TSŠ 0725 (P010890)

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 0725

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
1. 6(gesz2@c)#? 2(u@c) siki ma-na
2. unu{ki}
3. 1(gesz2@c)? 4(u@c) siki ma-na
reverse
1. umma{ki}
2. 5(gesz2@c) siki ma-na
3. |UD+NI| gu2 3(u@c) {gesz}gag
en: 30 (one-)talent stones (weights) with wooden pegs

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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 (wool.)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P010890
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P010890

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)	Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
Museum Number	Ist Š 0725
Accession Number

References

primary: TSŠ, 0725

[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 (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. 179

[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.

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
2013-12-11 at 08:04:24	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Steinkeller, Piotr	CDLI	Approved
2012-05-17 at 16:31:07	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2010-09-01 at 14:27:28	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI	Approved
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Hebenstreit, Laurent	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“TSŠ 0725 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010890.

TSŠ 0725 artifact entry (No. P010890). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010890 (Original work published 2001)

TSŠ 0725 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010890 (Accessed: April 20, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010890},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“TSŠ 0725 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010890.

TSŠ 0725 artifact entry (No. P010890). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010890 (Original work published 2001)

TSŠ 0725 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010890 (Accessed: April 20, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 21},
	title = {TS{\v {S}} 0725 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010890},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010890},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/21/
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M1  - 2026/4/20/
TI  - TSŠ 0725 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P010890
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