CT 50, 001 (P010022)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 021014

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

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 2(u@c) la2 1(asz@c) gurusz
2. AN-nu-me
3. 1(u@c) 4(asz@c) ur-{d}sud3
4. 1(gesz2@c) 2(asz@c) munus-gesztin
5. 1(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) 3(asz@c) ur-{d}sud3
6. 1(gesz2@c) pa4-bil4-{an}anzux(MI){muszen}
column 2
1. 1(gesz2@c) 1(asz@c) mes-lu-lu
2. 1(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) dumu-{an}anzux(MI){muszen}
3. 1(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) 6(asz@c) ad-da
4. 1(gesz2@c) 3(asz@c) di:utu
5. 2(u@c) 5(asz@c) nagar
6. 2(u@c) simug
7. 1(u@c) 1(asz@c) aszgab
8. 3(asz@c) nu-kiri6
column 3
1. 2(u@c) 3(asz@c) abgal
2. 2(u@c) 7(asz@c) gal-nimgir
3. 3(u@c) 5(asz@c) sa12-du5
4. 2(u@c) 4(asz@c) szita-da:nu-tuku
5. 1(u@c) 5(asz@c) e2-su13-ag2
6. 1(u@c) la2 1(asz@c) nin-ur-sag
column 4
1. 2(u@c)# amar-szuba3!
2. 2(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) amar-tur3
3. 1(u@c) 2(asz@c) amar-nam-nir
4. 1(u@c) 2(asz@c) ur-dumu-zi
5. 1(gesz2@c) enku
reverse
column 1
1. szu-nigin2 1(gesz'u@c) 4(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) gurusz
  blank space

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (workers (gurush).)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P010022

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Shuruppak (mod. Fara) [uncertain]
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 021014
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.21014
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1895-1018-4

References

  • primary: CT 50, 1

    [Sollberger1972CT50] Sollberger, Edmond. 1972. Pre-Sargonic and Sargonic Economic Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 50. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

  • 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, 188

    [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.

  • history: Reading the Past, 023

    [Walker1990ReadingthePast] Walker, Christopher B. F. 1990. “Cuneiform.” Reading the Past: Ancient Writing from Cuneiform to the Alphabet.

  • citation: ZA 66, p.156-195, p. 163

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

  • citation: Prosopografia Fara, XIII

    [Pomponio1987Fara] Pomponio, Francesco. 1987. La Prosopografia Dei Testi Presargonici Di Fara. Studi Semitici ; Nuova Ser., 3. Roma : Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza.”

  • citation: ZA 63 (pp. 99-106), 100

    [Powell1973ZA63] Powell, Marvin A. 1973. “Review of E. Sollberger, Presargonic and Sargonic Economic Texts, Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum (CT 50).” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 63: 99–106.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-25 at 18:22:27 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-07 at 14:08:27 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-03 at 13:06:16 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-03 at 12:59:20 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-03 at 10:23:54 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune 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
2017-08-19 at 01:22:32 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-03-19 at 23:59:24 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-03-19 at 23:49:56 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:14:07 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Hebenstreit, Laurent CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CT 50, 001 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010022.
CT 50, 001 artifact entry (No. P010022). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010022 (Original work published 2001)
CT 50, 001 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010022 (Accessed: October 5, 2026).
@misc{2024CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {CT 50, 001 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010022},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010022},
}


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DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P010022
LB  - CDLI:P010022
M1  - 2026/10/5/
TI  - CT 50, 001 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P010022
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“CT 50, 001 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010022.
CT 50, 001 artifact entry (No. P010022). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010022 (Original work published 2001)
CT 50, 001 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010022 (Accessed: October 5, 2026).
@misc{2024CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {CT 50, 001 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010022},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010022},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P010022
LB  - CDLI:P010022
M1  - 2026/10/5/
TI  - CT 50, 001 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P010022
ER  -
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