HSS 68, 027 (P406793)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), 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 1911.03.038

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: expenditure of salt etc for pickling meat in ur)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

48.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(ban2) mun
2. 1(ban2) zi3 gazi
3. mu-du-lum-sze3
4. sza3 e2-gal-sze3
5. zi-ga
6. sza3 uri5{ki}-ma
7. lugal#-bad3#-iri-na maszkim
reverse
1. [mu] lugal#-bi in#-pa3
  blank space
2. iti u5-bi2-gu7
3. mu ma2-dara3-abzu {d}en-ki-ka ba-ab-du8

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (SM catalogue: expenditure of salt etc for pickling meat in ur)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P406793

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 48.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 18.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
rev.-- top left broken and glued back together; damaged.

Provenance

Provenience Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
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 1911.03.038
Accession Number 07008 (SM catalogue: 1792)

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 188485

References

  • primary: HSS 68, 27

    [Liu2021HSS68] Liu, Changyu. 2021. The Ur III Administrative Texts from Puzrish-Dagan Kept in the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East. Harvard Semitic Series 68. Leiden, Boston: Brill.

  • history: ZA 107 (pp. 151-217), p. 190

    [al-Mutawalli2017ZA107] Mutawalli, Nawala Ahmed al-, Walther Sallaberger, and Ali Ubeid Shalkham. 2017. “The Cuneiform Documents from the Iraqi Excavation at Drehem.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 107 (2): 151–217. https://doi.org/10.1515/za-2017-0101.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-04 at 06:59:54 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-25 at 09:52:08 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata, Other metadata Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2024-05-25 at 09:44:43 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata, Other metadata Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2020-11-14 at 01:58:38 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-06-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Ajango, Kelsey M.; Jones, Jillian; Notizia, Palmiro; Reynolds, Kathryn R. CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“HSS 68, 027 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P406793.
HSS 68, 027 artifact entry (No. P406793). (2024, September 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P406793 (Original work published 2010)
HSS 68, 027 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P406793 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P406793},
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Cite this Artifact

“HSS 68, 027 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P406793.
HSS 68, 027 artifact entry (No. P406793). (2024, September 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P406793 (Original work published 2010)
HSS 68, 027 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P406793 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 4},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P406793},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P406793},
}


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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/11/3/
TI  - HSS 68, 027 artifact entry
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