HSS 03, 21 (P221330)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 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 1904.07.002

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: Sasa? allots grain as rations to the slave-women and their children (geme2-dumu))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

152.0 mm × 151.0 mm × 26.0 mm

Text

tablet
column 1
1. 4(ban2@c) sze-ba
2. sa6#-sa6
3. 5(asz@c) dumu nita 2(ban2@c)
4. 2(asz@c) dumu munus 2(ban2@c)
5. 4(ban2@c) nin-ama-na
6. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
7. 3(ban2@c) a-ra2-nu2
8. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
9. 3(ban2@c) e2-ki-DU-DU-mu
10. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
11. 3(asz@c)# dumu munus 2(ban2@c)
12. [3(ban2@c) nu]-mu-na-szum2-mu
13. [3(ban2@c)] nin-ku3-su
14. [2(ban2@c)] dumu munus
15. [3(ban2@c)] nin#-kisal-sze3
16. [3(ban2@c)] nin#-ra-a-na#-gu-lu5
17. 3(ban2@c)# nin-iri-[da]-kusz2#
column 2
1. 3(ban2@c) nin-e2-unu{ki}-ga-nir-gal2
2. 3(ban2@c) e2-hi-li
3. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
4. 3(ban2@c) e2-hi-li
5. 2(disz@t)-kam-ma
6. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
7. 3(ban2@c) e2-ku3
8. 3(ban2@c) e2-ku3
9. 2(disz@t)-kam-ma
10. 3(ban2@c) geme2-ganun
11. 3(ban2@c) geme2-e2-zi-da
12. 3(ban2@c) iri-na-a-na-gu-lu5
13. 3(ban2@c) be2-su-ga2
14. 3(ban2@c) uszur3-ra-sa6
15. 3(asz@c) nu-siki munus 2(ban2@c)!
16. szu-nigin2 2(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)#
17. 2(u@c) la2 3(asz@c) geme2 3(ban2@c)
column 3
1. 3(asz@c) nu-siki munus 3(ban2@c)
2. 8(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
3. 8(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
4. sze-bi 4(asz@c) 4(ban2@c) geszgal-si
5. 4(ban2@c) ZUM
6. 4(ban2@c) nin-mu-su-da
7. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
8. 4(ban2@c) gu-u9
9. 4(ban2@c) nin-da-nu-me-a
10. 3(ban2@c) nin-u3-ma
11. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
12. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
13. 3(ban2@c) nin-al-sa6
14. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
15. 3(ban2@c) ama-bi-a-ra2-nu2
16. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
17. 3(asz@c) dumu munus 2(ban2@c)
18. 3(ban2@c) ama-sa6-ga
19. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
20. [3(ban2@c)] zi-zi
column 4
1. 2(asz@c) dumu munus 2(ban2@c)
2. 3(ban2@c) geme2-e2-zi-da
3. 3(ban2@c) kisz-a-bi2-tusz
4. 3(ban2@c) geme2-ganun
5. 3(ban2@c) e2-nun-ne2
6. 3(ban2@c) geme2-e2-dam
7. 3(ban2@c) tasz3-ni-tum
8. 3(ban2@c) nin-bara2-ge
9. 3(ban2@c) szesz-an-edin#-na
10. 3(ban2@c) igi-bar-lu2-ti#
11. 3(ban2@c) da-na
12. 3(ban2@c) zex(|AB2.SZA3.GI|)-na
13. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
14. 1(asz@c) nu-siki nita 3(ban2@c)
15. 2(asz@c) nu-siki munus 3(ban2@c)
16. 4(ban2@c) nin-inim-zi-da
17. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
18. szu-nigin2 5(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
19. 1(u@c) 6(asz@c) geme2# [3(ban2@c)]
20. 1(asz@c)# nu-siki nita 3(ban2@c)
column 5
1. 2(asz@c) nu-siki munus 3(ban2@c)
2. 3(asz@c) sza3#-du10 nita# 2(ban2@c)
3. 1(u@c) sza3#-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
4. sze-bi 4(asz@c)# 1(barig@c) 1(ban2@c) nin-inim-zi-da
5. 4(ban2@c) ag-ga-ga
6. 4(ban2@c) {d}nin-mar{ki}-ama-pa4-pa4
7. 3(ban2@c) a-am6-ma
8. 3(ban2@c) KA-sa6
9. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
10. 3(ban2@c) ma-ma-tum
11. 3(ban2@c) za!(A)-na
12. 3(ban2@c) si-PI-DU
13. 3(ban2@c) {d}inanna-dingir-mu
14. 3(ban2@c) USZ-ni-tum
15. 3(ban2@c) {d}ba-ba6-gin7-[a]-ba-sa6#
16. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus!
17. 3(ban2@c) me-kisal-le#
18. 3(ban2@c) [me-me]
19. 2(ban2@c) dumu# munus
20. [3(ban2@c)] szesz-da#-gal#-di
21. 3(ban2@c)# [USZ]-ni-tum
column 6
1. 2(disz@t)-kam-ma
2. sag# dub-me
3. 3(ban2@c)# nin#-tesz2-mu
4. [3(ban2@c)] gan#-ezem
5. gu2-ba-me
6. szu-nigin2 2(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
7. 1(u@c) 4(asz@c) geme2 3(ban2@c)
8. 1(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
9. 2(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
10. sze-bi 2(asz@c) 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) {d}nansze-da-nu-me-a#
11. 4(ban2@c) si#-um-me
12. 4(ban2@c) U2-U2
13. 4(ban2@c) ba-ri-gi4
14. 4(ban2@c) nam#-szita-mu-bi2-du11
15. 2(ban2@c) dumu# nita
16. [2(ban2@c)] dumu# munus
17. [4(ban2@c) e-ba]-ni#
18. 4(ban2@c)# dam-a-mu
19. 2(ban2@c)# dumu munus
20. 4(ban2@c)# e2#-zi-sza3-gal2#
21. 2(ban2@c) dumu# nita
22. 4(ban2@c) utu-ama-mu
column 7
1. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
2. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus#
3. 4(ban2@c) nin-mu-da-kusz2
4. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
5. 4(ban2@c) si-ma
6. 4(ban2@c) ha-szi
7. 4(ban2@c) nin-um-me-da
8. 4(ban2@c) {d}nin-szubur-ama-mu
9. 4(ban2@c) {d}ba-ba6-na-nam#
10. szu-nigin2 1(u@c) 4(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
11. 4(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
12. 3(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
13. sze-bi 3(asz@c) la2 2(ban2@c) igi-bar
14. ki-siki-me
15. 3(ban2@c) nin-tur
16. 3(ban2@c) nin-bara2-da-ri2
17. 2(asz@c) dumu munus 2(ban2@c)
18. 4(ban2@c) szesz-e#-a-na-ak#
19. 2(asz@c) dumu# nita 2(ban2@c)
column 8
1. 3(ban2@c) nin-szer7-zi
2. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
3. 3(ban2@c) nin-bara2-da-ri2
4. 2(disz@t)-kam-ma
5. 4(ban2@c) sza3-ge-a-ra2-bi2#-du11
6. szu-nigin2# 2(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
7. 4(asz@c) geme2 3(ban2@c)
8. 2(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita# 2(ban2@c)
9. 3(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
10. sze-bi 1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) ki-gu-me
11. 4(ban2@c) sa-{d}si-bi2
12. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
13. 4(ban2@c) min-na-ni
14. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
15. 4(ban2@c) nin-tesz2-mu
16. 4(ban2@c) nin#-ma-de6
17. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
18. 4(ban2@c) {d}ba-ba6-dingir-mu
19. 4(ban2@c) nin-ab-gu
column 9
1. 4(ban2@c) {d}nin-szubur#-ama-mu
2. 4(ban2@c)# nig2-erim2#-bar-ra
3. 2(ban2@c)# dumu# nita#
4. [4(ban2@c) a]-ha#-ti#
5. [4(ban2@c)] za#-na#
6. 4(ban2@c) be2-su-ga2#
7. szu-nigin2# 1(u@c) 1(asz@c) geme2# 4(ban2@c)#
8. 2(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita# 2(ban2@c)
9. 2(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
10. sze-bi [2(asz@c)] 4(ban2@c)#? masz-da3#
11. 4(ban2@c) zi#-la-la
12. 4(ban2@c)# nin#-[ab]-gu
13. 4(ban2@c) {d#}ba-ba6-ama-mu
14. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
15. 4(ban2@c) nin-[da]-nu-me-a#
16. 4(ban2@c) nin-igi-tab-mu#
17. 4(ban2@c) nin-e-an-su
18. 2(asz@c) dumu nita# 2(ban2@c)
19. 4(ban2@c) ga2-ka-nam-he2#-ti#
reverse
column 1
1. 2(asz@c) dumu nita 2(ban2@c)
2. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
3. 4(ban2@c) zi-le#
4. 4(ban2@c) a-ha-szi
5. 4(ban2@c) NI-su-ba
6. 4(ban2@c)# ag#-ga-ga
7. 4(ban2@c) USZ-ni-tum
8. 4(ban2@c) {gesz}ban
9. 4(ban2@c) {d}ba-ba6-utu-mu
10. 4(ban2@c) zi-le
11. munus-me
12. szu-nigin2 1(u@c) 5(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
13. 5(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
14. 1(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
15. sze-bi 3(asz@c) ur2-mud
16. 4(ban2@c) sun2#-ama-mu
17. 4(ban2@c) sig4-ga2-na-gi4
18. 2(asz@c) dumu nita 2(ban2@c)
column 2
1. 4(ban2@c) nin-iri-ezem-me-he2-gam-gam
2. 4(ban2@c) nin-kas4-il2-il2
3. 4(ban2@c) uszur3#-gin7-du10
4. munus-me
5. 1(barig@c) 2(ban2) a-gil-sa
6. u2-bil
7. szu-nigin2 1(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
8. 5(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
9. 2(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
10. sze-bi 1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) i3-li2-be6-li2
11. 4(ban2@c) za-na
12. 4(ban2@c) nin-lu2-mu
13. 4(ban2@c) nam-iri-ni-sze3
14. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
15. 4(ban2@c) nin-nig2-u-mu
16. 4(ban2@c) zi-le
17. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
18. 4(ban2@c)# nin-iri-da-kusz2
column 3
1. munus#-me
2. 1(barig@c) 4(ban2@c) [ad]-da
3. munu4 gaz
4. szu-nigin2 1(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c) 4(ban2@c)
5. 6(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
6. 2(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
7. sze-bi 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) amar-giri16#{ki#}
8. {lu2#}lungax(|BIxNIG2|) [me]
9. 4(ban2@c)# [nin]-tesz2-mu
10. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
11. 4(ban2@c) nin-ba-ba
12. sze-bi 1(barig@c) 4(ban2@c) puzur4-ma-ma
13. 4(ban2@c) sal-la
14. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
15. 4(ban2@c)# sila4-tur
16. sze-bi 1(barig@c) 4(ban2@c) bara2-zi
17. geme2 kikken-me
18. 4(ban2@c) nin-mu-da-kusz2
19. 4(ban2@c) {d}ba-ba6-i3-kusz2
20. geme2 |NUNUZ.KISIM5x(GUG2.MUNU4)|-me
21. 3(ban2@c) i7-lu2-dadag
column 4
1. 2(asz@c) dumu munus 2(ban2@c)
2. 3(ban2@c) nin-lu2-ti-ti
3. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
4. a-ga-am-me
5. 3(ban2@c) nin-tigix(|E2.BALAG|)-ni-du10
6. gala
7. 3(ban2@c) nin-esz2-dam-me-ki-ag2
8. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
9. 3(ban2@c) nin-u3-ma
10. 3(ban2@c) nin-lum-ma-ki-ag2
11. 3(ban2@c) SZIM-tusz-sze3
12. 3(ban2@c) munus-sa6
13. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
14. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
15. nin-gal-lam
16. 3(asz@c) dumu nita 2(ban2@c)
17. 3(ban2@c) su6-mu2
18. 3(ban2@c) e2-ki-be2-gi4
19. 2(asz@c) dumu nita 2(ban2@c)
20. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
21. 3(ban2@c) dam-a-mu
22. 2(asz@c) dumu munus 2(ban2@c)
column 5
1. 3(ban2@c) {d}ba-ba6-zi-mu
2. 2(asz@c) dumu munus 2(ban2@c)
3. 3(ban2@c) nin-sza3-la2-tuku
4. 2(asz@c) dumu munus 2(ban2@c)
5. 3(ban2@c) za#-na
6. {d}ba#-ba6-ig-gal
7. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
8. 3(ban2@c) {d}asznan-ama-mu
9. 3(ban2@c) nin-ur2-ni
10. 3(ban2@c) nam-dam
11. 3(ban2@c) {d}ba-ba6-tesz2-mu
12. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
13. 1(asz@c) nu-siki munus 4(ban2@c)
14. 4(ban2@c) ne-sag
15. a-dun-am6
16. umma{ki}-kam
17. szu-nigin2 1(asz@c) lu2 4(ban2@c)
18. 1(asz@c) munus 4(ban2@c)
19. 1(u@c) 6(asz@c) geme2 3(ban2@c)
20. 6(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
column 6
1. 1(u@c) 1(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
2. sze-bi 4(asz@c) la2 2(barig@c)#
3. geme2 szah2 nig2-gu7-a-me
4. 3(ban2) szesz-a-mu
5. geme2 masz-kam
6. lugal-pa-e3
7. sipa szah2
column 7
1. szu-nigin2 1(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c) 4(ban2@c)
2. 1(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
3. 1(asz@c) lu2 4(ban2@c)
4. 1(asz@c) lu2 3(ban2@c)
5. 3(u@c) 3(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
6. [nita]-me
7. 1(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) la2 1(asz@c) munus 4(ban2@c)
8. 1(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) 4(asz@c) munus 3(ban2@c)
9. 5(u@c) <la2> 3(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
column 8
1. [gu2]-an#-sze3 3(gesz2@c) 5(u@c) [la2] 3(asz@c) lu2 tur mah-ba
2. [sze]-bi# 3(u@c) la2# 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 1(ban2@c) [gur] saggal#
3. [sze]-ba geme2 dumu u2-rum
4. {d}ba-ba6
5. iti ezem-munu4-gu7
6. {d}nin-gir2#-[su-ka-ka]
7. en#-[ig-gal]
8. [nu-banda3]
9. [ganun] kiri6-ta#
10. e#-ne-[ba]
11. sa6#-[sa6]
12. [dam URU]-KA#-gi-na
column 9
1. lugal
2. lagasz{ki}-ka 2(|ASZxDISZ@t|)
3. [1(u)] la2# 1(disz@t) ba-am6

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Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (SM catalogue: Sasa? allots grain as rations to the slave-women and their children (geme2-dumu))
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Dates Referenced	Urukagina_l.02.09b.00 ?
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P221330
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P221330

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	152.0 mm × 151.0 mm × 26.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	obv.-- some gouges; rev.--left hand columns now very worn; flaking.

Provenance

Provenience	Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Museum Number	SM 1904.07.002
Accession Number	03718 (SM catalogue: 0980)

References

primary: STH 1 = HSS 3, 21

[Hussey1912HSS3] Hussey, Mary I. 1912. Sumerian Tablets in the Harvard Semitic Museum. Part I: Chiefly from the Reigns of Lugalanda and Urukagina of Lagash. Harvard Semitic Series 3. Cambridge, U.S.A.: Harvard University.
history: FAOS 15/2, 20

[Selz1993FAOS15/2] Selz, Gebhard J. 1993. Altsumerische Verwaltungstexte Aus Lagaš. Teil 2: Altsumerische Wirtschaftsurkunden Aus Amerikanischen Sammlungen. Freiburger Altorientalische Studien, Band 15/2. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2020-09-01 at 07:53:17	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2017-03-04 at 12:42:13	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2016-07-28 at 14:29:42	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2015-05-07 at 08:45:08	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2011-10-21 at 08:04:36	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2011-09-28 at 09:08:41	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2011-08-28 at 12:12:33	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2008-10-09 at 16:04:18	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2008-06-04 at 16:17:10	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:34:48	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Johnson, J. Cale	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“HSS 03, 21 Artifact Entry.” 2003. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 26, 2003. https://cdli.earth/P221330.

HSS 03, 21 artifact entry (No. P221330). (2003, February 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P221330

HSS 03, 21 artifact entry (2003) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P221330 (Accessed: October 6, 2026).

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	month = {feb 26},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P221330},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2003/2/26/
PY  - 2003
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LB  - CDLI:P221330
M1  - 2026/10/6/
TI  - HSS 03, 21 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“HSS 03, 21 Artifact Entry.” 2003. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 26, 2003. https://cdli.earth/P221330.

HSS 03, 21 artifact entry (No. P221330). (2003, February 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P221330

HSS 03, 21 artifact entry (2003) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P221330 (Accessed: October 6, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-06]},
	year = {2003},
	month = {feb 26},
	title = {HSS 03, 21 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P221330},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P221330},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2003/2/26/
PY  - 2003
ID  - P221330
LB  - CDLI:P221330
M1  - 2026/10/6/
TI  - HSS 03, 21 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P221330
ER  -