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DAS 398 (P109110)

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

Metadata / catalogue

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Photo

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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 02566

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

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 7(disz) tug2 mug
2. ki lugal-ti-ra-asz2-ta
3. erin2 lu2 hu-bu7{bu} szu ba-ab-ti
4. e2-sukkal-me
reverse
1. kiszib3 ur-{gesz}gigir
blank space
seal impression
2. mu ma2-gur8-mah ba-dim2
seal 1
1. ur-{gesz}gigir
2. dumu ur?-{d}[...]
3. [...]

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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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: DAS, 398

[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.120 (seal)

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: AO 02566
Accession No.: AOTc 398

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: Šū-Suen.08.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
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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
2018-10-19 at 10:01:44	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2018-09-02 at 05:52:15	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 (028691) (028691)
Louvre Collections (cl010123769) (cl010123769)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 000579 (composite) (P430673)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“DAS 398 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P109110.

DAS 398 artifact entry (No. P109110). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P109110 (Original work published 2001)

DAS 398 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P109110 (Accessed: March 15, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {DAS 398 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P109110},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P109110},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“DAS 398 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P109110.

DAS 398 artifact entry (No. P109110). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P109110 (Original work published 2001)

DAS 398 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P109110 (Accessed: March 15, 2026).

@misc{2023DAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {DAS 398 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P109110},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P109110},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/4/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P109110
LB  - CDLI:P109110
M1  - 2026/3/15/
TI  - DAS 398 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P109110
ER  -