HSS 03, 34 (P221343)

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 1904.04.006

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: allotments of grain (še-gar))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

115.0 mm × 116.0 mm × 25.0 mm

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 2(disz@t) surx(ERIM) durx(|USZ.ANSZE|) kunga2 gal-gal
2. ansze surx(ERIM) 1(asz@c)-sze3
3. u4 1(disz@t) sze 3(ban2@c)-ta
4. 1(disz@t) surx(ERIM) 1(disz@t) i3-diri nita kunga2
5. 1(disz@t) surx(ERIM) munus kunga2
6. 1(disz@t) surx(ERIM) nita kunga2 amar-amar#
7. 3(disz@t) didli-bi munus kunga2 amar-amar
8. ansze surx(ERIM) 1(asz@c)-sze3
9. u4 1(disz@t) sze 2(ban2@c)-ta
10. sze-bi 2(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) gur saggal
11. gir2-nun
12. 2(disz@t) didli-bi nita kunga2
column 2
1. sze-bi 1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) lugal#-nam#-gu2-su3
2. gab2-kas4-me
3. 1(disz@t) surx(ERIM) 1(disz@t) i3-diri nita kunga2 amar-amar
4. 1(disz@t) surx(ERIM) munus kunga2
5. sze-bi 5(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) en-ig-gal
6. nu-banda3
7. 1(u@c) la2 3(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) ziz2 babbar2
8. ziz2# bala-bi 1(disz@t) 2(barig)
9. 5(asz@c) sze bappir3
10. sze# bala-bi 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 4(ban2@c)
11. 7(asz@c) 2(barig@c) sze munu4
12. nag ensi2-ka-kam
column 3
1. 5(disz@t) ziz2# babbar2
2. ziz2 bala#-bi# 2(barig) 2(ban2)
3. 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) sze bappir3
4. sze bala-bi# 3(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
5. 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) sze munu4#
6. sa2-du11 ansze-kam
7. amar-giri16{ki}
8. 8(asz@c) 3(ban2@c) sze titab2
9. 4(asz@c) 1(ban2@c) 3(disz@t) sila3 sze bappir3
10. 4(asz@c) 1(ban2@c) 3(disz@t) sila3 sze# munu4
11. sa2-du11 kas ge6-kam
12. 5(asz@c) ziz2# babbar2
13. ziz2 bala-bi 3(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
14. 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) sze bappir3
column 4
1. sze bala-bi 3(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
2. 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) sze munu4
3. sa2-du11 kas sig15-kam
4. i3-li2-be6-li2
5. lu2# lungax(|BIxNIG2|)-me
6. 1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) sze zi3 gu
7. 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) la2 1(ban2@c) sze# zi3 kum4-ma
8. [sze] bala#-bi 2(barig@c) la2 1(ban2@c)
9. 1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) sze ninda durunx(|KU.KU|)#-na
10. 2(barig@c) [3(ban2@c) sze]-GAZ
11. sze bala-bi 5(ban2@c)
12. 1(ban2@c) zi3 gu sig15
13. ziz2 babbar2-bi 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c)
column 5
1. ziz2 bala-bi 1(barig@c) 4(ban2@c)
2. 4(ban2@c) zi3 bar-si
3. ziz2 babbar2-bi 1(u@c)
4. ziz2 bala-bi 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 4(ban2@c)
5. sa2-du11 e2-muhaldim-kam
6. 7(asz@c) 2(barig@c) ziz2 babbar2
7. ziz2 bala-bi 1(asz@c) 1(barig@c)
8. sa2#-du11 e2 ninda-ka-kam#
9. 1(barig@c) 1(ban2@c) sze kas#
10. 1(barig@c) ziz2 kas
11. 1(barig@c) ziz2 ninda
12. ziz2# bala-bi 2(ban2@c)
13. sa2-du11 alan#-kam#
14. ur2-mud
15. agrig
16. 2(u) 1(disz@t) udu siki
17. udu 1(asz@c)-sze3
18. iti-da sze 5(ban2@c)-ta
column 6
1. 2(disz@t) masz bar-dul5
2. masz 1(asz@c)-sze3
3. iti-da sze 3(ban2@c)-ta
4. sze-bi 4(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) nigar-mud
5. 1(u) 5(disz@t) udu siki
6. 2(disz@t) masz bar-dul5
7. sze-bi 3(asz@c) 1(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) en-DU
8. 2(u) la2 1(disz@t) udu siki
9. 1(disz@t) masz bar-dul5
10. sze-bi 4(asz@c) 2(ban2@c) lugal-da#-nu#-me#-a#
11. sipa# udu# siki#-ka#-me
12. 2(u) 6(disz@t) udu
reverse
column 1
1. 2(disz@t) gukkal
2. 1(disz@t) sila4 gukkal
3. iti-da sze 5(ban2@c)-ta
4. 8(disz@t) masz
5. masz 1(asz@c)-sze3
6. iti-da sze 3(ban2@c)-ta
7. sze-bi 7(asz@c) 1(ban2@c) U2-U2
8. kuruszda
9. 6(disz@t) udu
10. sze-bi 1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) ki2-num
11. ka-szagan
12. 2(u) 6(disz@t) amar gu4
13. amar 1(asz@c)-sze3
14. iti-da sze 1(barig@c) 4(ban2@c)-ta
15. sze-bi 1(u@c) U2-U2
column 2
1. sanga e2-gal
2. 2(disz@t) szah2 gesz-gi nig2-gu7-a#
3. szah2 1(asz@c)-sze3
4. u4 1(disz@t) sze 1(ban2@c)-ta
5. 5(disz@t) szah2 gesz-gi
6. szah2# 1(asz@c)-sze3
7. iti-da sze 1(barig@c) 4(ban2@c)-ta
8. 8(disz@t) szah2 gesz-gi
9. szah2 1(asz@c)-sze3
10. iti-da sze 5(ban2@c)-ta
11. sze-bi 6(asz@c) 1(barig@c)
12. 3(u) 5(disz@t) szah2 u2# munus mu 2(disz@t)
13. szah2 1(asz@c)-sze3
14. iti-da sze 2(ban2@c) 3(ban2@c)-ta
15. 5(u) szah2 u2 munus sza3-du10
column 3
1. 1(gesz2) 2(disz@t) szah2 u2 nita sza3-du10
2. szah2 1(asz@c)-sze3
3. iti-da sze 1(ban2@c)-ta
4. [sze]-bi# 7(disz@t) 2(barig) 2(ban2) lugal-pa-e3
5. sipa szah2
6. 1(disz@t) masz bar-dul5 ge6
7. sze-bi 3(ban2@c) dingir-a-mu
8. 1(disz@t) masz bar-dul5 babbar2
9. sze-bi 3(ban2@c) e2-ku4
10. 1(disz@t) masz bar-dul5 ge6
11. sze-bi 3(ban2@c) e-ta-e11
12. 1(disz@t) masz bar-dul5 babbar2
13. sze-bi 3(ban2@c) ur-ki
14. 1(disz@t) masz bar-dul5# ge6
15. sze-bi 3(ban2@c)
column 4
1. en-kisal-si
2. 1(disz@t) masz bar-dul5 babbar2
3. sze-bi 3(ban2@c) nimgir-abzu
4. nu-kiri6-me
5. 1(disz@t) gukkal
6. ub5-bu
7. 1(disz@t) gukkal#
8. nam#-lu2#
9. gir4-bil-me
column 5
1. szu-nigin2 1(gesz2@c) 5(u@c) la2 2(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) sze gur saggal
2. 4(u@c) 6(asz@c) 1(barig@c) ziz2
3. sze ninda ziz2 ninda sa2-du11 iti-da
4. {d}ba-ba6
5. sa6-sa6
6. dam URU-KA-gi-na
7. lugal
8. lagasz{ki}-ka
9. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4-ka
column 6
1. en-ig-gal
2. nu-banda3
3. e-ta-gar 4(|ASZxDISZ@t|)
4. 8(disz@t) gar-am6

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 115.0 high × 116.0 wide × 25.0 thick
  • Weight:
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  • Condition Description: rev. center-- gouges.
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: STH 1 = HSS 3, 34

    [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, 33

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SM 1904.04.006
  • Accession No.: 03610 (SM catalogue: 0884)

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
  • Elevation:
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  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

  • Period: ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Urukagina_l.04.08g.00
  • Alternative Years:
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-03-04 at 12:42:14 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-05-07 at 08:45:13 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2008-10-09 at 16:04:19 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2008-06-08 at 15:19:22 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:34:48 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“HSS 03, 34 Artifact Entry.” 2003. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 26, 2003. https://cdli.earth/P221343.
HSS 03, 34 artifact entry (No. P221343). (2003, February 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P221343
HSS 03, 34 artifact entry (2003) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P221343 (Accessed: April 30, 2025).
@misc{2003HSS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-30]},
	year = {2003},
	month = {feb 26},
	title = {HSS 03, 34 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P221343},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P221343},
}


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