RTC 251 (P217023)

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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Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 03426

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Gasto de 28 días de ... para representantes de varias ciudades.)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [3(ban2) 1(asz@c) 1/2(disz) sila3 ...]
2. [gu-ti-um-x]
3. 1(ban2@c) lu2# nibru#[{ki}]
4. 1(ban2@c) lu2 BAD3@s{ki}
5. 2(disz) sila3 lu2 ki-masz{ki}
6. 2(disz) sila3 lu2 |SAGxNI|-sar
reverse
1. nigar#
2. 1(ban2@c) [...]-me
3. mu [...] ru14
4. zi-ga 1(disz@t) iti la2 2(disz@t) u4
blank space
5. [iti ...]

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)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Gasto de 28 días de ... para representantes de varias ciudades.)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P217023
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P217023

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Museum Number	AO 03426
Accession Number

References

primary: RTC, 251

[Thureau-Dangin1903RTC] Thureau-Dangin, François. 1903. Recueil de Tablettes Chaldéennes. Paris: Ernest Leroux.
history: AGGT, 371

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

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2015-05-05 at 10:19:58	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31	Brumfield, Sara	Transliteration	Brumfield, Sara	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:34:11	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“RTC 251 Artifact Entry.” 1970. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 1, 1970. https://cdli.earth/P217023.

RTC 251 artifact entry (No. P217023). (1970, January 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P217023

RTC 251 artifact entry (1970) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P217023 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).

@misc{1970RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-17]},
	year = {1970},
	month = {jan 1},
	title = {RTC 251 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P217023},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P217023},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 1970/1/1/
PY  - 1970
ID  - P217023
LB  - CDLI:P217023
M1  - 2026/10/17/
TI  - RTC 251 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P217023
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“RTC 251 Artifact Entry.” 1970. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 1, 1970. https://cdli.earth/P217023.

RTC 251 artifact entry (No. P217023). (1970, January 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P217023

RTC 251 artifact entry (1970) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P217023 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).

@misc{1970RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-17]},
	year = {1970},
	month = {jan 1},
	title = {RTC 251 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P217023},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P217023},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 1970/1/1/
PY  - 1970
ID  - P217023
LB  - CDLI:P217023
M1  - 2026/10/17/
TI  - RTC 251 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P217023
ER  -