WF 124 (P011082)

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 09075

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

Shuruppak (mod. Fara)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (donkeys?)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(asz@c) PA-PA
2. 3(asz@c) sa12-du5
3. 3(asz@c) sangax(|SZID.NIG2|)
4. 3(asz@c) szusz3
5. 3(asz@c) enku
6. 3(asz@c) sukkal
7. 3(asz@c) ar3-du2-{d}sud3
8. gi4-za7
9. 3(asz@c) szubur
10. mu6-sub3
11. 3(asz@c) en-gurusz-zi
12. 3(asz@c) LU-LU
13. SUR#-[gu?]-nun#?
column 2
1. 3(asz@c) ar3-du2-{d}sud3
2. mu6-sub3
3. 3(asz@c) utu-ur-sag
4. amar-szuba3
5. 3(asz@c) a-NI-NI
6. e2-uszum-gal
7. 3(asz@c) me-pa-e3
8. KA-BAR
9. 3(asz@c) dumu-nun-szita
10. a-si4
11. 3(asz@c) amar-IMMAL
12. ugula
13. 3(asz@c) al6-lum
column 3
1. simug
2. 2(asz@c) dingir-nu-me
3. lu2-geme2-zi-da
4. 3(asz@c) ar3-du2-{d}sud3
5. ba-la
6. dam-gar3
7. 2(asz@c) a-hu-ti
8. ba-dag
9. 2(asz@c) ga-ri-NI
10. ukken-a
11. 3(asz@c) dingir-nu-me
12. lugal-nam-zu
13. 3(asz@c) pa4-e2-kur-pa-e3
14. dub-sar
column 4
1. 3(asz@c) lu-lu
2. unu{ki}
3. 3(asz@c) ad-da
4. engar
5. il-sux(MUSZ)-me-ru
6. 3(asz@c) e2-pirig-gal
7. dilmun
blank space
8. 3(asz@c) gal-dam-gar3
9. 3(asz@c) dingir-nu-me
10. pa4-{+an}anzux(MI){muszen}
11. 2(asz@c) dingir-nu-me
12. maszkim
column 5
1. szusz3
2. 2(asz@c) ur-{d}lamma
3. sa-HAR
4. 2(asz@c) ur-lugal-DU
5. dingir-nu-me
6. 3(asz@c) e2-zi-pa-e3
7. {d}gibil6
8. 3(asz@c) lugal-engar-zi
9. 2(asz@c) ur-dumu-zi
10. dub-sar
11. 3(asz@c) amar-szuba3
reverse
column 1
1. lu2-geme2-zi-da
2. 2(asz@c) pa4-alim
3. 2(asz@c) AK-{d}sud3
4. {d}{szu}szaganx(AMA){gan}
5. 2(asz@c) nin-ukken-a
6. na-gada
7. 2(asz@c) pa4-NAM2
8. masz-{d}sud3
9. 2(asz@c) dingir-nu-me
10. a-pa4
11. 2(asz@c) di-utu
12. gal-dam-gar3
column 2
1. 2(asz@c) ur-dumu-zi
2. e2-la-lumx(|ZU&ZU.SAR|)
3. 3(asz@c) munus-a2-nu-kusz2
4. SAL-USZ
5. 2(asz@c) a2-ag2-du10
6. ad-kup4
7. 3(asz@c) dingir-nu-me
8. ur-e2
9. 2(asz@c) nig2-si4
10. di-utu
11. e2-uszum-gal
12. 2(asz@c) KA-lugal-zi-da
column 3
1. nu-kiri6
2. 2(asz@c) |MI+ZA7|
3. ama-bara2-si
4. 3(asz@c) ur-{d}gu2-la2
5. engar
6. 2(asz@c) NI-NI
7. utu-ur-sag
8. szubur
9. ba!(IGI)-ti
10. 3(asz@c) KA-U2
11. unu{ki}
12. 2(asz@c) ar3-du2-{d}sud3
13. bilx(|GISZ.PAP.BIL|)#-sag#?
14. 2(asz@c) gissu#-bi
15. 3(asz@c) NI-NI
column 4
1. masz-{d}sud3
2. 2(asz@c) e2-pirig-gal
3. nagar
4. 2(asz@c) SZE-IN
5. unu{ki}
6. 3(asz@c) en-MU-du10
7. 2(asz@c) dur-narx(LAK244)
8. 3(asz@c) utu#-hur-sag
9. lu2-ma2
10. 2(asz@c) abzu-mah-di
11. nagar
column 5
blank space

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 (donkeys?)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P011082
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P011082

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Shuruppak (mod. Fara)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	FS-2017
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number	VAT 09075
Accession Number

References

primary: WF, 124

[Deimel1924] Deimel, P. Anton. 1924. Wirtschafttexte Aus Fara.
history: OLA 5 (pp. 153-169), 164

[Edzard1979OLA5] Edzard, Dietz Otto. 1979. “Die Archive von Suruppag (Fära): Umfang Und Grenzen Der Auswertbarkeit,” Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta , 5: 153–69.
history: EDATS p., 4 (18) no. 143

[Pomponio1994EDATS] Pomponio, Francesco, and Giuseppe Visicato. 1994. Early Dynastic Administrative Tablets of Šuruppak. Napoli : Istituto Universitario Orientale di Napoli.
history: WVDOG 143, 019

[Steible2015WVDOG143] Steible, Horst, and Fatma Yıldız. 2015. Wirtschaftstexte Aus Fara II : Texte Der Viehverwaltung von Šuruppak. Vol. 143. Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen Der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft. Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz.
citation: ZA 66, p.156-195, p. 189

[Edzard1976Wirtschaftstexte] Edzard, Dietz Otto. 1976. “Fāra Und Abu Ṣalābiḫ. Die „Wirtschaftstexte“.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 66: 156–95.
citation: Visicato 1991, 352f.

[Visicato1991] Visicato, Giuseppe. 1991.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-20 at 10:26:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-20 at 10:10:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-03 at 13:06:16	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-11 at 13:46:54	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2017-07-11 at 08:02:28	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2016-03-01 at 10:44:23	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2010-09-22 at 09:15:57	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI	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 124 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P011082.

WF 124 artifact entry (No. P011082). (2024, September 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P011082 (Original work published 2001)

WF 124 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P011082 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 20},
	title = {WF 124 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P011082},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P011082},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“WF 124 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P011082.

WF 124 artifact entry (No. P011082). (2024, September 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P011082 (Original work published 2001)

WF 124 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P011082 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).

@misc{2024WF,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 20},
	title = {WF 124 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P011082},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P011082},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/20/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P011082
LB  - CDLI:P011082
M1  - 2026/11/1/
TI  - WF 124 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P011082
ER  -