DAS 030 (P108825)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 02473

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (metal)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
  broken
reverse
1. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 6(disz) 3(asz)? [...]
  rest broken
envelope
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 6(disz) {uruda}ha-bu3-da
2. ki-la2-bi 2(u) 5/6(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2
3. ba-zi-ir
4. ki lugal-[im-ru]-a-ta
reverse
1. ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
2. szu ba-ti
3. giri3 lu2-ba-gara2
4. giri3 ur-nigar{gar}
5. u3 lugal-geszkim-zi
6. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
1. lugal-geszkim-zi
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-{d}gesz-bar-e3
seal 2
1. lu2-ba-gara2
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
seal 3
1. ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da simug
2. dumu a2-zi-da

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: DAS, 30

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

  • history: CCL 1, T.184 (seals)

    [Delaporte1920CCL1] Delaporte, Louis. 1920. Catalogue Des Cylindres, Cachets et Pierrres Gravées de Style Oriental Du Musée Du Louvre. Musée Du Louvre. Département Des Antiquités Orientales et de La Céramique Antique. Hachette: Paris.

  • history: DynChal, p. 48 14

    [Janneau1911DynChal] Janneau, Guillaume. 1911. Une Dynastie Chaldéenne Les Rois d’Ur. Paris, P. Geuthner.

  • history: Travail du métal, p. 280 3

    [Limet1960métal] Limet, Henri. 1960. Le Travail Du Métal Au Pays de Sumer Au Temps de La IIIe Dynastie d’Ur. Bibliothèque de La Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres de l’Université de Liège, Fascicule 155. Paris: Les Belles Lettres.

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  • Museum No.: AO 02473
  • Accession No.: AOTc 030

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.01.00.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-04 at 14:06:45 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-04 at 14:05:15 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-04 at 14:03:49 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:29:18 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:11:54 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:59:12 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:18:10 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002723 (composite) (P455433) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
CDLI Seals 003470 (composite) (P456180) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
CDLI Seals 005208 (composite) (P457918) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“DAS 030 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P108825.
DAS 030 artifact entry (No. P108825). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108825 (Original work published 2001)
DAS 030 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108825 (Accessed: March 15, 2026).
@misc{2024DAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {DAS 030 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108825},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108825},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P108825
LB  - CDLI:P108825
M1  - 2026/3/15/
TI  - DAS 030 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P108825
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“DAS 030 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P108825.
DAS 030 artifact entry (No. P108825). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108825 (Original work published 2001)
DAS 030 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108825 (Accessed: March 15, 2026).
@misc{2024DAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {DAS 030 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108825},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108825},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P108825
LB  - CDLI:P108825
M1  - 2026/3/15/
TI  - DAS 030 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P108825
ER  -
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