RIME 3/1.01.07, St C witness (P232276)

Official or display statue excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV
Metadata history Transliteration history

Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 00005

Period

Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Statue

Material(s)

Igneous rock > Diorite

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

1380.0 mm × 450.0 mm

Witness

object statue
surface a
column 1
1. {d}nin-gesz-zi-da
2. dingir gu3-de2-a
3. ensi2
4. lagasz{ki}
5. lu2 e2-an-na
6. in-du3-a-kam
column 2
1. {d}inanna
2. nin kur-kur-ra
3. nin-a-ni
4. gu3-de2-a
5. mu gil-sa
6. ensi2
7. lagasz{ki}
8. lu2 e2-ninnu
9. {d}nin-gir2-su-ka
10. in-du3-a
11. u4 {d}inanna-ke4
12. igi nam-ti-ka-ni
13. mu-szi-bar-ra-a
14. gu3-de2-a
15. ensi2
16. lagasz{ki}
17. gesztu2 dagal-a-kam
18. ARAD2 nin-a-ne2
19. ki-ag2-am3
20. ga2 u3-szub-ba-ka
21. gesz ba-hur
22. ka-al-ka
23. uri3 ba-mul
column 3
1. im-bi ki dadag-ga-a
2. im-mi-lu
3. sig4-bi
4. ki sikil-a
5. im-mi-du8
6. usz-bi mu-ku3
7. izi im-ta-la2
8. temen-bi
9. i3 ir nun-ka
10. szu tag ba-ni-du11
11. e2 ki-ag2-ga2-ni
12. e2-an-na sza3 gir2-su{ki}-ka
13. mu-na-ni-du3
14. kur ma2-gan{ki}-ta
15. {na4}esi im-ta-e11
16. alan-na-ni-sze3
17. mu-du2
18. gu3-de2-a
19. lu2 e2 du3-a-ka
column 4
1. nam-ti-la-ni he2-su3
2. mu-sze3 mu-na-sa4
3. e2-an-na-ka
4. mu-na-ni-kux(KWU634)
5. lu2 e2-an-na-ta
6. ib2-ta-ab-e3-e3-a
7. ib2-ze-re-a
8. mu-sar-a-ba szu bi2-ib2-ur3-a
9. {d}inanna
10. nin kur-kur-ra-ke4
11. sag-ga2-ni ukken-na
12. nam he2-ma-ku5-e
13. {gesz}gu-za gub-ba-na
14. suhusz-bi
15. na-an-gi-ne2
16. numun-a-ni he2#-til
17. bala-a-ni he2#-ku5#

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)
Consult word list of Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)

  • Artifact type: Statue Artifact type comments:

    statue, standing

  • Material: Igneous rock > Diorite
  • Measurements (mm): 1380.0 high × 450.0 wide
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description: head missing
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    statue, standing

  • primary: RIME 3/1, 01.07, St C witness

    [Edzard1997RIME3/1] Edzard, Dietz Otto. 1997. Gudea and His Dynasty. Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia, vol. 3/1. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: FAOS 9/1, p. 180-84, 9/2, p. 38-42, Gudea Statue C [1991]

    [Steible1991FAOS9/1] Steible, Horst. 1991. Die Neusumerischen Bau- Und Weihinschriften. Freiburger Altorientalische Studien 9/1.

  • citation: HSAO 3, p. 263, St 109 [1991]

    [Braun-Holzinger1991HSAO3] Braun-Holzinger, Eva A. 1991. Mesopotamische Weihgaben Der Frühdynastischen Bis Altbabylonischen Zeit. Vol. 3. Heidelberger Studien Zum Alten Orient.

  • citation: Rundplastik, pp. 124-25 [1987]

    [Colbow1987Rundplastik] Colbow, Gudrun. 1987. Zur Rundplastik Des Gudea von Lagaš. Vol. 5. Münchener Vorderasiatische Studien. München : Profil.

  • citation: Mesopotamia 6, pp. 8-9, pls. 5-8 [1978]

    [Johansen1978Mes6] Johansen, Christina. 1978. Statues of Gudea, Ancient and Modern. Vol. 6. Mesopotamia. Copenhagen : Akademisk Forlag.

  • citation: CM 17, p. 329 [2000]

    [Suter2000CM17] Suter, Claudia E. 2000. Gudea’s Temple Building : The Representation of an Early Mesopotamian Ruler in Text and Image. Vol. 17. Cuneiform Monographs.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: AO 00005
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-01 at 14:33:22 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-25 at 16:35:43 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-18 at 09:36:44 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-09 at 09:42:08 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-14 at 15:36:33 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-10 at 10:11:42 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-08 at 14:18:08 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-08 at 13:49:45 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-08 at 13:47:07 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-25 at 14:04:14 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-25 at 13:58:53 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-25 at 13:54:56 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-25 at 13:53:52 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-18 at 10:09:39 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-04-11 at 16:18:03 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2012-09-20 at 13:32:47 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-09-18 at 16:24:21 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-12-11 at 14:52:59 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-11-29 at 15:20:09 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:36:05 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2003-08-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Score
RIME 3/1.01.07, St C composite (P431885) View the score

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“RIME 3/1.01.07, St C Witness Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P232276.
RIME 3/1.01.07, St C witness artifact entry (No. P232276). (2024, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P232276 (Original work published 2003)
RIME 3/1.01.07, St C witness artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P232276 (Accessed: July 6, 2025).
@misc{2024RIME,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 1},
	title = {RIME 3/1.01.07, {St} {C} witness artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P232276},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P232276},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/1/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P232276
LB  - CDLI:P232276
M1  - 2025/7/6/
TI  - RIME 3/1.01.07, St C witness artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P232276
ER  -
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.