HSS 04, 063 (P110336)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

SM 1899.02.089

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text SM catalogue: messenger text)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

46.0 mm × 27.0 mm × 18.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 kasz du lugal#
2. 8(disz) sila3 zi3-gu
3. 4(disz) id-<gur2> i3 u4 4(disz)-kam sza3-iri
4. 1(asz) dug dida du
5. 5(disz) sila3 zi3 kaskal-sze3
6. a2-gu-gu lu2 kas4
7. ki gesz-i3-sze3 gen-na
8. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3
9. 1(disz) id-gur2 i3-gesz
10. szu-{d}nin-szubur lu2 kas4
11. szuszin{ki}-ta du-ni
12. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3
13. 1(disz)# id-gur2 i3 sza3-iri
reverse
1. 1(asz) dug dida du
2. 5(disz) sila3 zi3 kaskal-sze3
3. i-szar-{d}iszkur lu2 kas4
4. szuszin{ki}-sze3 du-ni
5. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 dabin
6. 1(disz) id-gur2 i3
7. ur-{d}suen lu2 kas4!(DU)
9. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3-gu
10. 1(disz) id-gur2 i3 sza3-iri
11. 1(asz) dug dida du
12. 5(disz) sila3 zi3 kaskal-sze3
13. szu-{d}dumu-zi lu2 kas4
14. szuszin{ki}-sze3 du-ni
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15. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 46.0 high × 27.0 wide × 18.0 thick
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  • Condition Description: complete
  • Join Information:
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  • primary: STH 2 = HSS 4, 63

    [Hussey1915HSS4] Hussey, Mary I. 1915. Sumerian Tablets in the Harvard Semitic Museum. Part II: From the Time of the Dynasty of Ur. Harvard Semitic Series 4. Cambridge, U.S.A.: Harvard University Press.

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  • Museum No.: SM 1899.02.089
  • Accession No.: 04167 (1467?)

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-03-09 at 12:32:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Gacia, Veronika; Sallaberger, Walther Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:31:28 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:13:28 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:18:44 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“HSS 04, 063 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 9, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P110336.
HSS 04, 063 artifact entry (No. P110336). (2023, March 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P110336 (Original work published 2001)
HSS 04, 063 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P110336 (Accessed: April 16, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {mar 9},
	title = {HSS 04, 063 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P110336},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P110336},
}

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