RTC 257 (P217029)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 03358

Period

Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC) [uncertain]

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative [identification uncertain]

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. la2-ia3 3(u) la2 1(asz@c) [...] ki
2. la2-ia3-am3
3. lu2-{d}szara2
4. 4(asz@c) gu2 2(u) ma-na
5. amar [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-si
  blank space
2'. mu nin-dingir {d}iszkur masz-e ba-pa3-da

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative [identification uncertain]
Language(s)

Chronology

Period Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC) [uncertain]
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P217029

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 03358
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 180476

References

  • primary: RTC, 257

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

  • history: AGGT, 452

    [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 Project Reviewer Status Action
2012-08-11 at 18:33:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:34:11 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
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 View

Cite this Artifact

“RTC 257 Artifact Entry.” 1970. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 1, 1970. https://cdli.earth/P217029.
RTC 257 artifact entry (No. P217029). (1970, January 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P217029
RTC 257 artifact entry (1970) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P217029 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).
@misc{1970RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-28]},
	year = {1970},
	month = {jan 1},
	title = {RTC 257 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P217029},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P217029},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 1970/1/1/
PY  - 1970
ID  - P217029
LB  - CDLI:P217029
M1  - 2026/10/28/
TI  - RTC 257 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P217029
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“RTC 257 Artifact Entry.” 1970. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 1, 1970. https://cdli.earth/P217029.
RTC 257 artifact entry (No. P217029). (1970, January 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P217029
RTC 257 artifact entry (1970) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P217029 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).
@misc{1970RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-28]},
	year = {1970},
	month = {jan 1},
	title = {RTC 257 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P217029},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P217029},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 1970/1/1/
PY  - 1970
ID  - P217029
LB  - CDLI:P217029
M1  - 2026/10/28/
TI  - RTC 257 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P217029
ER  -
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