RTC 262 (P128417)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 03332

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) u8
2. 2(u) udu-nita2
3. a-tu dumu sza3-ku3-[ge]
4. [...] 2(u) 2(disz) [u8]
5. [x] udu-[nita2]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
  blank space
1'. iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6 [(x)]
2'. mu ur-{d}namma lugal-e sig-ta igi-nim-sze3 giri3 si bi-sa2-a

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
period uncertain
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P128417

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Museum Number AO 03332
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 000703
Louvre Collections (Louvre) cl010157615

References

  • primary: RTC, 262

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

  • history: RA 005 (pp. 67-102), 83 AO 03332

    [Thureau-Dangin1902RA5] Thureau-Dangin, François. 1902. “Notice Sur La Troisième Collection de Tablettes Découvertes Par M. de Sarzec à Tello.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 5 (3): 67–102.

  • 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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-31 at 09:41:38 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-04-11 at 16:18:03 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:59:17 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:31:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:43:00 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:25:51 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“RTC 262 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 31, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P128417.
RTC 262 artifact entry (No. P128417). (2024, October 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P128417 (Original work published 2001)
RTC 262 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P128417 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 31},
	title = {RTC 262 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P128417},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P128417},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“RTC 262 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 31, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P128417.
RTC 262 artifact entry (No. P128417). (2024, October 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P128417 (Original work published 2001)
RTC 262 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P128417 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
@misc{2024RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 31},
	title = {RTC 262 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P128417},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P128417},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/31/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P128417
LB  - CDLI:P128417
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - RTC 262 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P128417
ER  -
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