DAS 400 (P109112)

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 02560

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

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse .
1. 8(asz) gu2-gal gur
2. numun-sze3
3. ki ur-{d}lamma dumu ur-nig2-ta
4. kiszib3 ka5-a-mu
5. dumu nam-mah
reverse
1. a-sza3 {gesz}asal2-ta
2. giri3 ur-mes szabra
  blank space
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3. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e e2 {d}szara2 umma{ki} mu-du3
seal 1
1. ur-{gesz}gigir
2. dub-sar
3. dumu nam-mah

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: DAS, 400

    [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.118 (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.

  • history: MCS 8, 67

    [Fish1958MCS8] Fish, Thomas. 1958. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 8.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: AO 02560
  • Accession No.: AOTc 400

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.09.00.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2021-09-29 at 10:28:06 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2018-09-02 at 08:38:15 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005459 (composite) (P458169) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“DAS 400 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P109112.
DAS 400 artifact entry (No. P109112). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P109112
DAS 400 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P109112 (Accessed: November 9, 2025).
@misc{2001DAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-09]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {DAS 400 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P109112},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P109112},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P109112
LB  - CDLI:P109112
M1  - 2025/11/9/
TI  - DAS 400 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P109112
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“DAS 400 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P109112.
DAS 400 artifact entry (No. P109112). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P109112
DAS 400 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P109112 (Accessed: November 9, 2025).
@misc{2001DAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-09]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {DAS 400 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P109112},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P109112},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P109112
LB  - CDLI:P109112
M1  - 2025/11/9/
TI  - DAS 400 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P109112
ER  - 
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