WF 093 (P011050)

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 12590

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

Shuruppak (mod. Fara)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (workers, rations.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 2(gesz'u@c) 5(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) 2(asz@c) gurusz
2. 4(u@c) la2 1(asz@c) dumu-dumu szitim
column 2
1. 4(u@c) 1(asz@c) geme2
rest of column blank
reverse
column 1
1. an-sze3-gu2
2. 2(gesz'u@c) 6(gesz2@c) 5(u@c) 2(asz@c) lu2 nig2-gu7
column 2
1. 5(u@c) la2 3(asz@c) lu2# kisz DU
rest of column 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 (workers, rations.)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P011050
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P011050

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 12590
Accession Number

References

primary: WF, 093

[Deimel1924] Deimel, P. Anton. 1924. Wirtschafttexte Aus Fara.
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, 200

[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. 188

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

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-25 at 18:22:27	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
2017-07-11 at 21:34:44	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2010-09-29 at 12:06:45	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:14:11	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI	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 093 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P011050.

WF 093 artifact entry (No. P011050). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P011050 (Original work published 2001)

WF 093 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P011050 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {WF 093 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P011050},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P011050},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“WF 093 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P011050.

WF 093 artifact entry (No. P011050). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P011050 (Original work published 2001)

WF 093 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P011050 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).

@misc{2024WF,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {WF 093 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P011050},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P011050},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P011050
LB  - CDLI:P011050
M1  - 2026/10/24/
TI  - WF 093 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P011050
ER  -