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DP 564 (P221214)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 13772

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. szu-nigin2 6(gesz2@c) la2 1(asz@c) la2 4(ban2@c) sze gur saggal
2. lu2 {d}ba-ba6
3. 4(gesz2@c) 4(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 5(ban2@c) lu2 {d}szul-sza3-ga-ka
column 2
1. 1(gesz2@c) 5(u@c) 2(asz@c) lu2 {d}ig-alim
2. 4(u@c) 4(ban2@c) en-sza3-kusz2
3. 5(u@c) 2(asz@c) 1(barig@c) en-giri3-na-se3
reverse
column 1
1. gu2-an-sze3 1(gesz'u@c) 4(gesz2@c) 2(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) sze gur saggal
2. sze nig2-en-na
3. GAN2 tur an-ta-sur-ra-ka
4. en-ig-gal
column 2
1. nu-banda3
2. gesz be2-ra
3. ganun {d}ba-ba6
4. e-bala
5. URU-KA-gi-na
6. lugal
7. lagasz{ki} 5(|ASZxDISZ@t|)
column 3
1. a2 u4 4(disz@t) tesz2-tesz2 gar-ra-am6

Consult previous versions and their differences
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, 564

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: AO 13772
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Dates Referenced: Urukagina_l.05.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-04-11 at 16:18:03	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2017-03-04 at 12:42:14	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2015-05-07 at 08:44:54	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2008-10-09 at 16:04:14	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Atf	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	approved
2008-04-12 at 21:18:05	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Atf	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:34:42	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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Louvre Collections (cl010138492) (cl010138492)

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Cite this Artifact

“DP 564 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P221214.

DP 564 artifact entry (No. P221214). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P221214 (Original work published 2003)

DP 564 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P221214 (Accessed: December 24, 2025).

@misc{2023DP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {DP 564 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P221214},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P221214},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/4/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P221214
LB  - CDLI:P221214
M1  - 2025/12/24/
TI  - DP 564 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P221214
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“DP 564 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P221214.

DP 564 artifact entry (No. P221214). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P221214 (Original work published 2003)

DP 564 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P221214 (Accessed: December 24, 2025).

@misc{2023DP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {DP 564 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P221214},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P221214},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/4/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P221214
LB  - CDLI:P221214
M1  - 2025/12/24/
TI  - DP 564 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P221214
ER  -