DAS 403 (P109114)

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 02564

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. engar dumu-gu4-gur
2. 2(disz)-a-bi x-x
3. x x [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x x [x?]
2'. iti# sze-sag11-ku5
3'. e2 uru11{ki} u3 e2# ba-gara2
  blank space
  seal impression
4'. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
1. ab-ba-kal-la
2. dub-sar
3. dumu du-du
4. sanga uru11{ki}

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 001900 (composite) (P454610) S001900 Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P109114

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 02564
Accession Number AOTc 403

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 028695
Louvre Collections (Louvre) cl010123767

References

  • primary: DAS, 403

    [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.190 (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.

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
2018-09-03 at 00:49:50 Firth, Richard Transliteration Wang Jinyan 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 403 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P109114.
DAS 403 artifact entry (No. P109114). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P109114 (Original work published 2001)
DAS 403 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P109114 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).
@misc{2023DAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {DAS 403 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P109114},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P109114},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/4/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P109114
LB  - CDLI:P109114
M1  - 2026/11/3/
TI  - DAS 403 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P109114
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“DAS 403 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P109114.
DAS 403 artifact entry (No. P109114). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P109114 (Original work published 2001)
DAS 403 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P109114 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).
@misc{2023DAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {DAS 403 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P109114},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P109114},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/4/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P109114
LB  - CDLI:P109114
M1  - 2026/11/3/
TI  - DAS 403 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P109114
ER  -
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