DP 034 (P010051)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 13242

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. [x] 2(asz@c)#? dumu#-dumu#
2. di-[utu] ugula
3. lu2-ad
4. [...] {d}sud3-[ur]-sag
5. ugula#
column 2
1. 2(u@c) 5(asz@c) ur-e2-gal
2. ugula
3. 2(u@c) nar
4. AK
5. 1(u@c) 2(asz@c) munu4
6. KA-zi#-[da]
reverse
column 1
1. [...] gal?-[...]
2. [lu2?]-di
3. ($blank?$)
4. [ba]-DU
  rest of column blank

Text content

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

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P010051

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) Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Museum Number AO 13242
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Louvre Collections (Louvre) cl010137958

References

  • primary: DP, 34

    [AllottedelaFuÿe1908-1920DP] Allotte de la Fuÿe, François-Maurice. 1908-1920. Documents Présargoniques. Paris: Ernest Leroux.

  • citation: ZA 66, p.156-195, p. 165

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

  • citation: JAOS 52 (pp. 110-132), 119

    [Kramer1932Fara] Kramer, Samuel N. 1932. “New Tablets from Fara.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 52: 110–32. https://doi.org/10.2307/593166.

  • citation: Bureaucracy of Šuruppak, 186

    [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.

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
2024-09-14 at 15:56:25 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-04-11 at 16:18:03 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune 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

“DP 034 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010051.
DP 034 artifact entry (No. P010051). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010051 (Original work published 2001)
DP 034 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010051 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {DP 034 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010051},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“DP 034 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010051.
DP 034 artifact entry (No. P010051). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010051 (Original work published 2001)
DP 034 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010051 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
@misc{2024DP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {DP 034 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010051},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010051},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P010051
LB  - CDLI:P010051
M1  - 2026/11/5/
TI  - DP 034 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P010051
ER  - 
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