CT 50, 003 (P010040)

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 085380

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(asz@c) gurusz
2. amar-{d}iszkur
3. 1(asz@c) e2-kur-ra-unken-a
4. 1(asz@c) e2-ki-du10-ga
5. 1(asz@c) ad-da
column 2
1. 1(asz@c) AK-{d}sud3
2. girx(AD)-bil
3. 1(asz@c) amar-tur
4. 1(asz@c) szubur
5. 1(asz@c) ur-nin-mu2
reverse
column 1
1. 1(asz@c) nam-mah#
2. AK#-[sipa]
3. 1(asz@c) sza3-gu2-ba
4. [...]
column 2
1. 1(asz@c) HAR#-tu-{d}sud3
2. ur-dumu
  rest of column blank

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/P010040

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Shuruppak (mod. Fara) [uncertain]
Purchased from I Élias Géjou in 1899.
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 085380
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.85380
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1899-0415-187

References

  • primary: CT 50, 3

    [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: ALASPM 10: 213

    [sec2806] N.d.

  • history: Bureaucracy of Šuruppak, 213

    [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. 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
2026-07-18 at 14:00:18 Cross, Aidan Artifact metadata Cross, Aidan Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2024-10-25 at 18:22:27 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 10:23:54 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan 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
2010-07-20 at 14:59:22 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. 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, 003 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 20, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P010040.
CT 50, 003 artifact entry (No. P010040). (2026, July 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010040 (Original work published 2001)
CT 50, 003 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010040 (Accessed: October 8, 2026).
@misc{2026CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-08]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jul 20},
	title = {CT 50, 003 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010040},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010040},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/7/20/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P010040
LB  - CDLI:P010040
M1  - 2026/10/8/
TI  - CT 50, 003 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P010040
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“CT 50, 003 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 20, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P010040.
CT 50, 003 artifact entry (No. P010040). (2026, July 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010040 (Original work published 2001)
CT 50, 003 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010040 (Accessed: October 8, 2026).
@misc{2026CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-08]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jul 20},
	title = {CT 50, 003 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010040},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010040},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/7/20/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P010040
LB  - CDLI:P010040
M1  - 2026/10/8/
TI  - CT 50, 003 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P010040
ER  -
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