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FTP 046 (P222121)

Administrative tablet excavated in Shuruppak (mod. Fara), dated to the ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 33-59-041

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

Shuruppak (mod. Fara)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (1 col, 2 lines, recording of amounts of NI.GA-grain, PN?: lu2-dsud3-da)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 4(asz@c) sze-KUR lid2-ga
2. {d}sud3-da-lu2
reverse
  surface missing

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (1 col, 2 lines, recording of amounts of NI.GA-grain, PN?: lu2-dsud3-da)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: FTP, 46

    [Martin2001FTP] Martin, Harriet P. 2001. The Fara Tablets in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

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  • Museum No.: UM 33-59-041
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  • Provenience: Shuruppak (mod. Fara)
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  • Excavation No: FS-0400
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-10 at 15:14:01 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:35:06 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“FTP 046 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 10, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P222121.
FTP 046 artifact entry (No. P222121). (2023, August 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P222121 (Original work published 2003)
FTP 046 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P222121 (Accessed: April 17, 2025).
@misc{2023FTP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 10},
	title = {FTP 046 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P222121},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P222121},
}


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DA  - 2023/8/10/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P222121
LB  - CDLI:P222121
M1  - 2025/4/17/
TI  - FTP 046 artifact entry
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