HSS 03, 22 (P221331)

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

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

SM 1904.04.012

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 to slave women and their children (geme2-dumu))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

135.0 mm × 134.0 mm × 25.0 mm

Text

tablet
column 1
1. 4(ban2@c) sze-ba
2. sa6-sa6
3. 2(asz@c)# dumu# nita 2(ban2@c)
4. 2(asz@c)# [dumu] munus 2(ban2@c)
5. mu-na-tam-me
6. 2(ban2@c)# dumu nita
7. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
8. 4(ban2@c)# nin-ama-na
9. 4(ban2@c) za-na
10. 4(ban2@c) nin-e2-unu{ki}-ga-nir-gal2
11. 3(ban2@c) a-ra2-nu2
12. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
13. [3(ban2@c) e2-ki]-DU#-[DU]-mu#
14. [2(ban2@c) dumu nita]
15. [2(asz@c) dumu munus 2(ban2@c)]
16. [3(ban2@c) nin-ku3-su]
17. [2(ban2@c) dumu nita]
18. [2(ban2@c) dumu munus]
19. [3(ban2@c) be2-su-ga2]
20. [3(ban2@c) gan-{d}lamma]
column 2
1. 3(ban2@c) nin-kisal-sze3
2. 3(ban2@c) nin-ra-a-na-gu-lu5
3. 3(ban2@c)# nin-iri-da-kusz2
4. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
5. 3(ban2@c) e2-hi-li-su3
6. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
7. 3(ban2@c) e2-hi-li-su3
8. 2(disz@t)-kam-ma
9. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
10. 3(ban2@c) e2-ku3
11. 3(ban2@c) e2-ku3
12. 2(disz@t)-kam-ma
13. 3(ban2@c) geme2-ganun
14. 3(ban2@c) geme2-e2-zi-da
15. 3(ban2@c) iri-na-a-na-gu-lu5
16. [sag]-dub# me#
17. [3(ban2@c) bara2-u4-su3-sze3]
18. [gu2-ba-kam]
20. [3(asz@c) nu-siki munus 3(ban2@c)]
column 3
1. szu-nigin2 4(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
2. 1(u@c) 6(asz@c) geme2 3(ban2@c)
3. 3(asz@c) nu-siki munus 3(ban2@c)
4. 8(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
5. 7(asz@c) sza3#-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
6. sze-bi 4(asz@c) 1(barig@c) 1(ban2@c) gur saggal
7. geszgal#-si
8. 4(ban2@c) ZUM#
9. 4(ban2@c) nin-mu-su-da
10. 4(ban2@c) gu#-u9
11. 4(ban2@c)# nin-al#-sa6
12. 4(ban2@c) da-na
13. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
14. 3(ban2@c)# nin-da-nu-me-a
15. 3(ban2@c)! nin-u3-ma
16. [2(ban2@c) dumu] nita#
17. [2(ban2@c)] dumu# munus
18. [3(ban2@c)] ama-bi-a#-ra2-nu2
column 4
1. 2(asz@c) dumu munus 2(ban2@c)
2. 3(ban2@c) ama-sa6-ga#
3. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
4. 3(ban2@c) geme2-e2-zi-da
5. 3(ban2@c) kisz-a-bi2-tusz
6. 3(ban2@c) geme2-ganun
7. 3(ban2@c) e2-nun-ne2
8. 3(ban2@c)# geme2#-e2-dam
9. 3(ban2@c) tasz3-ni#-tum
10. 3(ban2@c) igi-bar#-lu2#-ti
11. [3(ban2@c)] nin#-bara2#-ge
12. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita#
13. 3(ban2@c)# szesz-an-edin-na
14. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
15. 3(ban2@c) zi-na
16. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
17. 3(ban2@c) nin-tesz2-mu
18. sag dub-me
19. 3(ban2@c) al-mu-ni-du11
20. gu2-ba-kam
21. 1(asz@c) nu-siki munus 3(ban2@c)
22. 4(ban2@c) nin-inim-zi-da
column 5
1. szu-nigin2 6(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
2. 1(u@c) 6(asz@c) geme2 3(ban2@c)
3. 1(asz@c) nu-siki munus 3(ban2@c)
4. 3(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
5. 6(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
6. sze#-bi# 4(asz@c) la2 3(ban2@c) nin#-inim-zi-da
7. 4(ban2@c)# ag#-ga#-ga#
8. 4(ban2@c) {d}nin#-mar#[{ki}]-ama#-pa4-pa4
9. 4(ban2@c)# nin#-lu2-mu
10. 3(ban2@c)# KA-sa6
11. 3(ban2@c) ma-ma-tum
12. 3(ban2@c) nin#-e-an-su
13. 2(ban2@c) dumu# nita
14. 2(ban2@c) dumu# munus
15. 3(ban2@c) si-PI-DU
16. 3(ban2@c) {d}inanna-dingir-mu
17. 3(ban2@c) USZ-ni#-tum
18. 3(ban2@c) a-am6-ma
19. 3(ban2@c) me-kisal
column 6
1. 3(ban2@c)# me#-me
2. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
3. 3(ban2@c) szesz-da
4. 3(ban2@c)# nin-mu-da-kusz2
5. sag dub-me
6. 3(ban2@c) nin-tesz2#-mu#
7. gu2#-ba-kam
8. szu-nigin2 3(asz@c) geme2# 4(ban2@c)
9. 1(u@c) 2(asz@c) geme2 3(ban2@c)
10. [1(asz@c)] sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
11. [2(asz@c) sza3]-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
12. sze-bi 2(asz@c) 1(barig@c) {d}nansze-da-nu-me-a
13. 4(ban2@c) si-um-me
14. 4(ban2@c) U2-U2
15. 4(ban2@c) dam#-a-mu
16. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus#
17. 4(ban2@c) {d}nin-szubur#-ama-mu#
18. szu#-nigin2 4(asz@c)# geme2 4(ban2@c)
19. 1(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)#
column 7
1. sze-bi 3(barig@c) igi-bar-lu2-ti
2. ki-siki-me
3. 3(ban2@c) nin-tur
4. 3(ban2@c) nin-bara2-da-ri2
5. [2(asz@c)] dumu munus 2(ban2@c)
6. 4(ban2@c) szesz-e-a-na-ak
7. 2(asz@c) dumu nita 2(ban2@c)
8. 3(ban2@c) nin-szer7-zi
9. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
10. 3(ban2@c) nin-bara2-da-ri2
11. 2(disz@t)-kam-ma
12. sag dub-me
13. 3(ban2@c) masz-tur
14. 3(ban2@c) nin#-bara2#-[da]-ri2#
15. 3(disz@t)-kam-ma
16. 3(ban2@c)# nin-sza3-la2-tuku
17. 3(ban2@c) uszur3-ra-sa6
18. lu2 umum-ma-me
column 8
1. 4(ban2@c) sza3-ge#-a-ra2-bi2-du11
2. szu-nigin2 2(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
3. 8(asz@c) geme2 3(ban2@c)
4. 2(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
5. 3(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
6. sze-bi 1(asz@c) 3(barig@c) ki-gu-me
7. 4(ban2@c) sa-{d}si-bi2
8. 2(ban2@c) dumu# nita
9. 4(ban2@c) min#-na-ni
10. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
11. 4(ban2@c) nin-tesz2-mu
12. 4(ban2@c)# nin-ma-de6
13. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
14. 4(ban2@c) {d}ba-ba6-dingir-mu
15. 4(ban2@c) nin-ab-gu
16. 4(ban2@c) {d}nin-szubur-ama-mu
17. 4(ban2@c) {d}ba-ba6#-ig-gal
column 9
1. geme2 sa2-du11# [me]
2. 4(ban2@c) zi#-la-la
3. 4(ban2@c) nin-ab-gu
4. 2(disz@t)-kam-ma
5. 4(ban2@c) sila4-tur
6. 4(ban2@c) nin#-da-nu#-me-a
7. 4(ban2@c) za-na
8. 4(ban2@c) zi-le
9. 4(ban2@c) ha-szi
10. 4(ban2@c) NI-su#-ba
11. 4(ban2@c) ag-ga-ga#
12. 4(ban2@c) {d}ba-ba6-ama-mu
13. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
14. 4(ban2@c) nin-edin-ne2
15. 2(asz@c) dumu munus 2(ban2@c)
16. 4(ban2@c) ama-tur
reverse
column 1
1. 4(ban2@c) nin-tesz2-mu
2. 2(asz@c) dumu munus 2(ban2@c)
3. 4(ban2@c) nin-ba-ba
4. 4(ban2@c) sal-la
5. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
6. 2(asz@c) nu-siki# nita 3(ban2@c)
7. geme2 bar-bi gal2-me
8. szu-nigin2 2(u@c) 5(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
9. 2(asz@c) nu-siki# nita 3(ban2@c)
10. 2(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
11. 4(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus# 2(ban2@c)
12. sze-bi 5(asz@c) <la2> 2(ban2@c) ur2-mud
13. agrig
14. 4(ban2@c) sun2-ama-mu
15. 4(ban2@c) sig4-ga2-na#-gi4*
16. 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@c) e2-gil-sa
6. u2-bil-am6
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) {d}ba-ba6-gin7-a-ba-sa6
13. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
14. 4(ban2@c) nam-iri-na#-sze3
15. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
16. 4(ban2@c) nin-nig2-u-mu#
column 3
1. 4(ban2@c) zi-le
2. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
3. 4(ban2@c) nin-iri-da-kusz2
4. munus-me
5. 1(barig@c) 4(ban2@c) ad-da
6. munu4#* gaz#-am6
7. szu-nigin2 1(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c) 4(ban2@c)
8. 6(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
9. 1(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
10. 2(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
11. sze-bi 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 4(ban2@c) amar-giri16{ki}
12. lu2 lungax(|BIxNIG2|)-me
13. 4(ban2@c) nin-mu-da-kusz2
14. 4(ban2@c) {d}ba-ba6-i3-kusz2
15. 4(ban2@c) an-da-ti-e
16. geme2 |NUNUZ.KISIM5x(GUG2.MUNU4)|#-me
17. 4(ban2@c) i7-lu2-dadag
column 4
1. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
2. 2(asz@c) dumu# munus# 2(ban2@c)
3. 4(ban2@c) nin-lu2-ti#-ti
4. 2(ban2@c)# dumu# munus
5. a-ga#-am#-[me]
6. 3(ban2@c) nin-tigix(|E2.BALAG|)-ni-du10
7. gala
8. 3(ban2@c) nin-esz2-dam-me-ki-ag2
9. 3(ban2@c) nin-u3-ma
10. 3(ban2@c) SZIM-tusz-sze3
11. 2(asz@c) dumu nita 2(ban2@c)
12. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
13. 3(ban2@c) munus-sa6
14. 3(ban2@c) su6-mu2
15. 3(ban2@c) nin-sza3-la2-tuku#
16. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
17. 3(ban2@c) za-na
18. 3(ban2@c) {d}asznan-ama-mu
19. 3(ban2@c) nin-ur2-ni
20. 3(ban2@c) dam-a-mu
21. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
column 5
1. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus#
2. 3(ban2@c) {d}ba-[ba6]-zi-mu#
3. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita#
4. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
5. 3(ban2@c) nam-dam
6. geme2 szah2 nig2-gu7-a <me>
7. 4(ban2@c) sza3-TAR
8. munus-am6
9. gab2-ra szah2 u2-ka-kam
10. 3(asz@c) nu-siki nita 3(ban2@c)
11. szu-nigin2 3(asz@c) nita 3(ban2@c)
12. 1(asz@c) munus 4(ban2@c)
13. 1(u@c) 3(asz@c) geme2 3(ban2@c)
14. 4(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
15. 4(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
16. sze-bi 3(asz@c) la2 4(ban2@c) geme2 szah2 nig2-gu7-me
17. 3(ban2) szesz-a-mu
18. 2(ban2) dumu nita
19. geme2 masz-kam
column 6
1. lugal-pa-e3
2. 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. 5(asz@c) lu2 3(ban2@c)
4. 2(u@c) 5(asz@c) 1(asz@c) lu2 2(ban2@c)
5. nita-me
6. 1(gesz2@c) la2 3(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
7. 1(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) 1(asz@c) 1(disz@t) geme2 3(ban2@c)
8. 3(u@c) 4(asz@c) munus 2(ban2@c)
column 8
1. gu2#-an-sze3 3(gesz2@c) 1(u@c)# 6(asz@c)# lu2 sze-ba tur mah#-ba
2. sze#-bi 2(u@c) 4(asz@c) 3(barig@c) <la2> 2(ban2@c) gur saggal
3. sze-ba geme2 dumu
4. u2-rum
5. {d}ba-ba6
6. sa6-sa6
7. dam URU-KA-gi-na
8. lugal
9. lagasz{ki}-ka
10. egir4 iti guru7 im du8-a-ta
11. en#-ig-gal
12. nu-banda3
13. ganun# {d}ba-ba6-ta
column 9
1. e-ne-ba 5(|ASZxDISZ@t|)
2. 4(disz@t) ba-am6

Text content

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

Chronology

Period ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P221331

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 135.0 mm × 134.0 mm × 25.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
obv. left lower edge missing; right side cracked; effaced. rev.-- right side cracked; top left edge broken.

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 1904.04.012
Accession Number 03616 (SM catalogue: 0890)

References

  • primary: STH 1 = HSS 3, 22

    [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, 21

    [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 Project Reviewer Status Action
2022-02-17 at 11:36:37 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-03-04 at 12:42:14 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-07 at 08:45:09 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-10-21 at 08:07:22 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-09-28 at 09:10:19 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-10-09 at 16:04:18 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-06-04 at 16:29:05 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:34:48 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
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 View

Cite this Artifact

“HSS 03, 22 Artifact Entry.” 2003. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 26, 2003. https://cdli.earth/P221331.
HSS 03, 22 artifact entry (No. P221331). (2003, February 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P221331
HSS 03, 22 artifact entry (2003) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P221331 (Accessed: October 8, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“HSS 03, 22 Artifact Entry.” 2003. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 26, 2003. https://cdli.earth/P221331.
HSS 03, 22 artifact entry (No. P221331). (2003, February 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P221331
HSS 03, 22 artifact entry (2003) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P221331 (Accessed: October 8, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-08]},
	year = {2003},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P221331},
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