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DAS 197 (P108945)

Administrative tablet 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 27430

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda#
2. 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 i3#-udu#
3. szu-{d}en-lil2-la2 sukkal
4. 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
5. 2(disz) gin2 i3
6. sza#-ru-ba-ni lu2 zah3 dab5!(TUG2)-de3 gen-na
8. 4(disz) sila3 kasz 4(disz) sila3 ninda
9. 2(disz) gin2 i3
10. sza-ru-um-i3-li2 i3-gesz-da gen-na
11. [x] sila3 kasz# [x] sila3 ninda
12. [x] gin2 i3
13. ti#-ru#-ru#-[um] a#-tu5#-sze3 gen-na
14. 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
reverse
1. 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 i3# [udu]
2. a-bu-ni lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu-<la>
3. 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
4. 2(disz) gin2 i3
5. szu-esz18-dar lu2 kas4
6. 1(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 kasz 2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3
7. sza3 en-nu-me
8. ninda
1 line erased
9. zi-ga u4 1(u)-kam
10. iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-mu2

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Join Information:
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: DAS, 197

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: AO 27430
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.02.10
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2016-04-02 at 09:08:06	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:29:34	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:12:02	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:18:13	CDLI	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI	CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (028525) (028525)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“DAS 197 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P108945.

DAS 197 artifact entry (No. P108945). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108945

DAS 197 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108945 (Accessed: January 13, 2026).

@misc{2001DAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-13]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {DAS 197 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108945},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108945},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P108945
LB  - CDLI:P108945
M1  - 2026/1/13/
TI  - DAS 197 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P108945
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“DAS 197 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P108945.

DAS 197 artifact entry (No. P108945). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108945

DAS 197 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108945 (Accessed: January 13, 2026).

@misc{2001DAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-13]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {DAS 197 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108945},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108945},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P108945
LB  - CDLI:P108945
M1  - 2026/1/13/
TI  - DAS 197 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P108945
ER  -