HSS 68, 056 (P406822)

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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Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

SM 1911.03.075

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: various animals, some foreign breeds, are received?)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

41.0 mm × 32.0 mm × 17.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) gu4# niga
2. 2(disz) udu niga
3. 2 gukkal
4. 1(disz) udu a-lum
5. 4(disz) |U8+HUL2|
6. 1(disz) u8 a-lum
7. 2(disz) |U8+HUL2| babbar2
8. 4(disz) u8 szimaszki2
9. 1(disz) sila4 szimaszki2
10. 1(disz) kir11 a-lum
reverse
1. 1(disz) ud5 babbar2
2. 1(disz) kir11 szimaszki2
3. 1(disz) kir11 gukkal
4. 1(disz) kir11 ga
5. ba-usz2 u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam
6. ki lu2-dingir-ra-ta
7. ur-nigar{gar}
8. szu [ba]-ti
9. iti [a2-ki]-ti
10. mu [us2-sa ki]-masz#{ki} ba-<hul> mu-us2-[sa]-bi

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): 41.0 high × 32.0 wide × 17.0 thick
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  • Condition Description: obv.-- top broken. rev.-- bottom broken.
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (SM catalogue: various animals, some foreign breeds, are received?)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: HSS 68, 56

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: SM 1911.03.075
  • Accession No.: 07045 (SM catalogue: 1829)

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2022-08-17 at 09:13:39 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, 056 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P406822.
HSS 68, 056 artifact entry (No. P406822). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P406822
HSS 68, 056 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P406822 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-19]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
	title = {HSS 68, 056 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P406822},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P406822},
}

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