RTC 185 (P216960)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 03307

Period

Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative [identification uncertain]

Language(s)

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Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. [la2]-ia3# 9(asz@c) gu2# [n] 5(disz)#? 1/3(disz) ma-na
2. da-da
3. 3(asz@c) gu2 1(u) ma-na
4. lugal-uszur4
5. 7(asz@c) gu2 2(disz) ma-na
6. lu2-{d}ab-u2
7. 3(asz@c) gu2 1(u) 4(disz) ma-na
8. a2-ra2#-a
9. [n gu2] 1(u)# 1(disz)# 1/2(disz) ma-na
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] siki?
2'. [...] sipa e2-munus-ke4-ne
3'. mu#-a-kam
4'. ur-{d}ba-ba6
5'. ensi2
  blank space
6'. mu# GAN2 musz-bi#-edin#-na a ba-de2-a

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Consult word list of Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: RTC, 185

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

  • history: AGGT, 451

    [Maiocchi2020AGGT] Maiocchi, Massimo, and Giuseppe Visicato. 2020. Administration at Girsu in Gudea’s Time. Antichistica 27. Venezia: Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Digital Publishing.

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  • Museum No.: AO 03307
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-04-11 at 16:18:03 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2012-08-11 at 18:33:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-28 at 11:13:41 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:34:10 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 185 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P216960.
RTC 185 artifact entry (No. P216960). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216960 (Original work published 1970)
RTC 185 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216960 (Accessed: November 20, 2025).
@misc{2023RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {RTC 185 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216960},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216960},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/4/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P216960
LB  - CDLI:P216960
M1  - 2025/11/20/
TI  - RTC 185 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P216960
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“RTC 185 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P216960.
RTC 185 artifact entry (No. P216960). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216960 (Original work published 1970)
RTC 185 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216960 (Accessed: November 20, 2025).
@misc{2023RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {RTC 185 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216960},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216960},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/4/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P216960
LB  - CDLI:P216960
M1  - 2025/11/20/
TI  - RTC 185 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P216960
ER  - 
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