RTC 081 (P216860)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 02689

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)

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tablet
obverse
1. [1/3(disz)]{sza} ku3-babbar
2. nig2-sa10 1(asz@c) lulim
3. dumu a-tu-ka-kam
4. lugal-ezem
5. dumu lugal-nig2-zu-ke4
6. szu ba-ti
7. lugal-uszumgal
8. ensi2-ke4
9. i3-szi-la2
10. gesz-a ib2-ta-bala
11. 1(asz@c) amar-kun sukkal
12. 1(asz@c) ur-{d}isztaran
13. nu-banda3 e2-gal
14. 1(asz@c) en-nig2-lul-la sanga
15. 1(asz@c) lu2-banda3{da} dub-sar
16. 1(asz@c) ur-nu sipa ansze
reverse
1. 1(asz@c) lu2-{d}nansze sukkal
2. 1(asz@c) lu2-{d}utu
3. 1(asz@c) bar-ra-dingir
4. dumu lugal-szu-mah
5. 1(asz@c) ur-{d}nin-gir2-su
6. dumu lugal-mu-dah
7. dub-sar-me
8. 1(asz@c) ur-nig2 sagi
9. 1(asz@c) me-a dumu al-u2
  blank space
10. lu2#-ki-inim-ma-bi-me

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Consult sign list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Compra-venta de un esclavo con testigos.)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: RTC, 81

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

  • history: RA 004 (pp. 69- 86), pl. 11, no. 34

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: AO 02689
  • Accession No.: AOTb 011

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-11-06 at 19:23:20 Willighagen, Lars Artifact Willighagen, Lars Wikidata Willighagen, Lars approved View
2024-10-31 at 09:37:46 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-07 at 17:58:34 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31 Brumfield, Sara Atf Brumfield, Sara CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:34:07 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“RTC 081 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 6, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P216860.
RTC 081 artifact entry (No. P216860). (2024, November 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216860 (Original work published 1970)
RTC 081 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216860 (Accessed: July 6, 2025).
@misc{2024RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 6},
	title = {RTC 081 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216860},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216860},
}

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