TSŠ 0081 (P010737)

Administrative 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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Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist Š 0081

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

Shuruppak (mod. Fara)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (barley products.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(u@c) dumu szidim
en: 4 apprentice builders
2. zi3-ba
en: flour ration
3. 2(ban2@c) szu ba-ti
en: 2 ban they received
reverse
1. 3(asz@c) lid2-ga zi3@t 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
en: (Total) 3 lidga, 1 barig, 2 ban of flour
rest blank

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

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (barley products.)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P010737
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P010737

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 0081
Accession Number

References

primary: TSŠ, 0081

[Jestin1937TSS] 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.
history: EDATS p., 3 (3)

[Pomponio1994EDATS] Pomponio, Francesco, and Giuseppe Visicato. 1994. Early Dynastic Administrative Tablets of Šuruppak. Napoli : Istituto Universitario Orientale di Napoli.
history: HM 3, (pp.417-439), 436 fn. 19

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

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-12-16 at 19:41:21	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Transliteration	Robson, Eleanor	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
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
2024-07-03 at 13:06:16	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
2016-05-10 at 11:27:45	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.	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

“TSŠ 0081 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010737.

TSŠ 0081 artifact entry (No. P010737). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010737 (Original work published 2001)

TSŠ 0081 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010737 (Accessed: October 4, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 21},
	title = {TS{\v {S}} 0081 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010737},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010737},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“TSŠ 0081 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010737.

TSŠ 0081 artifact entry (No. P010737). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010737 (Original work published 2001)

TSŠ 0081 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010737 (Accessed: October 4, 2026).

@misc{2024TSS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-04]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 21},
	title = {TS{\v {S}} 0081 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010737},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010737},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/21/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P010737
LB  - CDLI:P010737
M1  - 2026/10/4/
TI  - TSŠ 0081 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P010737
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