RTC 429 (P128582)

Administrative tablet & 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 02450

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 8(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
2. ki lu2#-{d}dumu-zi
3. ba-zi
  blank space
4. kiszib3 sukkal-mah
5. giri3 i3-li2-si-na-at
reverse
1. masz2-da-re-a lugal-sze3
  1 line blank
2. iti munu4-gu7
3. mu {d}szu-[{d}suen] lugal [uri5]{ki}-ma-ke4 e2 {d}[szara2] umma{ki#} mu-du3
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szu-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. ARAD2-{d}nanna#
2. sukkal-mah
3. dumu ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
4. sukkal-mah#
5. ARAD2-zu

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope Artifact type comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envelope

  • primary: RTC, 429

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

  • history: CCL 1, T.218 (seal)

    [Delaporte1920CCL1] Delaporte, Louis. 1920. Catalogue Des Cylindres, Cachets et Pierrres Gravées de Style Oriental Du Musée Du Louvre. Musée Du Louvre. Département Des Antiquités Orientales et de La Céramique Antique. Hachette: Paris.

  • history: DynChal, p. 54 18

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

  • history: DAS, 25

    [Lafont1985DAS] Lafont, Bertrand. 1985. Documents Administratifs Sumériens Provenant Du Site de Tello et Conservés Au Musée Du Louvre. Paris: Éditions Recherche sur les Civilisations.

  • history: Ward, Seal Cylinder, 52b (seal)

    [Ward1910SealCyl] Ward, William H. 1910. The Seal Cylinders of Western Asia. Carnegie Institute of Washington.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: AO 02450
  • Accession No.: AOTc 025

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.09.05.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-04 at 14:06:45 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-04 at 14:05:15 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-04 at 14:03:49 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-04-11 at 16:18:03 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2018-08-23 at 08:56:41 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:59:29 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:32:05 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:43:32 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:25:55 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 000043 (composite) (P430144) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šū-Suen.01.00.00, Šū-Suen.09.05.00

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Cite this Artifact
“RTC 429 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P128582.
RTC 429 artifact entry (No. P128582). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P128582 (Original work published 2001)
RTC 429 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P128582 (Accessed: July 13, 2025).
@misc{2024RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {RTC 429 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P128582},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P128582},
}


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