HSS 03, 24 (P221333)

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 1904.04.011

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, 'coolies' and blind workers from var. tablets (še-ba geme2-dumu il2 igi-nu-du8 ša3-dub-didli))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

129.0 mm × 128.0 mm × 24.0 mm

Text

tablet
column 1
1. 1(u@c) 2(asz@c) igi#-nu-du8 sze-ba 1(barig@c)
2. sze-bi 3(asz@c) gur saggal
3. ur-szul
4. 1(u@c) 5(asz@c) igi-nu-du8 1(barig@c)
5. [sze-bi] 4(asz@c) la2 1(barig@c) [ur-{d}]ab-u2
6. 1(u@c)# 2(asz@c) igi-nu-du8 1(barig@c)
7. sze-bi 3(asz@c) e-ta
8. igi-nu-du8 gesz-kin-ti-me
9. 1(u@c) 2(asz@c) igi-nu-du8 1(barig@c)
10. sze-bi 3(asz@c) dingir-a-mu
11. nu-kiri6
12. 1(asz@c) [nita] 1(barig@c)# 2(ban2@c)
13. 5(asz@c) nita# 1(barig@c)
column 2
1. [4(asz@c)] munus 1(barig@c)
2. sze-bi# 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) sag-{d}nin-gir2-su-da
3. 1(asz@c) nita 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
4. 3(asz@c) nita 1(barig@c)
5. 3(asz@c) munus 1(barig@c)
6. 1(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
7. sze-bi 2(asz@c) la2 2(ban2@c) en-ku3
8. 3(asz@c) nita 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
9. 3(asz@c) munus 1(barig@c)
10. sze-bi 2(asz@c) la2 1(barig@c) lugal-sipa
11. [2(asz@c)] nita 1(barig@c)
12. 4(asz@c) munus 1(barig@c)
13. sze#-bi [1(asz@c)] 2(barig@c) ur#-{d}nin#-|MUSZ%MUSZ|-da-ru
14. 1(barig@c) en-na
15. szitim
16. il2-me
17. 5(asz@c) sagi 1(barig@c)
column 3
1. 2(asz@c) muhaldim 1(barig@c)
2. 1(asz@c) muhaldim# 4(ban2@c)
3. 3(asz@c) sukkal# 1(barig@c)#
4. 1(barig@c) lu2 e2-nig2-ka#
5. 3(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c)
6. lu2-e2-sza3#-ga <me>
7. 6(asz@c) ar3-[du2] munus [1(barig@c)]
8. 3(ban2@c) nu-siki# nita
9. 2(asz@c) lu2 a-kum2 1(barig@c)
10. 3(asz@c) dub-sar 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
11. 1(barig@c) dingir-al-sa6
12. szu#-i2
13. [1(barig@c)] dingir-igi-[du]
14. lu2 alan#
15. 1(asz@c) simug 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
16. szubur-da
17. e-da#-ti
18. 4(asz@c) simug 1(barig@c)
19. nig2-lu2
20. e-da-se12
21. [simug-me]
column 4
1. 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) aszgab
2. 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) tug2#-du8#
3. 2(asz@c) nagar# 1(barig@c)#
4. 1(barig@c)# ad#-kup4#
5. 1(barig@c) zadim
6. gesz-kin-ti-me
7. 4(asz@c) i3-du8 nita# 3(ban2@c)
8. 1(asz@c) i3#-du8 munus 3(ban2@c)#
9. 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) {d}nin-gir2#-su-igi#-du#
10. gab2-ra gu4# tur-tur#
11. 2(asz@c) lu2# 1(barig@c)
12. gab2#-ra gala-tur
13. sipa szaganx(AMA){sza:gan}-ka
14. 3(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
15. ansze surx(ERIM)-ke4
16. ba-su8-ge-esz2
17. en-ig-gal
18. nu#-banda3
column 5
1. e#-da#-se12#
2. 1(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
3. 1(asz@c) munus 3(ban2@c)
4. udu nig2-gu7#-a ba-su8-ge-esz2
5. U2-U2
6. kuruszda-da
7. e#-da-se12#
8. 1(barig@c) ur-{d}inanna
9. ma2-lah5
10. 1(barig@c) amar-{d}samanx(|SZE.NUN.SZE3.BU|)#
11. gala
12. sza3-dub didli-am6
13. 1(asz@c) geme2 1(barig@c)
14. 2(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
15. 3(asz@c) nu-siki munus 2(ban2@c)
16. 7(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
17. 3(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
18. sze-bi 4(asz@c) 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) sa6-sa6
column 6
1. 1(asz@c) geme2# 1(barig@c)
2. 1(u@c) 4(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
3. 2(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
4. 5(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
5. sze-bi 3(asz@c) 4(ban2@c) nin-inim-zi#-da
6. 6(asz@c) geme2 1(barig@c)
7. 1(u@c) 5(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
8. 1(asz@c) sza3#-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
9. 5(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
10. sze-bi 4(asz@c) 2(barig@c) {d}nansze-da-nu-me-a
11. ki-siki <u4>-bi-ta-me
12. 1(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
13. 2(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) geme2 3(ban2@c)
14. 2(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
15. 1(asz@c) sza3-du10# [munus] 2(ban2@c)
column 7
1. sze-bi 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 4(ban2@c) szesz#-e-a-na-ak#
2. 1(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
3. 2(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) geme2 3(ban2@c)
4. 1(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
5. sze-bi 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) nin-e2-unu{ki}-ga-nir-gal2
6. 1(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
7. 2(u@c) geme2# 3(ban2@c)
8. sze-bi 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 4(ban2@c) ZUM
9. sag sa10-a-me
10. ki-siki-me
11. 2(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
12. 2(u@c) la2 1(asz@c) geme2 3(ban2@c)
13. 2(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
14. sze-bi 3(asz@c) [la2 3(ban2@c)] ki-gu [me]
15. zabar3-tur
16. ugula-bi
reverse
column 1
1. 2(u@c) la2# 3(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
2. 1(asz@c) nu-siki nita 2(ban2@c)
3. 1(asz@c) nu-siki munus 2(ban2@c)
4. 1(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
5. 3(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
6. sze-bi 3(asz@c) 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) ur2-mud
7. agrig
8. 1(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
9. 4(asz@c) geme2# 4(ban2@c)
10. sze-bi 1(asz@c) i3-li2-be6-li2
11. 1(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c)
12. 6(asz@c) geme2# 4(ban2@c)
13. 1(asz@c) sza3#-du10# munus# 2(ban2@c)
14. sze-bi# 1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) amar-giri16{ki}
15. {lu2}lungax(|BIxNIG2|)-me
column 2
1. 3(asz@c) geme2 3(ban2@c)
2. 3(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
3. 4(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
4. sze-bi 1(asz@c) la2 1(ban2@c) a-ga-am-me
5. 1(asz@c) nita 4(ban2@c)
6. 1(u@c) 2(asz@c) geme2 3(ban2@c)
7. 2(asz@c) nu#-siki nita 2(ban2@c)
8. 5(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
9. 2(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
10. geme2 szah2 nig2-gu7-a-me
11. 1(asz@c) 1(disz@t) geme2 3(ban2@c)
12. 2(disz@t) sza3#-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
13. 1(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
14. geme2 masz-me
15. sze-bi 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) <1(barig) 1(ban2)> lugal-pa-e3
16. sipa szah2
column 3
1. szu-nigin2 2(u@c) la2 3(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
2. 1(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) 1(asz@c) 1(u) lu2 1(barig@c)
3. 2(asz@c)# lu2# 4(ban2@c)
4. 5(asz@c) lu2# 3(ban2@c)
5. 2(u@c) 1(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita# 2(ban2@c)#
6. 3(asz@c) nu#-siki# nita 2(ban2@c)#
7. nita#-me
8. 3(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) geme2 1(barig@c)
9. 1(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) la2# 1(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
10. 1(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) 3(asz@c) geme2 3(ban2@c)
11. 3(u@c) la2 1(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
12. 4(asz@c) nu-siki munus 2(ban2@c)
13. munus-me
column 4
1. gu2-an-sze3 6(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) 4(asz@c) lu2 sze-ba tur# mah#-[ba]
2. sze-bi 1(gesz2@c) 6(asz@c) 1(barig@c) 4(ban2@c) gur saggal
3. sze-ba geme2 dumu il2 igi-nu-du8 sza3-dub didli
4. e2 {d}ba-ba6-ka
5. sa6-sa6
6. dam URU-KA-gi-na
7. lugal
8. lagasz{ki}-ka
column 5
1. en-szu-gi4-gi4
2. agrig#-ge
3. ganun# sze# ur3-<re2> mu2-a#-ta#
4. e-ne#-ba 6(|ASZxDISZ@t|)#
5. 1(u) 1(disz@t) ba-am6

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (SM catalogue: Sasa allots grain to slave-women and their children, 'coolies' and blind workers from var. tablets (še-ba geme2-dumu il2 igi-nu-du8 ša3-dub-didli))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P221333

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 129.0 mm × 128.0 mm × 24.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
small gouges only.

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 1904.04.011
Accession Number 03615 (SM catalogue: 0889)

References

  • primary: STH 1 = HSS 3, 24

    [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, 23

    [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 11:33:34 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 08:45:10 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-10-21 at 05:10:21 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 17:02:42 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, 24 Artifact Entry.” 2003. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 26, 2003. https://cdli.earth/P221333.
HSS 03, 24 artifact entry (No. P221333). (2003, February 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P221333
HSS 03, 24 artifact entry (2003) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P221333 (Accessed: October 6, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“HSS 03, 24 Artifact Entry.” 2003. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 26, 2003. https://cdli.earth/P221333.
HSS 03, 24 artifact entry (No. P221333). (2003, February 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P221333
HSS 03, 24 artifact entry (2003) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P221333 (Accessed: October 6, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-06]},
	year = {2003},
	month = {feb 26},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P221333},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P221333},
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