RTC 082 (P216861)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 03000

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Acuerdo sobre embarque de bueyes y asnos, con testigos.)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(asz@c) gu4
2. 7(asz@c) ansze
3. mu-ru14
4. ur-nu dub-sar-ra
5. ma2-a dab5-dab5-ba-ab
6. i3-na-du11
7. ansze x sur?-gul he2-ba
8. ma2-e ba-ra-tag-ge
9. ur-nu dub-sar-e
reverse
1. mu-ru14
2. i3-na-du11
3. 1(asz@c) ur-nigar
4. KU-ku3-ge
5. 1(asz@c) amar-kun-u sukkal
6. 1(asz@c) me-a-sag2
7. aga3-us2 lugal
8. 1(asz@c) gala nar
9. lu2-ki-inim-ma-me

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (Acuerdo sobre embarque de bueyes y asnos, con testigos.)
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P216861

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 03000
Accession Number AOTb 015

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Louvre Collections (Louvre) cl010154362

References

  • primary: RTC, 82

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

  • history: RA 004 (pp. 69- 86), pl. 11, no. 35

    [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 Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-31 at 09:37:46 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-07 at 17:58:34 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-04-11 at 16:18:03 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31 Brumfield, Sara Transliteration Brumfield, Sara CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:34:08 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
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 View

Cite this Artifact

“RTC 082 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 31, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P216861.
RTC 082 artifact entry (No. P216861). (2024, October 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216861 (Original work published 1970)
RTC 082 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216861 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
@misc{2024RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 31},
	title = {RTC 082 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216861},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216861},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/31/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P216861
LB  - CDLI:P216861
M1  - 2026/11/2/
TI  - RTC 082 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P216861
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“RTC 082 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 31, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P216861.
RTC 082 artifact entry (No. P216861). (2024, October 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216861 (Original work published 1970)
RTC 082 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216861 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
@misc{2024RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 31},
	title = {RTC 082 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216861},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216861},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/31/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P216861
LB  - CDLI:P216861
M1  - 2026/11/2/
TI  - RTC 082 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P216861
ER  - 
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