MCS 5, 32 AOTc 377 (P112796)

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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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 27553

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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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(ban2) kasz saga lugal
2. 3(ban2) n sila3 dabin
erased line
3. 1(disz) sila3 zu2-lum
4. 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
5. 1(disz) udu u2
reverse
1. alan {d}szu-{d}suen
2. NE-<duh>-hu-NE{ki} gen-na
blank space
seal impression
3. kiszib3 u-bar lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal
4. iti diri sze-sag11-ku5
5. mu en {d}nanna kar-zi-da ba-hun
seal 1
1. u-bar
2. u3-kul
3. szu-{d}nin-szubur

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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Delaporte, CCL 1, T.177
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: MCS 5, 32 AOTc 377

[Fish1955MCS5] Fish, Thomas. 1955. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 5.
history: RA 077 (pp. 69-71), 69

[Lafont1983RA77] Lafont, Bertrand. 1983. “Deux Notes Sur Les Règnes de Šu-Sîn et Ibbi-Sîn.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 77 (1): 69–71.

AO 27553
history: DAS, 377

[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: Sallaberger, OBO 160/3, p. 302

[Sallaberger1999OBO160/3] Sallaberger, Walther. 1999. “Ur III-Zeit.” In Annäherungen 3: Mesopotamien. Akkade-Zeit Und Ur III-Zeit, edited by Pascal Attinger and Markus Wäfler, 119–390. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 160/3. Freiburg Schweiz: Universitätsverlag.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: AO 27553
Accession No.: AOTc 377

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.09.11d.00 (intercalated)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-27 at 19:39:57	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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
2018-10-05 at 01:08:25	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2018-09-05 at 03:12:12	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 (013445) (013445)
Louvre Collections (cl010124561) (cl010124561)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004644 (composite) (P457354)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“MCS 5, 32 AOTc 377 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P112796.

MCS 5, 32 AOTc 377 artifact entry (No. P112796). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112796 (Original work published 2001)

MCS 5, 32 AOTc 377 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112796 (Accessed: February 16, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“MCS 5, 32 AOTc 377 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P112796.

MCS 5, 32 AOTc 377 artifact entry (No. P112796). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112796 (Original work published 2001)

MCS 5, 32 AOTc 377 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112796 (Accessed: February 16, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112796},
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