RTC 188 (P216963)

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 03310

Period

Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Campos y su producción.)

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(bur'u) 1(esze3) 3(iku) 1/4(iku) [GAN2]
2. 1(esze3) GAN2 mun x
3. 1(bur3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 su3 [x]
4. sze-bi 1(gesz'u) 1(u) 1(asz)# 3(barig)# 2(ban2)# [gur]
5. ziz2-bi 2(u) la2 3(asz)# 2(ban2)# [gur]
6. GAN2 ki-a KA#?
7. 2(bur3) 1(esze3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2#
8. 3(iku) GAN2 mun [x]
9. 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 [...]
rest broken
reverse
rest broken
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1'. GAN2 kab2 du11-[ga]
2'. GAN2 ki-a [...]
3'. sanga {d}nansze
blank space
4'. mu ka-ku3 ensi2#

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Collections

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Genre(s): Administrative (Campos y su producción.)
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Related publications

primary: RTC, 188

[Thureau-Dangin1903RTC] Thureau-Dangin, François. 1903. Recueil de Tablettes Chaldéennes. Paris: Ernest Leroux.
history: AGGT, 277

[Maiocchi2020AGGT] Maiocchi, Massimo, and Giuseppe Visicato. 2020. Administration at Girsu in Gudea’s Time. Antichistica 27. Venezia: Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Digital Publishing.
history: RA 004 (pp. 69- 86), pl. 05, no. 15

[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.
citation: RIME 3/1, p. 14, E3/1.1.1.5

[Edzard1997RIME3/1] Edzard, Dietz Otto. 1997. Gudea and His Dynasty. Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia, vol. 3/1. University of Toronto Press.
citation: ASJ 10, p.19-35, p. 24

[Maeda1988Ur-Ningirsu] Maeda, Tohru. 1988. “Two Rulers by the Name Ur-Ningirsu in Pre-Ur III Lagash.” Acta Sumerologica 10: 19–35.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: AO 03310
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Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)
Dates Referenced: Kaku.01.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-31 at 09:37:46	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-07-07 at 17:58:34	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2012-08-11 at 18:33:57	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2011-08-01 at 18:37:21	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Firth, Richard	CDLI	approved
2009-06-03 at 11:36:16	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2008-01-03 at 20:47:42	Dahl, Jacob L.	Atf	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	approved
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

External Resources

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Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (000697) (000697)

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Cite this Artifact

“RTC 188 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 31, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P216963.

RTC 188 artifact entry (No. P216963). (2024, October 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216963 (Original work published 1970)

RTC 188 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216963 (Accessed: January 14, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 31},
	title = {RTC 188 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216963},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216963},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“RTC 188 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 31, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P216963.

RTC 188 artifact entry (No. P216963). (2024, October 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216963 (Original work published 1970)

RTC 188 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216963 (Accessed: January 14, 2026).

@misc{2024RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 31},
	title = {RTC 188 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216963},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216963},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/31/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P216963
LB  - CDLI:P216963
M1  - 2026/1/14/
TI  - RTC 188 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P216963
ER  -