RTC 009 (P010563)

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 02766

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) siki
2. nam-mah
3. AK-sipa
4. 1(u@c) 3(asz@c) me-pa-e3
column 2
1. 1(u@c) AK-{d}sud3
2. 2(u@c) e2-ki-du10-ga
3. nimgir
4. 1(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) pa-bilx(|GESZ.PAP.NE|)-ga
reverse
column 1
1. 2(u@c) KA-nun-ki-ba
column 2
1. szu-nigin2 4(gesz2@c) 3(asz@c)
2. siki e3-a mu-DU x x mu#

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (wool)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P010563

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Museum Number AO 02766
Accession Number AOTa 013

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Louvre Collections (Louvre) cl010151953

References

  • primary: RTC, 9

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-14 at 15:56:25 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
2023-04-11 at 16:18:03 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2017-03-10 at 18:21:43 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI Approved View
2016-09-04 at 13:54:30 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2016-09-04 at 13:51:25 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2010-06-11 at 09:06:48 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Hebenstreit, Laurent CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“RTC 009 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010563.
RTC 009 artifact entry (No. P010563). (2024, September 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010563 (Original work published 2001)
RTC 009 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010563 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 14},
	title = {RTC 009 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010563},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010563},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“RTC 009 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010563.
RTC 009 artifact entry (No. P010563). (2024, September 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010563 (Original work published 2001)
RTC 009 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010563 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
@misc{2024RTC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 14},
	title = {RTC 009 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010563},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010563},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/14/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P010563
LB  - CDLI:P010563
M1  - 2026/4/17/
TI  - RTC 009 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P010563
ER  - 
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