CT 50, 010 (P010023)

Administrative tablet excavated in Shuruppak (mod. Fara), dated to the ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 026327

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

Shuruppak (mod. Fara)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (barley.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(u@c) 1(asz@c) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sze lid2-ga
2. 3(barig@c) sze
3. 2(asz@c) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sze
4. 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) la2 1(ban2) 5(disz) sze
column 2
1. en-nam-zu5-sze3
2. 3(asz@c) 3(ban2@c) munu4-mu2#
3. 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 1(ban2) 5(disz) lunga3
reverse
column 1
  column blank
column 2
1. an-sze3-gu2 2(u@c)# sze lid2-ga#
2. iti# 6(disz)

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: CT 50, 10

    [Sollberger1972CT50] Sollberger, Edmond. 1972. Pre-Sargonic and Sargonic Economic Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 50. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

  • history: EDATS p., 3 (01)

    [Pomponio1994EDATS] Pomponio, Francesco, and Giuseppe Visicato. 1994. Early Dynastic Administrative Tablets of Šuruppak. Napoli : Istituto Universitario Orientale di Napoli.

  • history: Bureaucracy of Šuruppak, 56

    [Visicato1995BureaucracyŠuruppak] Visicato, Giuseppe. 1995. The Bureaucracy of Šuruppak Administrative Centres, Central Offices, Intermediate Structures and Hierarchies in the Economic Documentation of Fara. Vol. 10. Abhandlungen Zur Literatur Alt-Syrien-Palastinas Und Mesopotamiens. Ugarit-Verlag Munster.

  • citation: ZA 66, p.156-195, p. 163

    [Edzard1976Wirtschaftstexte] Edzard, Dietz Otto. 1976. “Fāra Und Abu Ṣalābiḫ. Die „Wirtschaftstexte“.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 66: 156–95.

  • citation: Prosopografia Fara, XIII

    [Pomponio1987Fara] Pomponio, Francesco. 1987. La Prosopografia Dei Testi Presargonici Di Fara. Studi Semitici ; Nuova Ser., 3. Roma : Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza.”

  • citation: ZA 63 (pp. 99-106), 100

    [Powell1973ZA63] Powell, Marvin A. 1973. “Review of E. Sollberger, Presargonic and Sargonic Economic Texts, Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum (CT 50).” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 63: 99–106.

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  • Museum No.: BM 026327
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  • Provenience: Shuruppak (mod. Fara) [uncertain]
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-25 at 18:22:27 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-03 at 13:06:16 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-03 at 10:23:54 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-07-11 at 21:15:55 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-07-11 at 21:13:42 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2010-07-08 at 12:10:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-08-31 at 06:45:06 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:14:07 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Hebenstreit, Laurent CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CT 50, 010 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010023.
CT 50, 010 artifact entry (No. P010023). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010023 (Original work published 2001)
CT 50, 010 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010023 (Accessed: March 14, 2025).
@misc{2024CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {CT 50, 010 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010023},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010023},
}


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