RTC 279 (P128433)

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 03343

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) gada us2
2. 2(disz) gada du
3. uri5{ki}-sze3
4. giri3 ur-sa6-ga
5. sanga {d}nin-gesz-zi-da
reverse
1. zi-ga
2. lugal-e2-gid2-e
  blank line
3. mu lugal-e szu i3-nigin2

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: RTC, 279

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

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  • Museum No.: AO 03343
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2011-07-28 at 11:13:28 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:25:51 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“RTC 279 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P128433.
RTC 279 artifact entry (No. P128433). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P128433
RTC 279 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P128433 (Accessed: July 21, 2025).
@misc{2001RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-21]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {RTC 279 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P128433},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P128433},
}


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