HSS 04, 111 (P110384)

Administrative tag 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

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

SM 1904.06.058

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba SM catalogue: tablet-basket for long tablets dealing with the mill (pisan-dub-ba dub-gid2-da...e2-har-har))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

34.0 mm × 28.0 mm × 15.0 mm

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. dub gid2-da
 en: xxx
3. ur-{d}lamma
 en: xxx
4. dumu erin-da
 en: xxx
5. sza3 e2-kikken2
 en: xxx
reverse
1. i3-gal2
 en: xxx
  blank space
2. mu ha-ar-szi{ki} hu-ur5-ti{ki} ba-hul
 en: xxx

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba SM catalogue: tablet-basket for long tablets dealing with the mill (pisan-dub-ba dub-gid2-da...e2-har-har))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P110384

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions 34.0 mm × 28.0 mm × 15.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
complete; hole on left side

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 1904.06.058
Accession Number 03707

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 004281

References

  • primary: STH 2 = HSS 4, 111

    [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.

  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 034

    [Nelson1976pisandubba] Nelson, Richard C. 1976. “Pisan-Dub-Ba Texts from the Sumerian Ur III Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Minnesota.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:18:01 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2013-11-09 at 10:02:21 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:31:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:13:29 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:04:01 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:18:45 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“HSS 04, 111 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P110384.
HSS 04, 111 artifact entry (No. P110384). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P110384 (Original work published 2001)
HSS 04, 111 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P110384 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P110384},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“HSS 04, 111 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P110384.
HSS 04, 111 artifact entry (No. P110384). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P110384 (Original work published 2001)
HSS 04, 111 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P110384 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-19]},
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	month = {oct 8},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P110384},
}


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