FTP 106 (P222173)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 0557

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

Shuruppak (mod. Fara)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Administrative; 8x10x7 lines)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1'. 2(asz@c) i3-gara2-sag KA-GABA!
2'. 2(asz@c) ba-an-ASZ-tur gara2#
3'. e2-gissu-du10
  rest of column missing
column 2
  (beginning of column missing)
1'. {d}mes#?-sanga-x
2'. {d}nin#-kin-nir#
3'. 2(asz@c) i3-gara2-sag KA-GABA!
4'. 2(asz@c) [ba]-an-[ASZ]-tur [gara2]
  rest of column missing
column 3
1'. x [x]
2'. 2(asz@c) i3-gara2-sag KA-GABA!
3'. 2(asz@c) ba-an-ASZ-tur# [gara2]
  rest of column missing

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Administrative; 8x10x7 lines)
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P222173

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number N 0557
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 569342
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.557

References

  • primary: FTP, 106

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-10 at 15:14:01 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:35:07 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“FTP 106 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 10, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P222173.
FTP 106 artifact entry (No. P222173). (2023, August 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P222173 (Original work published 2003)
FTP 106 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P222173 (Accessed: November 6, 2026).
@misc{2023FTP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-06]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 10},
	title = {FTP 106 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P222173},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P222173},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/10/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P222173
LB  - CDLI:P222173
M1  - 2026/11/6/
TI  - FTP 106 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P222173
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“FTP 106 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 10, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P222173.
FTP 106 artifact entry (No. P222173). (2023, August 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P222173 (Original work published 2003)
FTP 106 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P222173 (Accessed: November 6, 2026).
@misc{2023FTP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-06]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 10},
	title = {FTP 106 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P222173},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P222173},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/10/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P222173
LB  - CDLI:P222173
M1  - 2026/11/6/
TI  - FTP 106 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P222173
ER  - 
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