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DAS 408 (P109119)

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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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 27570

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. 2(asz) gu2 x x [x]
2. 2(barig) 3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 sze lugal
3. 2(ban2) 1(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 {u2}gamun2
4. ki lu2-{d}utu-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 ur-{d}ba-ba6
2. sa2-du11 {d}nin-gir2-su
blank space
seal impression
3. iti sze-sag11-[ku5]
4. mu en# [... ba-hun]
seal 1
1. ur-{d}ba#-[ba6?]
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-[...]

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
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
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Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: DAS, 408

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: AO 27570
Accession No.:

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: --.--.09.00
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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
2018-09-03 at 00:49:50	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Wang Jinyan		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 (028700) (028700)
Louvre Collections (cl010124571) (cl010124571)

Seals

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

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

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“DAS 408 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P109119.

DAS 408 artifact entry (No. P109119). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P109119 (Original work published 2001)

DAS 408 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P109119 (Accessed: March 31, 2026).

@misc{2023DAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-31]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {DAS 408 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P109119},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P109119},
}

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TI  - DAS 408 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“DAS 408 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P109119.

DAS 408 artifact entry (No. P109119). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P109119 (Original work published 2001)

DAS 408 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P109119 (Accessed: March 31, 2026).

@misc{2023DAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-31]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {DAS 408 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P109119},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P109119},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/4/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P109119
LB  - CDLI:P109119
M1  - 2026/3/31/
TI  - DAS 408 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P109119
ER  -