RTC 116 (P216895)

Administrative 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 31367

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Gasto y distribución de cerveza y panes.)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. 4(u@c) 6(asz@c) ninda x [gur]
2. 3(asz@c) kasz ge6 dug#
3. lu2 ensi2 musz3-[...]
4. 3(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) ninda
5. 2(asz@c) kasz gur4-gur4
6. a-bil3-gi lu2 u5
7. 2(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) ninda
8. 1(asz@c) kasz gur4-gur4
9. ad-da szesz e2-gi
10. 2(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) ninda
11. 1(asz@c) kasz gur4-gur4
12. pu3#-la-ni nar
13. 2(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) ninda
14. 1(asz@c) kasz gur4-gur4
15. su-birx(SZIM)#-[a ...]
reverse
1. 2(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) ninda#
2. 1(asz@c) kasz gur4-gur4
3. da-bi-de2#
  blank space
4. szunigin 2(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) 6(asz@c) ninda x
5. zi3-bi 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)-ta#?
6. ur-ba#?-gara2#?
7. szunigin 3(asz@c) kasz ge6 dug
8. iti ezem-{d#}ba-ba6
9. u4 2(u) ba-zal
  blank space
10. zi#-ga#

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Gasto y distribución de cerveza y panes.)
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  • primary: RTC, 116

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

  • history: RA 004 (pp. 69- 86), pl. 17, no. 49

    [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 31367
  • Accession No.: AOTb 202

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2021-01-18 at 08:29:28 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:56:22 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31 Brumfield, Sara Atf Brumfield, Sara CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:34:08 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 116 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 31, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P216895.
RTC 116 artifact entry (No. P216895). (2024, October 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216895 (Original work published 1970)
RTC 116 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216895 (Accessed: July 9, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 31},
	title = {RTC 116 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216895},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216895},
}

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