HSS 68, 001 (P406765)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), 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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Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

SM 1911.03.001

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: expenditure of sheep/goats in an account format)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

125.0 mm × 60.0 mm × 25.0 mm

tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. 1(u) la2 1(disz) udu giri3 a-hu-wa-qar
2'. ki-bi gi4-a-ta
3'. uri5#{ki}-ta
4'. [4(u)] 5(disz) udu ki ensi2 asz2-nun-na{ki}-ta
5'. [n] 3(disz) sila4 u4 2(disz)-kam
6'. [n] sila4# u4 1(u) 8(disz)-kam
7'. [giri3] ab-ba-kal-la
8'. [4(disz)] udu giri3 u4-lam-ma
9'. mu#-kux(DU) lugal-ta
10'. [n] masz2# ki ur-tur-ta
11'. [n] sila4 ki szu-esz18-dar-ta
12'. [n] nig2-ka9 unu{ki}-ga
13'. [x]-zi-ta
14'. [n] udu# sza3 nig2-ka9 unu{ki}
15'. [x nu]-ur-ta
16'. [...]-ta
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. 8(gesz2) 5(u) 7(disz)
2'. sza3-bi-ta
3'. 4(u) 4(disz) udu u4 1(disz)-kam
4'. 2(u) la2 1(disz) udu u4 2(disz)-kam
5'. 4(u) 2(disz) udu u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam
6'. 2(u) 1(disz) udu u4 1(u) 7(disz)-kam
7'. 1(u) 3(disz) udu u4 1(u) 8(disz)-kam
8'. 2(u) 3(disz) udu u4 2(u) la2 1(disz)-kam
9'. 4(disz) sila4 bala asz2-nun-na{ki}
10'. 4(disz) sila4 bala babilim{ki}
11'. 2(disz) sila4 bala ensi2 nu-tuku
12'. {d}inanna szu-a-gi-na
13'. 4(disz)#? sila4 mu ME-nigar{gar}-ta-sze3
14'. giri3# nu-ur2-{d}utu
15'. 3(gesz2) [n]
16'. zi-ga [...]
reverse
column 1
1. 1(u) udu u4 [n-kam]
2. 4(disz) udu u4 [n-kam]
3. 3(u) udu u4 2(u) [n]-kam
4. 4(u) 4(disz)
5. zi-ga lugal
6. 1(disz) masz2 kiszib3 a-ki-ma
7. 1(disz) masz2 kiszib3 a-hu-ni
8. 1(disz) masz2 kiszib3 puzur4-esz18-dar
9. 2(disz) masz2 kiszib3 la-qi2-ip
10. 1(disz) masz2 kiszib3 lugal-me-lam2
11. 5(disz) masz2 la2-ia3 kiszib3 a-hu-wa-qar
12. 1(disz) masz2 kiszib3 pi5-sza-ah-dingir
13. 1(u) 2(disz)
14. sza3 kiszib3-ba
15. 1(disz) masz2 di-ku5-i3-li2
16. 1(disz) masz2 suhusz-ki-in
17. 3(disz) masz2 sza3 5(disz) {d}nanna-ma-ba
18. 1(disz) masz2 la-te-ni-<<NI>>-isz
19. 6(disz)
20. kin-gi4-am3#
21. 4(disz) udu ur-{d}szul-[...]
22. 1(disz) masz2 ur-AN-[...]
23. 1(disz) masz2 lu2-AN-[...]
24. 1(disz) masz2 giri3-[...]
  rest broken
column 2
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. 14(disz)
4. [...] szu ti-ga2-dam
5. [1(disz)] udu szu-ku-bu-um muhaldim
6. [1(disz)] udu a2-da-da
7. [1(disz)] udu ur-szu muhaldim
8. [1(disz)] udu giri3 ur-{d}dumu-zi
9. 4(disz)
10. [u4]-lam-ma i3-dab5
11. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) udu uri5{ki}-sze3
12. a-hu-ni i3-dab5
13. 1(gesz2) 4(disz) udu hu-nu-nu-ur i3-dab5
14. 2(u) 4(disz) udu ma2-a gub-ba
15. za-zi i3-dab5
16. 1(disz) masz2 sza3 7(disz) a-la-mu i3-dab5
17. 2(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz)
18. a-gu3-a ba-a-ga2-ar
19. szunigin 7(gesz2) 5(disz)
20. zi-ga-am3
21. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 2(disz) udu la2-ia3-am3
  blank space
22. [nig2]-ka9 ur-mes
  rest broken

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): 125.0 high × 60.0 wide × 25.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description: obv.-- top 4 cm or so broken away; damaged lower left. rev.--all edges damaged except right edge; 2 columns per side
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (SM catalogue: expenditure of sheep/goats in an account format)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: HSS 68, 1

    [Liu2021HSS68] Changyu, Liu. 2021. The Ur III Administrative Texts from Puzrish-Dagan Kept in the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East. Harvard Semitic Series 68. Leiden, Boston: Brill.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SM 1911.03.001
  • Accession No.: 06971 (SM catalogue: 1755)

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2022-08-16 at 13:14:06 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2010-06-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ajango, Kelsey M.; Jones, Jillian; Notizia, Palmiro; Reynolds, Kathryn R. CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“HSS 68, 001 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P406765.
HSS 68, 001 artifact entry (No. P406765). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P406765
HSS 68, 001 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P406765 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).
@misc{2010HSS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-26]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
	title = {HSS 68, 001 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P406765},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P406765},
}


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