RTC 011 (P010551)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 02765

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

Shuruppak (mod. Fara)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (wool)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 2(gesz2@c) siki
2. geme2-lu2-zi-da
3. 1(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) lugal-aga3#?-[x]
4. 2(u@c) mu-sza3#?
5. 2(u@c) AK-{d}sud3
6. 2(u@c) nam-mah?
7. x [(x)]
column 2
1. 2(u@c) har-tu-{d}sud3
2. 1(gesz2@c) 1(u@c)# x [x]
3. [...]
4. [...]
5. 2(u@c) [...]
6. 2(u@c) zi# (x) x
7. [...]
column 3
1. 3(u@c) lum-ma
2. 3(u@c)#? AN-sze3-[(x)]-x
3. [x]-en#
4. [n] x-x
5. 3(asz@c)# x-x-x
6. [n] ur#-sag#
column 4
1. 2(u@c) szesz-tur#
2. 2(u@c)# la2# 1(asz@c) amar-{d}iszkur
3. 3(u@c) amar-tur3
4. 3(u@c) ASZ-NI-NI
5. 2(u@c) e2-ki-du10-ga
6. 3(u@c) ur-x
reverse
column 1
1. 1(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) pa-bilx(|GESZ.PAP.BIL|)-ga
2. 1(gesz2@c) me-pa-e3
3. munus-NAM2
4. 2(u@c) 7(asz@c) amar-{d}iszkur
5. nimgir
column 2
1. 2(u@c) har-tu-{d}sud3
2. dumu ur
3. 2(u@c) KA-nun-ki-ba
4. 2(u@c) 3(asz@c) AN-ur2-sze3
5. AN-nu-me
6. 1(u@c) AK-{d}sud3
7. gir4(AD)#-bil
column 3
1. 1(u@c) 3(asz@c) ur2-mud
2. 1(u@c) ur-geme2!-sahar-ra
3. ad-da
column 4
1. 2(gesz'u@c) la2 3(u@c) 1(asz@c)

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Consult word list of ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: RTC, 11

    [Thureau-Dangin1903RTC] Thureau-Dangin, François. 1903. Recueil de Tablettes Chaldéennes. Paris: Ernest Leroux.

  • history: EDATS p., 3 (7)

    [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. 168

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: AO 02765
  • Accession No.: AOTa 012

  • Provenience: Shuruppak (mod. Fara)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-14 at 15:56:25 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-03 at 13:06:16 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-04-11 at 16:18:03 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2010-06-01 at 13:06:28 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Hebenstreit, Laurent CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“RTC 011 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010551.
RTC 011 artifact entry (No. P010551). (2024, September 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010551 (Original work published 2001)
RTC 011 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010551 (Accessed: July 5, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 14},
	title = {RTC 011 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010551},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010551},
}

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