CDLJ 2015/3 §2.30 (P404809)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Oriental Museum, University of Durham, Durham, UK

Museum Collection(s)

Oriental Museum, University of Durham, Durham, UK

Museum Number

DUROM U 10729

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(disz) udu niga 2(disz) sila4
 en: 4 barley-fed rams (and) 2 male lambs
2. wa-ta2-ru-um sanga
 en: (from) Watārum, the household manager,
3. 1(disz) sila4
 en: 1 male lamb
4. al-la-mu
 en: (from) Allamu,
5. 1(disz) sila4
 en: 1 male lamb
6. lugal-uri3
 en: (from) Lugal-uri ,
reverse
1. 2(disz) udu niga 1(disz) masz2
 en: (and) 2 barley-fed rams (and) 1 male kid
2. {d}szul-gi-a-bi2
 en: (from) Šulgi-abī;
3. u4 2(u)-kam
 en: 20th day;
4. mu-kux(DU)
 en: delivery,
5. ab-ba-sa6-ga i3-dab5
 en: Abbasaga received (it);
6. iti ses!-da-gu7
 en: month “Piglet feast,”
  KWU029
7. mu en-unu6-gal {d}inanna ba-hun
 en: year “En-unugal of Inanna was installed.”
left
1. 1(u) 1(disz)
 en: (total:) 11 (animals).

Textual annotations

#new_text=P404809 # ID FORM SEGM XPOSTAG HEAD DEPREL MISC # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 4(disz) 4(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 2 udu udu[sheep] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 3 niga niga[fattened] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 4 2(disz) 2(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 5 sila4 sila[lamb] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 6 wa-ta2-ru-um Watarum[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 7 sanga sagga[temple_administrator] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Erg _ _ _ _ 8 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 9 sila4 sila[lamb] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 10 al-la-mu Allamu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Erg _ _ _ _ 11 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 12 sila4 sila[lamb] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 13 lugal-uri3 Lugaluri[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Erg _ _ _ _ 14 2(disz) 2(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 15 udu udu[sheep] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 16 niga niga[fattened] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 17 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 18 masz2 masz[goat] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 19 {d}szul-gi-a-bi2 Szulgi'abi[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Erg _ _ _ _ 20 u4 ud[day] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 21 2(u)-kam 2(u)[ten] NUM NU Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 22 mu-kux(DU) ni] VERB V Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 23 ab-ba-sa6-ga Abbasaga[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Erg _ _ _ _ 24 i3-dab5 n] VERB V Verb Form=Fin|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 25 iti iti[month] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 26 ses-da-gu7 Sesdagu[1] PROPN MN Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 27 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 28 en-unu6-gal-{d}inanna Enunugalinanna[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 29 ba-hun hug[hire] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 30 1(u) 1(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 31 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P404809

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Oriental Museum, University of Durham, Durham, UK
Museum Number DUROM U 10729
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 167768

References

  • primary: Such-Gutiérrez, §2.30

    [Such-Gutiérrez2015Oriental] Such-Gutiérrez, Marcos. 2015. “The Texts from the 3rd Millennium BC at the Oriental Museum, University of Durham (England).” Cuneiform Digital Library Journal 2015 (3).

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2026-04-22 at 13:47:09 Durham, Madelyn Artifact metadata, Other metadata Durham, Madelyn Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2024-06-08 at 09:05:35 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2022-12-04 at 11:30:39 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Annotation McGrath, William; Wang Jinyan Machine Translation and Automated Analysis of Cuneiform Languages Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2018-08-22 at 16:58:18 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Wang Jinyan CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-03-13 at 14:22:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Such-Gutiérrez, Marcos CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-02-19 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Steele, John M.; Such-Gutiérrez, Marcos CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CDLJ 2015/3 §2.30 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 23, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P404809.
CDLJ 2015/3 §2.30 artifact entry (No. P404809). (2026, April 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404809 (Original work published 2010)
CDLJ 2015/3 §2.30 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404809 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“CDLJ 2015/3 §2.30 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 23, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P404809.
CDLJ 2015/3 §2.30 artifact entry (No. P404809). (2026, April 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404809 (Original work published 2010)
CDLJ 2015/3 §2.30 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404809 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).
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	year = {2026},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404809},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404809},
}


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