NTSŠ 0256 (P010515)

Administrative tablet excavated in Shuruppak (mod. Fara), dated to the ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

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Chemical Data

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Photo

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Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist Š 0256

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

Shuruppak (mod. Fara)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (fields.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 2(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) GAN2
2. kur-a2-gal2
3. kin-nir
4. 2(iku@c) {d}sud3-anzu
5. nimgir
column 2
1. 1(esze3@c) 4(iku@c) ur-NI
2. 5(iku@c) AK-
3. du6
4. 1(esze3@c) 1(iku@c) 1/2(Iku@c) pa4-alim
5. 1(esze3@c) me-mah-nu-sa2
6. 4(iku@c) gal-LI-LI
column 3
1. 1(esze3@c) 1(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) e2-pa-e3
2. 1(esze3@c) 1(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) ni2-zu5-kur-sze3
3. 1(esze3@c) 4(iku@c) har-tu-{d}sud3
4. 1(esze3@c) 4(iku@c) ur-{d}sud3
5. 1(esze3@c) 4(iku@c) szubur
reverse
column 1
1. 5(iku@c) x x-[...]
2. [5(iku@c)] x-sze3?
3. ur-dumu-zi
4. 5(iku@c) NI-NI
5. 5(iku@c) {d}sud3-ur-sag
6. masz-{d}sud3
column 2
1. 1(esze3@c) 4(iku@c) har-tu-{d}sud3
2. ur-{d}tu
3. 2(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) AK-{d}sud3
4. AK-utu
5. 2(iku@c) pa4-zi
6. 5(iku@c) amar-szuba3
7. lu2-geme2-zi
column 3
n lines blank
1. dub sze-numun sum
column 4
1. an-sze3-gu2
2. 6(bur3@c) 2(esze3@c) 2(iku@c) GAN2
3. asza5 sze-GIR2@g-bil4-la
4. AN-nu-me
5. engar

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)
Consult word list of ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Collections

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (fields.)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: NTSŠ, 0256

[Jestin1957NTSŠ] Jestin, Raymond R. 1957. Nouveaux Textes Sumériens de Shuruppak. Paris.
history: TSŠ, TSŠ 0258

[Jestin1937TSŠ] Jestin, Raymond R. 1937. Tablettes Sumériennes de S̈uruppak Conservées Au Musée de Stamboul. Mémoires de L’institut Français d’Archéologie de Stamboul 3. Paris : E. de Boccard.
history: EDATS p., 3 (16) no. 086

[Pomponio1994EDATS] Pomponio, Francesco, and Giuseppe Visicato. 1994. Early Dynastic Administrative Tablets of Šuruppak. Napoli : Istituto Universitario Orientale di Napoli.
citation: ZA 66, p.156-195, p. 167

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: Ist Š 0256
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Shuruppak (mod. Fara)
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Chronology

Period: ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-20 at 19:49:46	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
2024-06-30 at 13:45:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:14:07	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Hebenstreit, Laurent	CDLI	Approved

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Cite this Artifacts

“NTSŠ 0256 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010515.

NTSŠ 0256 artifact entry (No. P010515). (2024, July 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010515 (Original work published 2001)

NTSŠ 0256 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010515 (Accessed: February 15, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010515},
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Cite this Artifacts

“NTSŠ 0256 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010515.

NTSŠ 0256 artifact entry (No. P010515). (2024, July 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010515 (Original work published 2001)

NTSŠ 0256 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010515 (Accessed: February 15, 2026).

@misc{2024NTSS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 20},
	title = {NTS{\v {S}} 0256 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010515},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010515},
}

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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/2/15/
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