RTC 179 (P216955)

Official or display bulla 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 —

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Bulla

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
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  seal impression
reverse
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seal 1
1. sipa-an-ne2
2. gal5-la2-gal
3. _ARAD2_ lugal-uszumgal
4. ensi2
5. lagasz{ki}-ka

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)

  • Artifact type: Bulla
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: RTC, 179

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

  • history: RA 004 (pp. 69- 86), pl. 08, no. 25

    [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.

    (with seal figures added)


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: AO —
  • Accession No.: AOTb 402

  • 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 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
2013-06-28 at 21:53:36 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2012-12-10 at 09:39:08 Brumfield, Sara Transliteration Brumfield, Sara CDLI Approved View
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31 Brumfield, Sara Transliteration Brumfield, Sara CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:34:10 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas CDLI Approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 004033 (composite) (P456743) Girsu (mod. Tello) Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes:

20140928 firth: this corresponds to one of the bulla numbered AOTb 402/n, but it is not clear which one.

Cite this Artifacts

“RTC 179 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 31, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P216955.
RTC 179 artifact entry (No. P216955). (2024, October 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216955 (Original work published 1970)
RTC 179 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216955 (Accessed: March 17, 2026).
@misc{2024RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 31},
	title = {RTC 179 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216955},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216955},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/31/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P216955
LB  - CDLI:P216955
M1  - 2026/3/17/
TI  - RTC 179 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P216955
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“RTC 179 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 31, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P216955.
RTC 179 artifact entry (No. P216955). (2024, October 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216955 (Original work published 1970)
RTC 179 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216955 (Accessed: March 17, 2026).
@misc{2024RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 31},
	title = {RTC 179 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216955},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216955},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/31/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P216955
LB  - CDLI:P216955
M1  - 2026/3/17/
TI  - RTC 179 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P216955
ER  - 
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