FTP 096 (P222169)

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

CBS 06164

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

Shuruppak (mod. Fara)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (house purchase)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 2(asz@c)#? ku3-[luh]-ha gin2-na
2. sa10-e2
3. 1(asz@c) 2/3(asz@c) sar e2-bi
4. 2(asz@c) ku3 gin2
5. nig2-diri
6. 1(asz@c) lid2-ga sze
column 2
1. nig2-ba
2. 2(asz@c) siki ma-na
3. tug2
4. 1(ban2@c) ninda-sze
5. 2(u@c) gug2
6. 5(asz@c) PAP tu7
7. 1(asz@c) sila3 i3
8. nin-gar-LU2-A-LU2-A
column 3
1. lu2-sa10-gu7
2. 1(asz@c) ur-szubur
3. 1(asz@c) nar-pa
4. 1(asz@c) lu2-ESZ2-KAL
5. 1(asz@c) amar-sun2
6. 1(asz@c) gu-NI-DU
column 4
1. gudu4
2. {d}nin-szubur
3. 1(asz@c) ur-{d}en-ki
4. dub-sar
5. lu2-ki-inim
6. 1(asz@c) urudu ma-na
7. 1(u@c) ninda
column 5
1. 1(u@c) gug2
2. 2(asz@c) PAP tu7
3. 2(asz@c) PAP |GA2xHA|
4. amar-HA-A
5. um-mi-a
6. lu2-e2-esz2-gar
7. 1(ban2@c) sze
8. 1(u@c) ninda
9. 1(asz@c) PAP tu7
10. 1(asz@c) PAP |GA2xHA|
reverse
column 1
1. lugal-KA-NI-nu-szuba3
2. nimgir-sila
column 2
1. nin-ur-mu
2. lu2-e2-sa10
3. bala
4. masz-{d}sud3
5. erin2{ki}
6. ensi2-bi

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: FTP, 96

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

  • history: PBS 9, 003

    [Barton1915PBS9] Barton, George A. 1915. Sumerian Business and Administrative Documents from the Earliest Times to the Dynasty of Agade. Publications of the Babylonian Section 9.

  • history: SRU, 29

    [Edzard1968SRU] Edzard, Dietz Otto. 1968. Sumerische Rechtsurkunden Des III. Jahrtausends Aus Der Zeit Vor Der III. Dynastie von Ur. Abhandlungen. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse. Neue Folge, Heft 67. München: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften.

  • history: OIP 104, 111

    [Gelb1991OIP104] Gelb, Ignace J., Piotr Steinkeller, and Robert M. Whiting. 1991. Earliest Land Tenure Systems in the Near East: Ancient Kudurrus (ELTS). The University of Chicago Oriental Institute Publications 104. https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oip/earliest-land-tenure-systems-near-east-ancient-kudurrus.

  • history: JAOS 52 (pp. 110-132), 119

    [Kramer1932Fara] Kramer, Samuel N. 1932. “New Tablets from Fara.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 52: 110–32. https://doi.org/10.2307/593166.

  • history: Prosopografia Fara, XIV

    [Pomponio1987Fara] Pomponio, Francesco. 1987. La Prosopografia Dei Testi Presargonici Di Fara. Studi Semitici ; Nuova Ser., 3. Roma : Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza.”

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  • Provenience: Shuruppak (mod. Fara)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-14 at 15:56:25 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-03 at 16:55:41 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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 12:35:07 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 096 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P222169.
FTP 096 artifact entry (No. P222169). (2024, September 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P222169 (Original work published 2003)
FTP 096 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P222169 (Accessed: May 9, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 14},
	title = {FTP 096 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P222169},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P222169},
}


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