Iraq 40, 523 (P010452)

Administrative tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. Abu Salabikh), dated to the ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Cite

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 081446

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. Abu Salabikh)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P010452
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P010452

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	uncertain (mod. Abu Salabikh)
Written In
Excavation Number	AbS-T 1055
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Museum Number	IM 081446
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Ebla Lexical Texts (DCCLT/Ebla)	P010452
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P010452

References

primary: Iraq 40(pp. 101-118), IAS 523

[Biggs1978Iraq40] Biggs, Robert D., and J. Nicholas Postgate. 1978. “Inscriptions from Abu Salabikh, 1975.” Iraq 40: 101–18.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-03 at 13:51:09	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-03 at 13:49:43	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 18:47:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Hebenstreit, Laurent		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“Iraq 40, 523 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010452.

Iraq 40, 523 artifact entry (No. P010452). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010452 (Original work published 2001)

Iraq 40, 523 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010452 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010452},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Iraq 40, 523 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010452.

Iraq 40, 523 artifact entry (No. P010452). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010452 (Original work published 2001)

Iraq 40, 523 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010452 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).

@misc{2024Iraq,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {Iraq 40, 523 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010452},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010452},
}

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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/4/24/
TI  - Iraq 40, 523 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P010452
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