RTC 080 (P216859)

Legal tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Cite

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 02690

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Compra-venta de un esclavo con testigos.)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz@c) gala#
2. 1(asz@c) geme2-lisz 2(asz@c) dumu-munus-ni
3. dam dumu-ni-me
4. 1(asz@c) lu2-TAR
5. 1(asz@c) sa-du2
6. szesz-a-ni-me
7. lugal-uszumgal
8. ensi2 lagasz{ki}-ke4
9. szu-i3-li2-su di-ku5-sze3
10. i3-ne-szi-sa10
11. 1(asz@c) puzur4-{d}iszkur
12. dumu du-du
13. szesz szu-i3-li2-su-ke4#
reverse
1. [a]-ga#-de3{ki}-ta
2. mu-lah5-he-esz2
3. gesz-a ib2-ta-bala-esz2
4. 1(asz@c) su-ru-usz-gi szu-gal5-la2-um
5. 1(asz@c) edin-bi-sze3 dub-sar
6. 1(asz@c) dingir-ba-ni a-zu
7. 1(asz@c) gu3-de2-a
8. 1(asz@c) na-ni
9. 1(asz@c) da-da nu-banda3-me
10. 1(asz@c) ip-qum
11. dumu na-ni ensi2
12. 1(asz@c) me-sag2
13. szesz ur-me-ga nu-banda3
14. 1(asz@c) da-da ug# [...]
15. 1(asz@c) ur-nig2-zu# dumu [...]

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Compra-venta de un esclavo con testigos.)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P216859
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P216859

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 02690
Accession Number	AOTb 012

References

primary: RTC, 80

[Thureau-Dangin1903RTC] Thureau-Dangin, François. 1903. Recueil de Tablettes Chaldéennes. Paris: Ernest Leroux.
history: RA 004 (pp. 69- 86), pl. 10, no. 32

[Thureau-Dangin1897RA4] Thureau-Dangin, François. 1897. “Musée Du Louvre Département Des Antiquités Orientales: Tablettes Chaldéennes Inédites.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 4 (3): 69–86.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-31 at 09:37:46	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-07 at 17:58:34	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2021-01-18 at 07:59:30	Lafont, Bertrand	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2016-07-28 at 15:57:28	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31	Brumfield, Sara	Transliteration	Brumfield, Sara	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:34:07	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“RTC 080 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 31, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P216859.

RTC 080 artifact entry (No. P216859). (2024, October 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216859 (Original work published 1970)

RTC 080 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216859 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).

@misc{2024RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 31},
	title = {RTC 080 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216859},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216859},
}

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LB  - CDLI:P216859
M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - RTC 080 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P216859
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“RTC 080 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 31, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P216859.

RTC 080 artifact entry (No. P216859). (2024, October 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216859 (Original work published 1970)

RTC 080 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216859 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).

@misc{2024RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 31},
	title = {RTC 080 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216859},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216859},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/31/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P216859
LB  - CDLI:P216859
M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - RTC 080 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P216859
ER  -