TSŠ 0780 (P010904)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist Š 0780

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. 1(gesz2@c) [3(u@c)] lu2# [zah3]
2. sza3 e2-gal
3. 1(gesz2@c) 4(u@c) 4(asz@c) lu2 zah3 sza3 iri
column 2
1. [1(gesz2@c)] 2(u@c) 7(asz@c) UN-TAR KI-RA-ASZ
2. sza3 e2-gal
3. 1(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) UN-TAR sza3 iri
  rest of column blank
reverse
column 1
  column blank
column 2
1. an-sze3-gu2 3(gesz2@c) la2 3(asz@c) sza3 e2-gal
2. 2(gesz2@c) la2 3(asz@c) sza3 iri
  rest of column blank

Text content

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

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P010904

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 0780
Accession Number

References

  • primary: TSŠ, 0780

    [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 (17)

    [Pomponio1994EDATS] Pomponio, Francesco, and Giuseppe Visicato. 1994. Early Dynastic Administrative Tablets of Šuruppak. Napoli : Istituto Universitario Orientale di Napoli.

  • history: Bureaucracy of Šuruppak, 204

    [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.

  • citation: ZA 66, p.156-195, p. 180

    [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 Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-25 at 18:22:27 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-21 at 07:50:45 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-21 at 07:49:03 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-20 at 19:49:46 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-03 at 13:06:16 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-29 at 19:49:31 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2017-07-11 at 21:31:23 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-11-21 at 10:14:35 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:14:09 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Hebenstreit, Laurent CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“TSŠ 0780 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010904.
TSŠ 0780 artifact entry (No. P010904). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010904 (Original work published 2001)
TSŠ 0780 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010904 (Accessed: October 5, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {TS{\v {S}} 0780 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010904},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010904},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“TSŠ 0780 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010904.
TSŠ 0780 artifact entry (No. P010904). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010904 (Original work published 2001)
TSŠ 0780 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010904 (Accessed: October 5, 2026).
@misc{2024TSS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {TS{\v {S}} 0780 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010904},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010904},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P010904
LB  - CDLI:P010904
M1  - 2026/10/5/
TI  - TSŠ 0780 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P010904
ER  -
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