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DP 318 (P220968)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 13525bis ?

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative [identification uncertain]

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(gesz2@c) 4(u@c) didli-bi agargara{ku6} sa-du3
2. 1(u@c) gi agargara{ku6}
3. 2(u@c) 5(asz@c) didli-bi gir5-gir5{ku6}
4. lugal-sza3-la2-tuku
column 2
1. 1(u@c) gi agargara{ku6}
2. 2(u@c) didli-bi a-dar-tun2{ku6}
3. 1(ban2@c) a-za-GUR8{ku6}
4. amar-{d}nam2-nun
5. szu-ku6 ab-ba-me
6. 4(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) didli-bi sumasz{ku6} dar-ra
reverse
column 1
1. 2(asz@c) didli a-dar-tun2{ku6} gal-gal
2. lugal-me-gal-gal
3. szu-ku6 gu2-edin-na-ka
column 2
1. szu-ku6 {d}ba-ba6-me
2. ezem {d}ba-ba6-ka
3. mu-de6
4. en-ig-gal
5. nu-banda3
6. ki munus-sze3
column 3
1. i3-kux(DU) 3(|ASZxDISZ@t|)

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Consult sign list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Consult word list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Collections

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: DP, 318

[AllottedelaFuÿe1908-1920DP] Allotte de la Fuÿe, François-Maurice. 1908-1920. Documents Présargoniques. Paris: Ernest Leroux.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: AO 13525bis ?
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Dates Referenced: Urukagina_l.03.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2015-12-20 at 16:28:55	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2008-10-09 at 16:04:00	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI	Approved
2008-04-03 at 15:48:15	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:34:37	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Johnson, J. Cale	CDLI	Approved

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Cite this Artifacts

“DP 318 Artifact Entry.” 2003. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 26, 2003. https://cdli.earth/P220968.

DP 318 artifact entry (No. P220968). (2003, February 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P220968

DP 318 artifact entry (2003) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P220968 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).

@misc{2003DP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-11]},
	year = {2003},
	month = {feb 26},
	title = {DP 318 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P220968},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P220968},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2003/2/26/
PY  - 2003
ID  - P220968
LB  - CDLI:P220968
M1  - 2026/3/11/
TI  - DP 318 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P220968
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“DP 318 Artifact Entry.” 2003. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 26, 2003. https://cdli.earth/P220968.

DP 318 artifact entry (No. P220968). (2003, February 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P220968

DP 318 artifact entry (2003) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P220968 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).

@misc{2003DP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-11]},
	year = {2003},
	month = {feb 26},
	title = {DP 318 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P220968},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P220968},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2003/2/26/
PY  - 2003
ID  - P220968
LB  - CDLI:P220968
M1  - 2026/3/11/
TI  - DP 318 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P220968
ER  -