PBS 13, 24 (P010541)

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 14123

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

Shuruppak (mod. Fara)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (field purchase.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 5(u@c) 1(asz@c) urudu ma-na
2. sa10 asza5
3. 1(bur3@c) 3(iku@c) asza5-bi
4. 4(u@c) [1(asz@c)?] urudu ma-[na]
5. [nig2-diri]
  rest of column missing
column 2
1. 1(asz@c) ninda x [x]
2. 1(u@c) [PAP tu7]
3. 1(asz@c) [...]
4. 1(asz@c) [...]
5. 2(u@c)#? [PAP tu7]
6. [... PAP] |GA2xHA|
  rest of column missing
column 3
  column missing
column 4
  column missing
reverse
column 1
  column missing
column 2
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. lu2-asza5-sa10
4. asza5 ma2-gur8
5. bala
6. inim-ni-zi

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (field purchase.)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P010541

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 14123
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 587574
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.14123

References

  • primary: PBS 13, 24

    [Legrain1922PBS13] Legrain, Léon. 1922. Historical Fragments. Publications of the Babylonian Section 13. University Museum, Pennsylvania. http://www.etana.org/sites/default/files/coretexts/14913.pdf.

  • history: SRU, 10

    [Edzard1968SRU] Edzard, Dietz Otto. 1968. Sumerische Rechtsurkunden Des III. Jahrtausends Aus Der Zeit Vor Der III. Dynastie von Ur. Abhandlungen. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse. Neue Folge, Heft 67. München: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften.

  • history: OIP 104, 120

    [Gelb1991OIP104] Gelb, Ignace Jay, Piotr Steinkeller, and Robert M. Whiting. 1991. Earliest Land Tenure Systems in the Near East: Ancient Kudurrus (ELTS). The University of Chicago Oriental Institute Publications 104. https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oip/earliest-land-tenure-systems-near-east-ancient-kudurrus.

  • history: FTP, 099

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

  • history: Prosopografia Fara, XIV

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-03 at 16:55:41 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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
2021-07-19 at 09:25:20 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand 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

“PBS 13, 24 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010541.
PBS 13, 24 artifact entry (No. P010541). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010541 (Original work published 2001)
PBS 13, 24 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010541 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {PBS 13, 24 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010541},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010541},
}


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TI  - PBS 13, 24 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“PBS 13, 24 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010541.
PBS 13, 24 artifact entry (No. P010541). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010541 (Original work published 2001)
PBS 13, 24 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010541 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).
@misc{2024PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {PBS 13, 24 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010541},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010541},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/3/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P010541
LB  - CDLI:P010541
M1  - 2026/10/24/
TI  - PBS 13, 24 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P010541
ER  -
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