222 AO 04397 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010487 (Accessed: October 8, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 5},
	title = {NFT p. 222 {AO} 04397 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010487},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010487},
}


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