RTC 261 (P128416)

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 03891

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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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [...] 2(disz) masz2-gal
2. [...]-am3
3. [...] x-da
4. [ki] da-num2-ta#
5. 7(disz) masz2 lugud2-da
6. ki ur-zigum-ma-ta
7. gub-ba-am3
8. lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
9. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz) ud5
10. 1(u) 2(disz) masz2-gal
11. 1(disz) masz2 lugud2-da
12. 2(u) {munus}asz2-gar3#
13. 2(u) masz2 x
  blank space
14. [...] 2(gesz2) 1(u) la2 1(disz) ud5 hi-a
15. ud5#? gub-ba-am3
16. ur-zigum-ma
17. 1(gesz2) 2(u) ud5
18. 1(disz) masz2-gal
19. 5(disz) masz2# lugud2-da
20. [x {munus}]asz2-gar3
21. [...] x
22. [...]
column 2
1. mu-ni-sze3-za-[gin3]
2. 1(gesz2) 4(u) ud5#
3. 1(u) 5(disz) masz2-gal
4. 2(u) 6(disz) masz2 lugud2-da#
5. 2(u) 2(disz) {munus}asz2-gar3
6. 2(u) 2(disz) masz2 sza3-du10
7. ud5 gub-ba-am3
8. la2-ia3 2(gesz2) 2(disz) [...]
9. [x] masz2-gal
10. [...]
11. [la2-ia3] mu#-a-kam
  blank space
12. szunigin# 3(gesz2) 4(disz) ud5
13. ud5 gub-ba-am3
14. szunigin 4(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) ud5 hi-a
15. la2-ia3-am3
16. da-num2
17. 5(u) la2 1(disz) ud5
18. 1(disz) masz2-gal
19. 8(disz) masz2 lugud2-da
20. 1(u) {munus}asz2-gar3
21. x masz2 sza3-du10
reverse
column 1
1. szunigin 1(gesz2) 2(u) la2 2(disz) [...]
2. ud5 gub-ba-am3
3. szunigin 7(disz) ud5 hi-a
4. la2-ia3-am3
5. du-lu5
6. 1(gesz2) 1(disz) ud5
7. 1(u) 3(disz) masz2-gal
8. 1(u) masz2 lugud2-da
9. 1(u) 3(disz) {munus}asz2-gar3
10. 1(u) 2(disz) masz2 sza3-du10
  blank space
11. szunigin 1(gesz2) 5(u) la2 1(disz) ud5 hi-a
12. ud5# gub#-ba-am3#
13. lu2-giri17-[zal]
  blank space
14. szunigin 6(gesz2) 3(disz) [...]
15. szunigin 1(gesz2) 4(u) [...]
16. szunigin 1(gesz2) 2(u) la2 2(disz) [...] masz2 lugud2-da#
column 2
1. [...]
2. [... gub]-ba#-am3
3. szunigin 2(gesz2) 3(u) la2 3(disz) ud5
4. szunigin 3(u) masz2-gal
5. szunigin 1(gesz2) 2(u) 2(disz) masz2 sza3-du10
6. la2-ia3 mu-a-kam
  blank space
7. ud5 gub-ba-[am3]
8. {d}nin-mar{ki}
9. ka-ka-ka mu-kux(DU)
10. mu-a-kam
11. ugula ur-{d}nin-tu sanga
12. ur-ab-ba
13. ensi2#
14. mu# ur-{d}namma lugal-e# sig-ta igi-nim-sze3 giri3# si bi2-sa2-a

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: RTC, 261

    [Thureau-Dangin1903RTC] Thureau-Dangin, François. 1903. Recueil de Tablettes Chaldéennes. Paris: Ernest Leroux.

  • citation: ASJ 22, p.279-301, p. 295

    [Wilcke2000si-sa2] Wilcke, Claus. 2000. “The Verb Si — Sa₂: A Diachronic List of Datable Occurrences Grouped According to the Number of Participants to the Action.” Acta Sumerologica 22: 279–301.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: AO 03891
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Period Comments:

    period uncertain

  • Dates Referenced: Ur-Namma.B.00.00
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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
2017-02-28 at 17:16:31 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:59:17 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:31:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:42:59 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:25:51 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“RTC 261 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P128416.
RTC 261 artifact entry (No. P128416). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P128416 (Original work published 2001)
RTC 261 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P128416 (Accessed: February 15, 2026).
@misc{2023RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {RTC 261 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P128416},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P128416},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/4/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P128416
LB  - CDLI:P128416
M1  - 2026/2/15/
TI  - RTC 261 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P128416
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“RTC 261 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P128416.
RTC 261 artifact entry (No. P128416). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P128416 (Original work published 2001)
RTC 261 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P128416 (Accessed: February 15, 2026).
@misc{2023RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {RTC 261 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P128416},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P128416},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/4/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P128416
LB  - CDLI:P128416
M1  - 2026/2/15/
TI  - RTC 261 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P128416
ER  -
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