WF 097 (P011054)

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

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Photo

Photo (detail)

Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 09043

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

Text

reverse
column 1'
1'. szu-nigin2 1(szar2@c) 5(gesz'u@c) la2 2(u@c) gurusz

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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 (gurush).)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P011054
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P011054

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)	Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number	VAT 09043
Accession Number

References

primary: WF, 097

[Deimel1924] Deimel, P. Anton. 1924. Wirtschafttexte Aus Fara.
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, 196

[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. 188

[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
2024-07-03 at 13:06:16	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:14:11	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

“WF 097 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P011054.

WF 097 artifact entry (No. P011054). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P011054 (Original work published 2001)

WF 097 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P011054 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P011054},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“WF 097 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P011054.

WF 097 artifact entry (No. P011054). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P011054 (Original work published 2001)

WF 097 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P011054 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).

@misc{2024WF,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {WF 097 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P011054},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P011054},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P011054
LB  - CDLI:P011054
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - WF 097 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P011054
ER  -