WF 040 (P010997)

Administrative tablet excavated in Shuruppak (mod. Fara), dated to the ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

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Photo

Photo (detail)

Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 12589

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

Shuruppak (mod. Fara)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (field purchase.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 8(asz@c) ku3 gin2
2. sa10 GAN2
3. lugal-usz-SZIM
4. nimgir-abzu
column 2
1. lu2 sa10 gu7
2. bara2-ki-ba
3. lu2 ki-inim
4. 2(barig@c) sze
5. kas sa10
column 3
1. amar-abzu
2. 1(asz@c) sze lid2-ga
3. bara2-ki-ba
4. 1(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) sze
5. bara2-ki-ba
reverse
column 1
1. 4(ban2@c) sze
2. lugal-usz-SZIM
3. 2(barig@c) sze
4. nimgir-abzu
5. an-na-szum2
column 2
1. sag-dingir-tuku
2. 1(barig@c) 1(ban2@c) zi3@t
3. nig2-gu7
4. 5(asz@c) siki ma-na
column 3
1. u4-ba
2. sze# [(1(asz@c))] ma-na
3. 2(ban2@c) sze

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 (field purchase.)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P010997
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P010997

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)	Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number	VAT 12589
Accession Number

References

primary: WF, 040

[Deimel1924] Deimel, P. Anton. 1924. Wirtschafttexte Aus Fara.
history: SRU, 11

[Edzard1968SRU] Edzard, Dietz Otto. 1968. Sumerische Rechtsurkunden Des III. Jahrtausends Aus Der Zeit Vor Der III. Dynastie von Ur. Abhandlungen. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse. Neue Folge, Heft 67. München: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften.
history: OIP 104, 129

[Gelb1991OIP104] Gelb, Ignace Jay, Piotr Steinkeller, and Robert M. Whiting. 1991. Earliest Land Tenure Systems in the Near East: Ancient Kudurrus (ELTS). The University of Chicago Oriental Institute Publications 104. https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oip/earliest-land-tenure-systems-near-east-ancient-kudurrus.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-03 at 16:55:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2014-03-13 at 17:23:44	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2010-06-26 at 14:50:18	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

“WF 040 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010997.

WF 040 artifact entry (No. P010997). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010997 (Original work published 2001)

WF 040 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010997 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).

@misc{2024WF,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {WF 040 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010997},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010997},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/3/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P010997
LB  - CDLI:P010997
M1  - 2026/10/30/
TI  - WF 040 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P010997
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“WF 040 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010997.

WF 040 artifact entry (No. P010997). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010997 (Original work published 2001)

WF 040 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010997 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).

@misc{2024WF,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {WF 040 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010997},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010997},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/3/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P010997
LB  - CDLI:P010997
M1  - 2026/10/30/
TI  - WF 040 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P010997
ER  -