DAS 280 (P109010)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 02430

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. 1(disz) ud5
2. 1(u) 2(disz) {munus}asz2#-gar3
3. 4(disz) masz2-gal
4. 2(disz) sila4 sag masz2 sza3-du10-sze3
5. 2(u) 5(disz) masz2-nita2
6. 3(u) la2 2(disz) {munus}asz2#-gar3 sza3-du10 x
7. 1(disz) masz2-nita2# sag masz2 sza3-du10-sze3
8. 1(disz) masz2-nita2 sag# ud5-sze3
9. 1(disz) masz2-nita2 sag {munus}asz2-gar3-sze3
10. 2(u) la2 1(disz) masz2-nita2 x x [x]
  blank space
11. mu-kux(DU)#
12. 2(u) la2 1(disz) masz2-nita2# [x]
13. zi#-ga#
14. x u8 x [x]
15. [...] 2(disz) ud5#
16. [x] x [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
  blank space
1'. szunigin 2(gesz2) 4(u) 3(disz) gub-ba#
2'. szunigin 2(u) la2 1(disz) zi-ga
3'. szunigin la2-ia3
  blank space
4'. lu2-kal-la na-gada
5'. sza3 gu2-ab-ba{ki}
  blank space
6'. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} mu us2-sa-bi

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P109010

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 02430
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 028590
Louvre Collections (Louvre) cl010149162

References

  • primary: DAS, 280

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

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
2017-03-03 at 09:52:18 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:29:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:12:06 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:59:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:18:14 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 280 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P109010.
DAS 280 artifact entry (No. P109010). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P109010 (Original work published 2001)
DAS 280 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P109010 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
@misc{2023DAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {DAS 280 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P109010},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P109010},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/4/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P109010
LB  - CDLI:P109010
M1  - 2026/10/27/
TI  - DAS 280 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P109010
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“DAS 280 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P109010.
DAS 280 artifact entry (No. P109010). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P109010 (Original work published 2001)
DAS 280 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P109010 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
@misc{2023DAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {DAS 280 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P109010},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P109010},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/4/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P109010
LB  - CDLI:P109010
M1  - 2026/10/27/
TI  - DAS 280 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P109010
ER  -
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