HSS 68, 062 (P406828)

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 1911.03.082

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 animals, some for the "taboo house" (e2-uz-ga))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

38.0 mm × 34.0 mm × 19.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) u8(disz) sila4 nu2-a
2. mu-kux(DU) ur-{d}suen
3. e2-uz-ga
4. a-a-kal-la maszkim
5. 1(disz) udu niga
6. e2-NI-da-gu2 lu2-kin-gi4-a
reverse
1. lu2 ur-kisz{ki}-sze3
2. giri3 lu2-{d}da-mu sukkal
3. ARAD2-mu maszkim
4. iti u4 1(u) 8(disz) ba-zal
5. sza3 ($ blank space $)
  2 signs erased
6. zi-ga ki lu2-dingir-[ra]
7. iti sze-sag11-ku5
8. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (SM catalogue: expenditure of animals, some for the "taboo house" (e2-uz-ga))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P406828

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 38.0 mm × 34.0 mm × 19.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
complete; tablet is mottled yellowish tan and grey

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 1911.03.082
Accession Number 07052 (SM catalogue: 1836)

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 188520

References

  • primary: HSS 68, 62

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2022-08-17 at 09:13:39 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, 062 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P406828.
HSS 68, 062 artifact entry (No. P406828). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P406828
HSS 68, 062 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P406828 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
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	month = {jun 4},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P406828},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P406828},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“HSS 68, 062 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P406828.
HSS 68, 062 artifact entry (No. P406828). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P406828
HSS 68, 062 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P406828 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
@misc{2010HSS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-19]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
	title = {HSS 68, 062 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P406828},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P406828},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2010/6/4/
PY  - 2010
ID  - P406828
LB  - CDLI:P406828
M1  - 2026/10/19/
TI  - HSS 68, 062 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P406828
ER  -
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