CT 50, 002 (P010033)

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 109214

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

Shuruppak (mod. Fara)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (workers (gurush).)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(bur3@c) GAN2#?
2. ad-da
3. 2(esze3@c) PAD?
4. ba-lu
5. 1(esze3@c) 3(iku@c) UDU-ur-sag
6. 1(esze3@c) TAR-me-si4
column 2
1. 1(bur3@c)# [...]
2. 3(iku@c) igi-du3
3. igi-si4
4. 1(esze3@c) e2-na engar
5. 1(esze3@c) mu6-sub3
6. 1(esze3@c) ur-{d}tu!?
column 3
1. [...] x
2. x x [x]
3. 3(iku@c) x [x]
4. 3(iku@c) x [x]
5. 3(iku@c) abzu#-x
6. 2(iku@c) x [x]
7. 4(iku@c) a2#?-[nu?]-kusz2#?
reverse
column 1
1. 1(esze3@c)! sag#?-AN#-[...]
2. [...]
3. 1(iku@c)? [...]
4. 1(bur3@c) [...]
5. 1(esze3@c)# [...]
column 2
1. 2(iku@c) ur-dumu-zi
2. 1(iku@c) AN-nu-me
3. 1(esze3@c) KA-lugal-zi-da
  blank space
column 3
  blank space
1. an-sze3-gu2 2(u@c) PAD? gurusz
2. tul2-ba
  blank space

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Consult sign list of ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)
Consult word list of ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: CT 50, 2

    [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 (17)

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

  • history: ASJ 18, p.242-250, p. 250

    [Pomponio1996addenda] Pomponio, Francesco, and Giuseppe Visicato. 1996. “Addenda et Corrigenda to EDATŠ.” Acta Sumerologica 18: 242–50.

  • 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 109214
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  • Provenience: Shuruppak (mod. Fara) [uncertain]
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg 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 21:15:25 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-10-17 at 18:25:29 Englund, Robert K. Atf Marchesi, Gianni CDLI approved View
2010-07-20 at 14:47:56 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. 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, 002 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010033.
CT 50, 002 artifact entry (No. P010033). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010033 (Original work published 2001)
CT 50, 002 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010033 (Accessed: September 7, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-09-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {CT 50, 002 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010033},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010033},
}


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