RTC 004 (P010558)

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 00406

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (fields.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. sza3 absin3
2. 2(esze3@c) GAN2
3. szubur
4. 1(esze3@c) 2(iku@c) en-an-ne2
5. 2(iku@c) a-abzu-si
6. 3(iku@c) munus-gesztin
column 2
1. 1(esze3@c) |SAGxHA|-a-ti
2. 2(esze3@c) 2(iku@c) utu-ur-sag!
3. dilmun
4. 1(esze3@c) lugal-ur-sag
5. 5(iku@c) munus-a2-nu-kusz2
6. 1(esze3@c) nam-ni-sze3
column 3
1. 2(bur3@c) 1(esze3@c) 3(iku@c) masz-da3
2. 2(iku@c) alan-kur-ta
3. 1(esze3@c) 5(iku@c) amar-tur3
4. 2(bur3@c) bil3-kalam
reverse
column 1
1. 1(esze3@c) nig2-lul-le
2. 3(iku@c) |NI&NI|
3. 3(iku@c) utu-ur-sag
  blank space
column 2
1. szu-nigin2 8(bur3@c)? 1(esze3@c) GAN2
2. gesz-KA-ge#? GAN2

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (fields.)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P010558

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
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 00406
Accession Number AOTa 005

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Louvre Collections (Louvre) cl010125612

References

  • primary: RTC, 4

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

  • citation: ZA 66, p.156-195, p. 168

    [Edzard1976Wirtschaftstexte] Edzard, Dietz Otto. 1976. “Fāra Und Abu Ṣalābiḫ. Die „Wirtschaftstexte“.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 66: 156–95.

  • citation: Prosopografia Fara, XVIf.

    [Pomponio1987Fara] Pomponio, Francesco. 1987. La Prosopografia Dei Testi Presargonici Di Fara. Studi Semitici ; Nuova Ser., 3. Roma : Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza.”

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
2010-06-11 at 09:04:21 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Hebenstreit, Laurent CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“RTC 004 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P010558.
RTC 004 artifact entry (No. P010558). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010558 (Original work published 2001)
RTC 004 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010558 (Accessed: May 4, 2026).
@misc{2023RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {RTC 004 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010558},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010558},
}

TY  - ELEC
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M1  - 2026/5/4/
TI  - RTC 004 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“RTC 004 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P010558.
RTC 004 artifact entry (No. P010558). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010558 (Original work published 2001)
RTC 004 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010558 (Accessed: May 4, 2026).
@misc{2023RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {RTC 004 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010558},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010558},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/4/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P010558
LB  - CDLI:P010558
M1  - 2026/5/4/
TI  - RTC 004 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P010558
ER  - 
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