NFT p. 185, AO 4164 (P121767)

Administrative envelope 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 04164

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
  (not given)
envelope
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szul-gi
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
column 2
1. ur-{d}hendur-sag
2. ensi2
3. {d}szul-gi#-{d}utu[{ki}]
4. ARAD2-zu#

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Envelope Artifact type comments:

    envelope only

  • Material: Clay
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    envelope only

  • primary: NFT, 185, AO 4164

    [Thureau-Dangin1910NFT] Cros, Gaston, and François Thureau-Dangin. 1910. Nouvelles Fouilles de Tello. Edited by Gaston Cros. Paris: Ernest Leroux.

  • history: RIME 3/2, .01.02.x2028

    [Frayne1997RIME3/2] Frayne, Douglas R. 1997. Ur III Period (2112-2004 BC). Vol. 3/2. Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: DynChal, p. 12, 04

    [Janneau1911DynChal] Janneau, Guillaume. 1911. Une Dynastie Chaldéenne Les Rois d’Ur. Paris, P. Geuthner.

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  • Museum No.: AO 04164
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-22 at 14:47:43 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-21 at 10:38:45 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-21 at 10:36:59 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-04 at 14:06:45 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-04 at 14:06:07 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-24 at 15:00:20 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2022-03-23 at 11:00:21 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2022-03-23 at 10:59:43 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2013-12-15 at 15:53:08 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-07-26 at 18:03:47 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-06-07 at 12:25:43 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:48:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:25:19 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:23:11 CDLI Atf CDLI 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 006174 (composite) (P458884) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“NFT p. 185, AO 4164 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121767.
NFT p. 185, AO 4164 artifact entry (No. P121767). (2024, September 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121767 (Original work published 2001)
NFT p. 185, AO 4164 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121767 (Accessed: August 6, 2025).
@misc{2024NFT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 22},
	title = {NFT p. 185, {AO} 4164 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121767},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121767},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“NFT p. 185, AO 4164 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121767.
NFT p. 185, AO 4164 artifact entry (No. P121767). (2024, September 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121767 (Original work published 2001)
NFT p. 185, AO 4164 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121767 (Accessed: August 6, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 22},
	title = {NFT p. 185, {AO} 4164 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121767},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121767},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121767
LB  - CDLI:P121767
M1  - 2025/8/6/
TI  - NFT p. 185, AO 4164 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121767
ER  -
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