RTC 342 (P128495)

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 03479

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. 5(disz) id-gur2 i3-gesz
2. u4 7(disz)-kam
3. sza-lim-be-li2-NI lu2 kas4
reverse
1. ma2 ugnim sa gi4-gi4 tusz-a
2. zi-ga
3. iti szu-numun

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P128495

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 03479
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 000782
Louvre Collections (Louvre) cl010159246

References

  • primary: RTC, 342

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

Revisions and credits

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
2011-07-22 at 13:59:22 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:32:01 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:25:53 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 342 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P128495.
RTC 342 artifact entry (No. P128495). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P128495 (Original work published 2001)
RTC 342 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P128495 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).
@misc{2023RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {RTC 342 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P128495},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P128495},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/4/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P128495
LB  - CDLI:P128495
M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - RTC 342 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“RTC 342 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P128495.
RTC 342 artifact entry (No. P128495). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P128495 (Original work published 2001)
RTC 342 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P128495 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).
@misc{2023RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {RTC 342 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P128495},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P128495},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/4/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P128495
LB  - CDLI:P128495
M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - RTC 342 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P128495
ER  -
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