TSŠ 0242 (P010783)

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

Cite

Photo

Lineart

Lineart (detail)

Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist Š 0242

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

Shuruppak (mod. Fara)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (fields.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. ukken{ki}
2. 4(gesz'u@c) la2 4(u@c) didli GAN2
3. adab{ki}
4. umma{ki}-ta
5. 5(gesz'u@c) 2(gesz2@c) la2 1(u@c) GAN2
column 2
1. ukken{[ki]}
2. lagasz{ki}-ta
3. ukken{ki}
4. 1(szar2@c) 6(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) didli GAN2
reverse
column 1
1. szu-nigin2
2. 1(szar2@c) 6(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) didli GAN2
3. lagasz{ki}
rest of reverse blank

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 (fields.)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P010783
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P010783

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 0242
Accession Number

References

primary: TSŠ, 0242

[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.
history: EDATS p., 3 (16) no. 113

[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. 173

[Edzard1976Wirtschaftstexte] Edzard, Dietz Otto. 1976. “Fāra Und Abu Ṣalābiḫ. Die „Wirtschaftstexte“.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 66: 156–95.
citation: 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.
citation: Pettinato 1977

[sec3927] 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
2024-07-03 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
2010-09-07 at 06:35:54	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:14:08	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Hebenstreit, Laurent	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“TSŠ 0242 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010783.

TSŠ 0242 artifact entry (No. P010783). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010783 (Original work published 2001)

TSŠ 0242 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010783 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010783},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“TSŠ 0242 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010783.

TSŠ 0242 artifact entry (No. P010783). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010783 (Original work published 2001)

TSŠ 0242 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010783 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).

@misc{2024TSS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 21},
	title = {TS{\v {S}} 0242 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010783},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010783},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/21/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P010783
LB  - CDLI:P010783
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - TSŠ 0242 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P010783
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