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DAS 368 (P109082)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 02526

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

envelope
obverse
1. 2(gesz2) kusz a-gar ku3-a
2. gu4-apin e2 {d}szul-gi-ka-sze3
3. ki lu2-{d}nin-gir-su dumu ba-zi-ta
reverse
1. ur-szu-ga-lam-ma
2. szu ba-ti
3. kiszib3 ur-{d}en-gal-du-du ib2-ra
4. iti# szu#-numun#
5. mu# en# eridu#{[ki]}-ga# ba#-a#-hun#
seal 1
illegible

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 & envelope Artifact type comments:
unopened envelope
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
seal illegible
Artifact comments:
unopened envelope

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: DAS, 368

[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: MCS 6, 055 AO 2526

[Fish1956MCS6] Fish, Thomas. 1956. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 6.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: AO 02526
Accession No.: AOTc 368

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.08.04.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-04-11 at 16:18:03	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2018-09-30 at 12:11:13	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2017-04-02 at 21:59:35	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2017-03-31 at 11:19:04	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2017-03-31 at 11:17:45	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (013522) (013522)
Louvre Collections (cl010123748) (cl010123748)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifacts

“DAS 368 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P109082.

DAS 368 artifact entry (No. P109082). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P109082 (Original work published 2001)

DAS 368 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P109082 (Accessed: March 15, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {DAS 368 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P109082},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P109082},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“DAS 368 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P109082.

DAS 368 artifact entry (No. P109082). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P109082 (Original work published 2001)

DAS 368 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P109082 (Accessed: March 15, 2026).

@misc{2023DAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {DAS 368 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P109082},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P109082},
}

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PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P109082
M1  - 2026/3/15/
TI  - DAS 368 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P109082
ER  -