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Iraq 40, 528 (P010458)

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

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 081445

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. Abu Salabikh)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (fields.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. ensi2#
4. unu{ki}
5. ASZ-sag
6. 8(bur3@c) 2(iku@c) |SZE+GAN2|! szu-tab
7. 6(bur3@c) |SZE+GAN2|
column 2
1. [2(bur3@c)?] |SZE+GAN2| szuku
2. ugula-e2
3. amar-gi-nun
4. sa12-du5
5. 3(bur3@c) |SZE+GAN2|# szu#-tab#
6. a2?-kur-sze3#?-nigin2
7. sa12-du5
8. 3(bur3@c) |SZE+GAN2|# szuku x
column 3
1. 1(bur3@c) TA#? [x] SAL x
2. 6(bur3@c) GAN2# szu-tab
3. 3(bur3@c) 1(iku@c)# |SZE+GAN2|# SAL
4. 3(bur@c) |SZE+GAN2|# szuku SAL
5. ugula-e2
6. 3(bur@c)# GAN2# DU ANSZE?
7. KA-ni#!-zi
8. mu6-sub3
column 4
1'. [(...)] x-x-x x-x
2'. [n] 3(iku@c) |SZE+GAN2| szu-tab
3'. isz-t,up-il umbisag#?
4'. x-[x-(x)] x
reverse
reverse missing

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

Collections

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (fields.)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Iraq 40(pp. 101-118), IAS 528

[Biggs1978Iraq40] Biggs, Robert D., and J. Nicholas Postgate. 1978. “Inscriptions from Abu Salabikh, 1975.” Iraq 40: 101–18.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: IM 081445
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: uncertain (mod. Abu Salabikh)
Elevation:
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Excavation No: AbS-T 1053
Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-03 at 13:51:09	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-03 at 13:49:43	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2010-10-03 at 12:52:05	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI	Approved
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Hebenstreit, Laurent	CDLI	Approved

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Cite this Artifacts

“Iraq 40, 528 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010458.

Iraq 40, 528 artifact entry (No. P010458). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010458 (Original work published 2001)

Iraq 40, 528 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010458 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).

@misc{2024Iraq,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {Iraq 40, 528 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010458},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010458},
}

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TI  - Iraq 40, 528 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“Iraq 40, 528 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010458.

Iraq 40, 528 artifact entry (No. P010458). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010458 (Original work published 2001)

Iraq 40, 528 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010458 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).

@misc{2024Iraq,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {Iraq 40, 528 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010458},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010458},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/3/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P010458
LB  - CDLI:P010458
M1  - 2026/3/10/
TI  - Iraq 40, 528 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P010458
ER  -