FTP 107 (P010021)

Administrative tablet excavated in Shuruppak (mod. Fara), dated to the ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 07981B

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

Shuruppak (mod. Fara)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
  column missing
column 2
  column missing
column 3
  column missing
column 4
  column missing
column 5
1'. [x] 1(barig@c) 4(ban2@c) [sze]-ba#
2'. iti#? 1(disz@t)
3'. x [x]
column 6
1'. [x x] x
2'. 1(asz@c) sze
3'. [x]-KA
  rest broken
column 7
1'. dumu-TU
2'. iti 1(disz@t)
3'. [{d}]nin#-me-[szu]-du7#
reverse
column 1
1. [x] 1(barig@c) [...]
2. 2(barig@c) gig
3. ninda u4-da
4. 1(barig@c)#? [x] 2(ban2@c)#? [x] sze#
  rest broken
column 2
1. 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) ziz2
2. ninda u4-da
3. 2(asz@c) sze-ba
4. 2(asz@c) sila3 kasz
5. [x] sze
  rest broken
column 3
1. [iti?] ur2-NUN#-U5#
2. [...]
3. {d}uttu(|TAG.NUN|)
  rest broken
column 4
  column missing
column 5
  column missing

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P010021

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) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 07981B
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 582731
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.7981B

References

  • primary: FTP, 107

    [Martin2001FTP] Martin, Harriet P. 2001. The Fara Tablets in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

  • history: OSP 1, p. 1f.

    [Westenholz1975OSP1] Westenholz, Aage. 1975. Old Sumerian and Old Akkadian Texts in Philadelphia, Chiefly from Nippur. Part 1: Literary and Lexical Texts and the Earliest Administrative Documents from Nippur. Bibliotheca Mesopotamica, Volume 1. Malibu: Undena Publications.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-10 at 15:14:01 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2015-05-05 at 09:52:47 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2010-08-29 at 13:51:36 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:14:07 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Hebenstreit, Laurent CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“FTP 107 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 10, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P010021.
FTP 107 artifact entry (No. P010021). (2023, August 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010021 (Original work published 2001)
FTP 107 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010021 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
@misc{2023FTP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 10},
	title = {FTP 107 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010021},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010021},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“FTP 107 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 10, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P010021.
FTP 107 artifact entry (No. P010021). (2023, August 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010021 (Original work published 2001)
FTP 107 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010021 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
@misc{2023FTP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 10},
	title = {FTP 107 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010021},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010021},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/10/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P010021
LB  - CDLI:P010021
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - FTP 107 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P010021
ER  -
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