WF 098 (P011055)

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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Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 12455

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

Shuruppak (mod. Fara)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (workers (gurush, flour distribution).)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 2(asz@c) gurusz
2. AN-nu-me
3. 3(asz@c) bilx(|GESZ.PAP.BIL|)-kalam-du10
4. 2(asz@c) ur-{d}sud3
5. 8(asz@c) nam-mah
column 2
1. 4(asz@c) mes-e2-zi-da
2. 1(asz@c) sukkal
3. 1(asz@c) muhaldim
4. 6(asz@c) lunga3
5. 1(asz@c) masz#-da5#
6. 6(asz@c) al6#-lum
column 3
1. 1(asz@c) e2-na
2. 1(asz@c) SZESZ-KI-na
3. 5(asz@c) mes-lu-lu
4. 5(asz@c) dumu-{an}anzux(MI){muszen}
5. 1(u@c) 2(asz@c) ad-da
column 4
1. 4(asz@c) DI-utu
2. 2(asz@c) utu-ur-sag
3. 2(asz@c) azlag4
4. 4(asz@c) ALAM#
5. 2(asz@c) abgal
reverse
column 1
1. 8(asz@c) enku#
2. 2(asz@c) tul2-sag-du10#
  blank space
column 2
  blank space
column 3
1. an-sze3-gu2 1(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) 2(asz@c) gurusz
2. 2(ban2@c) zi3@t szu ba-ti
3. 2(u@c) 7(asz@c) 2(ban2@c) zi3@t gurx(|GURxASZ@c|)
  calculation: 72 × 2 = 144 ban2; 144 ÷ 4 = 27 (?)
4. lu2 zi3@t ba

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Consult word list of ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: WF, 098

    [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, 192

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: VAT 12455
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  • Provenience: Shuruppak (mod. Fara)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-25 at 18:22:27 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-03 at 13:06:16 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2017-07-11 at 21:35:35 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-07-22 at 18:25:18 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2010-09-30 at 06:21:00 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:14:11 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Hebenstreit, Laurent CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“WF 098 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P011055.
WF 098 artifact entry (No. P011055). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P011055 (Original work published 2001)
WF 098 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P011055 (Accessed: July 9, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {WF 098 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P011055},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P011055},
}

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