TSŠ 0050 (P010721)

Mathematical 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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Lineart

Lineart (detail)

Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist Š 0050

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

Shuruppak (mod. Fara)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(asz@c) sze guru7
en: 1 barley-silo,
2. sila3 7(asz@c)
en: sila3: 7
3. 1(asz) lu2 szu ba-ti
en: did one man receive,
4. lu2-bi
en: the men:
column 2
1. 4(szar'u@c) 5(szar2@c) 4(gesz'u@c) 2(gesz2) 5(u@c) 1(asz@c)
en: 164,571,
2. sze sila3 tak4#? 3(asz@c)
en: barley, sila3 remaining: 3.
calculation: 2400 (gur/guru7) × 480 (sila3/gur[mah]) = 1,152,000; 1,152,000 ÷ 7 = 164,571, with 3 sila3 left over

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Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P010721
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P010721

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)	Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
Museum Number	Ist Š 0050
Accession Number

References

primary: TSŠ, 0050

[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.
citation: ZA 66, p.156-195, p. 170, p. 179

[Edzard1976Wirtschaftstexte] Edzard, Dietz Otto. 1976. “Fāra Und Abu Ṣalābiḫ. Die „Wirtschaftstexte“.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 66: 156–95.
citation: HM 3, (pp.417-439), 432ff.

[Powell1976antecedents] Powell, Marvin A. 1976. “The Antecedents of Old Babylonian Place Notation and the Early History of Babylonian Mathematics.” Historia Mathematica 3: 417–39.
citation: Gelb 1960

[sec3778] N.d.
citation: Guitel 1963

[sec3779] N.d.
citation: Friberg 1982, 116f.

[sec3782] N.d.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-21 at 07:50:45	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-21 at 07:49:03	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-20 at 19:49:46	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-29 at 19:49:31	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2014-08-05 at 19:50:20	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Hebenstreit, Laurent	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“TSŠ 0050 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010721.

TSŠ 0050 artifact entry (No. P010721). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010721 (Original work published 2001)

TSŠ 0050 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010721 (Accessed: May 14, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“TSŠ 0050 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010721.

TSŠ 0050 artifact entry (No. P010721). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010721 (Original work published 2001)

TSŠ 0050 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010721 (Accessed: May 14, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 21},
	title = {TS{\v {S}} 0050 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010721},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010721},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/21/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P010721
LB  - CDLI:P010721
M1  - 2026/5/14/
TI  - TSŠ 0050 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P010721
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