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TSŠ 0050 (P010721)

Mathematical tablet excavated in Shuruppak (mod. Fara), dated to the ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

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Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist Š 0050

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

Shuruppak (mod. Fara)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical

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Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(asz@c) sze guru7
en: 1 barley-silo,
2. sila3 7(asz@c)
en: sila3: 7
3. 1(asz) lu2 szu ba-ti
en: did one man receive,
4. lu2-bi
en: the men:
column 2
1. 4(szar'u@c) 5(szar2@c) 4(gesz'u@c) 2(gesz2) 5(u@c) 1(asz@c)
en: 164,571,
2. sze sila3 tak4#? 3(asz@c)
en: barley, sila3 remaining: 3.
calculation: 2400 (gur/guru7) × 480 (sila3/gur[mah]) = 1,152,000; 1,152,000 ÷ 7 = 164,571, with 3 sila3 left over

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Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Genre(s): Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: TSŠ, 0050

[Jestin1937TSŠ] Jestin, Raymond R. 1937. Tablettes Sumériennes de S̈uruppak Conservées Au Musée de Stamboul. Mémoires de L’institut Français d’Archéologie de Stamboul 3. Paris : E. de Boccard.
citation: ZA 66, p.156-195, p. 170, p. 179

[Edzard1976Wirtschaftstexte] Edzard, Dietz Otto. 1976. “Fāra Und Abu Ṣalābiḫ. Die „Wirtschaftstexte“.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 66: 156–95.
citation: HM 3, (pp.417-439), 432ff.

[Powell1976antecedents] Powell, Marvin A. 1976. “The Antecedents of Old Babylonian Place Notation and the Early History of Babylonian Mathematics.” Historia Mathematica 3: 417–39.
citation: Gelb 1960

[sec3778] N.d.
citation: Guitel 1963

[sec3779] N.d.
citation: Friberg 1982, 116f.

[sec3782] N.d.

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Composite No.:
Museum No.: Ist Š 0050
Accession No.:

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Provenience: Shuruppak (mod. Fara)
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Chronology

Period: ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-21 at 07:50:45	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-07-21 at 07:49:03	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-07-20 at 19:49:46	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-06-29 at 19:49:31	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2014-08-05 at 19:50:20	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Englund, Robert K.; Hebenstreit, Laurent	CDLI	approved

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“TSŠ 0050 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010721.

TSŠ 0050 artifact entry (No. P010721). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010721 (Original work published 2001)

TSŠ 0050 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010721 (Accessed: January 13, 2025).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010721},
}

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“TSŠ 0050 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010721.

TSŠ 0050 artifact entry (No. P010721). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010721 (Original work published 2001)

TSŠ 0050 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010721 (Accessed: January 13, 2025).

@misc{2024TSS,
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 21},
	title = {TS{\v {S}} 0050 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010721},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010721},
}

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ER  -

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