MC 4, 01 (P010059)

Administrative tablet excavated in Shuruppak (mod. Fara), dated to the ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 014182

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. 1(u@c) 3(asz@c) urudu ma-na
2. sa10 e2
3. 4(u@c) 1(asz@c) urudu ma-na
4. nig2-diri
5. e2 du3
6. 2(asz@c) siki ma-na tug2
column 2
1. 1(u@c) 5(asz@c) ninda
2. 1(u@c) 5(asz@c) gug2
3. 4(asz@c) kur2 tu7(|HIxASZ@c|)
4. 4(asz@c) kur2 |LAGABx(HA.A)|
5. 1(asz@c) i3 sila3
6. RI-ti!
7. 1(asz@c) me-gal2 tug2
8. nin-NI-NI
9. lu2 sa10 gu7
10. 2(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) ninda
column 3
1. 2(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) gug2
2. 4(asz@c) kur2 tu7
3. 4(asz@c) kur2 |LAGABx(HA.A)|
4. KA-tar-zi
5. nin-szesz#?-mu-SILA4
6. UR-UR
7. mim-ma
8. 5(asz@c) ninda
9. 5(asz@c) gug2
10. 1(asz@c) kur2 tu7
11. 1(asz@c) kur2 |LAGABx(HA.A)|
column 4
1. 1(asz@c) ga-ga#
2. su6-mu2
3. 1(asz@c) ur-tul2(|LAGABxU|)!-sag
4. ka-guru7
5. 1(asz@c) szesz-kur-ra
6. na-gada
7. 1(asz@c) lu2-na-nam
8. dub-sar
9. 1(asz@c) ur-mir#?
column 5
1. 1(asz@c) ur-su13-ra2
2. 1(asz@c) szul?-sag-x
3. girx(AD)-bil
4. 1(asz@c) za3-{d}sud3-ta
5. masz-da3
6. 1(asz@c) lugal-KISAL-si
7. gala
8. 1(asz@c) sag-an!-tuku!
reverse
column 1
1. 1(asz@c) inim!-{d}sud3-da-zi
2. 1(asz@c) e2-ki-ba
3. sipa
4. 1(asz@c) {d}gu2-la2-an-dul3
5. aszgab
6. 1(asz@c) ur-sukkal!-{d}saman3
7. 1(asz@c) e2-ur2-bi!-[du10]
column 2
1. 1(asz@c) lugal-lirum
2. 1(asz@c) dingir-a-mu
3. 1(asz@c) {d}sud3-da-lu2
4. 1(asz@c) szu-i
5. 1(asz@c) {d}nin-me-szu-du7
6. 1(asz@c) {d}sud3-a2-mah
7. unu3
8. 1(asz@c) pa4-nu-la2
9. 1(asz@c) amar-szuba3#
column 3
1. dub-sar
2. lu2 ki-inim
3. 1(asz@c) urudu ma-na
4. gal-nimgir
5. 1/2(disz@c) urudu ma-na
6. 5(asz@c) ninda
7. 5(asz@c) gug2
8. 1(asz@c) kur2 tu7
9. 1(asz@c) kur2 |LAGABx(HA.A)|
10. nam-mah
column 4
1. um-mi-a
2. lu2 e2 esz2 gar
  blank space
column 5
  blank space
1. za3-{d}sud3-ta
2. unu3
3. lu2 e2 sa10
4. ki-uzug5
5. bala
6. abzu-ki-du10

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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: MC 4, 1

    [Steinkeller1992MC4] Steinkeller, Piotr, and J. Nicholas Postgate. 1992. Third-Millennium Legal and Administrative Texts in the Iraq Museum, Baghdad. Mesopotamian Civilizations 4. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.

  • history: OIP 104, 108

    [Gelb1991OIP104] Gelb, Ignace J., Piotr Steinkeller, and Robert M. Whiting. 1991. Earliest Land Tenure Systems in the Near East: Ancient Kudurrus. The University of Chicago Oriental Institute Publications 104.

  • citation: R. K. Englund, BSOAS 57 (1994) 589,

    [sec2856] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: IM 014182
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Shuruppak (mod. Fara) [uncertain]
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2014-03-13 at 17:23:44 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2010-07-14 at 08:45:06 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2010-07-02 at 16:07:16 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:14:07 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Hebenstreit, Laurent CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MC 4, 01 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 4, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010059.
MC 4, 01 artifact entry (No. P010059). (2001, December 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010059
MC 4, 01 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010059 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).
@misc{2001MC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-19]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 4},
	title = {MC 4, 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010059},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010059},
}


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PY  - 2001
ID  - P010059
LB  - CDLI:P010059
M1  - 2024/4/19/
TI  - MC 4, 01 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010059
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