TSŠ 0045 (P010716)

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

Cite

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist Š 0045

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

Shuruppak (mod. Fara)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (workers?)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [... dumu-dumu]
2. [lu2]-lum#-[ma]
3. [kinda2]
4. [... ur-{d}nin?]-PA
5. [... lu2-e2-zi?]
6. [a-zu5?]
column 2
1. [x] 1(u@c)#? har-tu-[{d}]sud3#
2. 3(u@c) e2-ki-ba maszkim
3. 1(u@c) 9(asz@c) sag-narx
4. [x] la2 1(asz@c) ba-za7
5. [...] mes-[ki-na?]
6. lu2-HAR
column 3
1. 2(u@c) 9(asz@c) e2-nu#!-kur-si#
2. 2(u@c) 5(asz@c) lu2-na-nam
3. sukkal
4. 2(u@c) 9(asz@c) szubur
5. 2(u@c) 9(asz@c) AN#-URUDU-si#
6. [sagi]
column 4
1. 2(u@c) NI-NI
2. 1(u@c) 9(asz@c) dub-hul-tar
3. agrig
4. [x] 1(u@c)#? 1(asz@c)#? nin-unken
5. 2(u@c) 5(asz@c) szubur
6. muhaldim
7. 1(u@c) 8(asz@c) DI-utu
column 5
1. 2(u@c) {d}sud3-ur-sag
2. [1(u@c)?] 9(asz@c) ur-e2-gal
3. 1(u@c) 9(asz@c) e2-UD-nu-dib
4. lu2-ad
5. [x] 1(u@c)#? AK
reverse
column 1
1. nar
2. 2(u@c) KA-zi-da
3. munu4
4. 1(u@c) lugal-PA-du10
5. lu2-di
6. 2(u@c) 3(asz@c) NI-NI
7. sa-HAR
column 2
column blank
column 3
column blank
column 4
column blank
column 5
1. [an-sze3-gu2] 8(gesz2@c)#? [dumu]-dumu
2. [sza3 e2]-gal

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)
Consult word list of ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (workers?)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P010716
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P010716

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Shuruppak (mod. Fara)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
Museum Number	Ist Š 0045
Accession Number

References

primary: TSŠ, 0045

[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.
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: Bureaucracy of Šuruppak, 181

[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. 169

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

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-25 at 18:22:27	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-20 at 19:49:46	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-03 at 13:06:16	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-29 at 19:49:31	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:14:08	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Hebenstreit, Laurent	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“TSŠ 0045 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010716.

TSŠ 0045 artifact entry (No. P010716). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010716 (Original work published 2001)

TSŠ 0045 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010716 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“TSŠ 0045 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010716.

TSŠ 0045 artifact entry (No. P010716). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010716 (Original work published 2001)

TSŠ 0045 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010716 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
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	title = {TS{\v {S}} 0045 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010716},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010716},
}

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