Shuruppak 0768 (P010685)

Administrative tablet excavated in Shuruppak (mod. Fara), dated to the ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC) period

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Museum Number

unknown

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 gurusz unug{ki}]
2. 1(gesz'u@c) 1(gesz2@c) 4(u@c) 4(asz@c) adab{ki}
3. 8(gesz2@c) 4(u@c) 8(asz@c) nibru{ki}
4. 7(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) lagasz{ki}
column 2
1. [x] umma#{ki}

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)

Text content

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

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P010685
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P010685

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)
Museum Number	unknown
Accession Number

References

primary: Alster, Shuruppak, 768

[Alster1974Shuruppak] Alster, Bendt. 1974. The Instructions of Šurruppak : A Sumerian Proverb Collection. Vol. 2. Mesopotamia. Copenhagen Studies in Assyriology. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag.
history: Steible - Yildiz 1993, 23f.

[sec3710] N.d.
history: Bureaucracy of Šuruppak, 201

[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	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-25 at 18:22:27	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:14:07	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Hebenstreit, Laurent	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“Shuruppak 0768 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010685.

Shuruppak 0768 artifact entry (No. P010685). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010685 (Original work published 2001)

Shuruppak 0768 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010685 (Accessed: October 10, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010685},
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Cite this Artifact

“Shuruppak 0768 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010685.

Shuruppak 0768 artifact entry (No. P010685). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010685 (Original work published 2001)

Shuruppak 0768 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010685 (Accessed: October 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {Shuruppak 0768 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010685},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010685},
}

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