DAS 040 (P108832)

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 02463

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)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 4(u) sze gur
2. ki al-la-mu
  blank space
3. sa2-du11 sze-ba
4. i3-dub a-sza3 su3 GAN2-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 ur-{d}nansze dumu na-ba-sa6
  blank space
2. giri3 ur-{d}isztaran
3. iti GAN2-masz
4. mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e na-mah {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2 mu-ne-du3
seal 1
1. ur-{d}nansze
2. dub-sar
3. dumu na-ba-sa6

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

Delaporte, CCL 1, T.175

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P108832

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 02463
Accession Number AOTc 040

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 028412

References

  • primary: DAS, 40

    [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: DynChal, p. 51 16

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

Revisions and credits

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 14:06:07 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, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:11:54 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:59:14 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:18:10 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

“DAS 040 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P108832.
DAS 040 artifact entry (No. P108832). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108832 (Original work published 2001)
DAS 040 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108832 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {DAS 040 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108832},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108832},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“DAS 040 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P108832.
DAS 040 artifact entry (No. P108832). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108832 (Original work published 2001)
DAS 040 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108832 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {DAS 040 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108832},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108832},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P108832
LB  - CDLI:P108832
M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - DAS 040 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P108832
ER  - 
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