WF 139 (P011097)

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 12633

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

Shuruppak (mod. Fara)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (silver, textiles; account?)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1/3(disz@c) 5(asz@c) gin2 ku3
2. 1(asz@c) {tug2}aktum2
3. IL2
4. ur-{d}en-ki
column 2
1. dumu NI-ba-hi-li
2. an-da-tuku
3. giri3-ni!-ba-dab5
4. HE2-e2-gal
5. bar
column 3
1. NI-hi-li
2. lu2-munsub-ni
3. ku3-an
4. nu-zu
reverse

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Consult sign list of ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)
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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: WF, 139

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

  • history: EDATS p., 3 (15)

    [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. 190-191

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

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  • Museum No.: VAT 12633
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  • Provenience: Shuruppak (mod. Fara)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-03 at 13:06:16 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2010-09-24 at 14:26:59 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2008-12-10 at 05:47:40 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Hebenstreit, Laurent CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“WF 139 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P011097.
WF 139 artifact entry (No. P011097). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P011097 (Original work published 2001)
WF 139 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P011097 (Accessed: February 14, 2026).
@misc{2024WF,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {WF 139 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P011097},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P011097},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/3/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P011097
LB  - CDLI:P011097
M1  - 2026/2/14/
TI  - WF 139 artifact entry
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ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“WF 139 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P011097.
WF 139 artifact entry (No. P011097). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P011097 (Original work published 2001)
WF 139 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P011097 (Accessed: February 14, 2026).
@misc{2024WF,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {WF 139 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P011097},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P011097},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/3/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P011097
LB  - CDLI:P011097
M1  - 2026/2/14/
TI  - WF 139 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P011097
ER  - 
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