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Metal 285 12 (P112991)

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 02561

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (metal)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) {uruda}ha-bu3-da
2. ki-la2-bi 2(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2
3. ba-la2
4. [ki] na#-ba-sa6-ta
5. [ur]-szu-ga-lam-ma
6. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. giri3 lu2-ba-bi
2. giri3 ur-nigar{gar}
3. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 ma-da za-ab-sza-li{ki} mu-hul

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 (metal)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Travail du métal, p. 285 12

[Limet1960métal] Limet, Henri. 1960. Le Travail Du Métal Au Pays de Sumer Au Temps de La IIIe Dynastie d’Ur. Bibliothèque de La Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres de l’Université de Liège, Fascicule 155. Paris: Les Belles Lettres.
history: DAS, 307

[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 02561
Accession No.: AOTc 307

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.07.00.00
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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
2011-07-22 at 13:35:34	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:16:09	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:19:38	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		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 (013882) (013882)
Louvre Collections (cl010150310) (cl010150310)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“Metal 285 12 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P112991.

Metal 285 12 artifact entry (No. P112991). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112991 (Original work published 2001)

Metal 285 12 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112991 (Accessed: March 31, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112991},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Metal 285 12 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P112991.

Metal 285 12 artifact entry (No. P112991). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112991 (Original work published 2001)

Metal 285 12 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112991 (Accessed: March 31, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {Metal 285 12 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112991},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112991},
}

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