HSS 04, 125 (P110398)

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 1899.02.374

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 (pisan dub-ba))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

36.0 mm × 31.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. gurum2 ak dib-ba
 en: made inventory of those who passed by,
3. gala
 en: xxx
4. dam-gar3
 en: xxx
5. lu2 gesz-i3
 en: xxx
6. gir2-su{ki}-ta
 en: xxx
reverse
1. gu2-ab{ki}-sze3
 en: xxx
2. i3-gal2
 en: xxx
  blank space
3. mu {gesz}gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
 en: xxx

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba SM catalogue: tablet basket (pisan dub-ba))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P110398

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions 36.0 mm × 31.0 mm × 18.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
complete; two small holes in the 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 1899.02.374
Accession Number 01752

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 004295
Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia (i3.MesopOil) 3472

References

  • primary: STH 2 = HSS 4, 125

    [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. 079

    [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
2023-03-09 at 12:32:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Gacia, Veronika; Sallaberger, Walther Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2021-10-07 at 09:58:40 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:18:01 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:31:31 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:13:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:04:03 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, 125 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P110398.
HSS 04, 125 artifact entry (No. P110398). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P110398 (Original work published 2001)
HSS 04, 125 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P110398 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P110398},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“HSS 04, 125 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P110398.
HSS 04, 125 artifact entry (No. P110398). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P110398 (Original work published 2001)
HSS 04, 125 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P110398 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-26]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P110398},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P110398},
}


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PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P110398
M1  - 2026/10/26/
TI  - HSS 04, 125 artifact entry
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