RTC 189 (P216964)

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 03327

Period

Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Ovejas y cabritillos.)

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tablet
obverse
1. 3(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) udu 4(u@c) 4(asz@c) masz2
2. ur-nig2
3. 1(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) 1(asz@c) udu 5(asz@c) masz2
4. du10-ga szabra
5. 3(u@c) udu ur-szul
6. 3(gesz2@c)#? udu lugal-zi nig2-gal2-la
reverse
1. e2#-duru5 ma-nu
  blank space
2. mu lu2-{d}ba-ba6 ensi2

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: RTC, 189

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

  • history: AGGT, 428

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

  • citation: RIME 3/1, p. 14, E3/1.1.1.3

    [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. 22, p. 24

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

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  • Museum No.: AO 03327
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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
2021-04-23 at 07:25:21 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Lafont, Bertrand CDLI approved View
2012-08-11 at 18:33:57 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 189 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P216964.
RTC 189 artifact entry (No. P216964). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216964 (Original work published 1970)
RTC 189 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216964 (Accessed: May 22, 2025).
@misc{2023RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {RTC 189 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216964},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216964},
}


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