RIAA 120 (P200406)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium

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Museum Collection(s)

Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium

Museum Number

MRAH O.0104

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

69.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 22.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) sze# gur#
2. kiszib3# {d#}szara2#-kam# dam#-gar3# nibru#{ki#}
3. 7(gesz2) gur
4. kiszib3 lu2-{d}en-ki e2# {d}en-ki
5. 1(gesz'u) gur
6. kiszib3 wa#-x-ma# dumu x-x-lugal#
7. 1(gesz2) gur
reverse
1. kiszib3 {d}x-x-dan dam-gar3 unu#{ki}
2. 2(gesz2) gur kiszib3# [nu]-ur2#-esz18#-dar# dam-gar3# uri5#{ki#}
3. ki# al#-la#-mu#-ta
4. 1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2)# gur
5. kiszib3# {d#}nanna#-i3-sa6 dumu# nam#-ha-ni
6. ki lu2#-usz#-gi-na-ta
  blank space
7. szunigin 3(gesz'u)# [5(gesz2)] sze# gur
8. nig2#-sa10#-am3# udu#? kas4

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 69.0 high × 42.0 wide × 22.0 thick
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  • primary: RIAA (1925), 120

    [Speleers1925RIAA] Speleers, Louis. 1925. Recueil Des Inscriptions de l’Asie Antérieure Des Musées Royaux Du Cinquantenaire à Bruxelles; Textes Sumériens, Babyloniens et Assyriens.

  • history: N. Vanderroost, forthcoming

    [sec22715] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: MRAH O.0104
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello) [uncertain]
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-03-03 at 09:55:13 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:31:41 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-27 at 19:39:13 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:32:20 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“RIAA 120 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P200406.
RIAA 120 artifact entry (No. P200406). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200406
RIAA 120 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200406 (Accessed: June 9, 2025).
@misc{2002RIAA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-09]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {RIAA 120 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200406},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200406},
}


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