WF 128 (P011086)

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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Chemical Data

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Photo

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Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 12568

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

Shuruppak (mod. Fara)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (small cattle)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

65.0 mm × 60.0 mm × 28.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. n uruda ma-na#
2. NAM#-nu-kusz2
3. 2(disz@t)# udu-nita
4. 2(disz@t)# masz2
5. dun-dun
6. [n] udu-nita
7. [x]-abzu
8. [n] udu-nita#
rest broken
column 2
1. 1(disz@t) ma-na#?
2. munus-a2!(DA)-nu-ti-da aszgab
3. 3(disz@t) i3-nun sila3#
4. mes#-u4-ba
5. 1(disz@t) ma-na# [uruda?]
6. a-nu-nagar
7. 2(disz@t) ud5
8. [...] x [...]
rest broken
reverse
column 1
beginning broken
1'. ... NIG2 NUMUN [...]
2'. e2 nun#-ta#-e3# ugula# [...]
rest broken
column 2
broken

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)

Collections

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 65.0 high × 60.0 wide × 28.0 thick
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (small cattle)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: WF, 128

[Deimel1924] Deimel, P. Anton. 1924. Wirtschafttexte Aus Fara.
history: Fs Krecher (pp. 327-382), 345-346 14

[Krebernik2014FsKrecher] Yıldız, Fatma, Horst Steible, and Manfred Krebernik. 2014. “Pra-Fara-Zeitliche Texte Aus Fara.” Edited by Natalya V. Koslova and Gábor Zólyomi. Studies in Sumerian Language and Literature: Festschrift Für Joachim Krecher, 327–82.
history: EDATS p., 4 (22)

[Pomponio1994EDATS] Pomponio, Francesco, and Giuseppe Visicato. 1994. Early Dynastic Administrative Tablets of Šuruppak. Napoli : Istituto Universitario Orientale di Napoli.
citation: ZA 66, p.156-195, p. 190

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: VAT 12568
Accession No.: F 2418

Provenience

Provenience: Shuruppak (mod. Fara)
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Chronology

Period: ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-19 at 15:42:15	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
2024-07-01 at 14:01:27	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2021-07-22 at 08:12:24	Lafont, Bertrand	Transliteration	Lafont, Bertrand	CDLI	Approved
2017-08-31 at 22:04:10	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI	Approved
2015-03-18 at 14:32:37	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2008-12-10 at 05:47:29	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Hebenstreit, Laurent	CDLI	Approved

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Cite this Artifacts

“WF 128 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 19, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P011086.

WF 128 artifact entry (No. P011086). (2024, September 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P011086 (Original work published 2001)

WF 128 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P011086 (Accessed: February 14, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 19},
	title = {WF 128 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P011086},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P011086},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“WF 128 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 19, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P011086.

WF 128 artifact entry (No. P011086). (2024, September 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P011086 (Original work published 2001)

WF 128 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P011086 (Accessed: February 14, 2026).

@misc{2024WF,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 19},
	title = {WF 128 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P011086},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P011086},
}

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DA  - 2024/9/19/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P011086
LB  - CDLI:P011086
M1  - 2026/2/14/
TI  - WF 128 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P011086
ER  -