HSS 68, 426 (P407375)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

SM 1911.10.372

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: oxen, sheep and goats are the bala of the governor of umma and are received by the Drehem administration)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

34.0 mm × 30.0 mm × 15.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) gu4 niga
2. 1(u) 4(disz) udu
3. 1(disz) sila4
4. 5(disz) masz2
5. bala ensi2 umma{ki}
6. u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam
reverse
1. ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta
2. lu2-sa6-ga
3. i3-dab5
  blank space
4. iti szu-esz5-sza
5. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun
left
1. 2(disz) gu4 2(u) udu

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 34.0 high × 30.0 wide × 15.0 thick
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  • Condition Description: complete.
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (SM catalogue: oxen, sheep and goats are the bala of the governor of umma and are received by the Drehem administration)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: HSS 68, 426

    [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: CM 26, p. 344

    [Sharlach2004CM26] Sharlach, Tonia M. 2004. Provincial Taxation and the Ur III State. Cuneiform Monographs 26. Leiden, Boston: Brill, Styx.

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  • Museum No.: SM 1911.10.372
  • Accession No.: 07994 (SM catalogue: 2457)

  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.08.08.25
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2022-08-14 at 18:27:26 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2010-06-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ajango, Kelsey M.; Jones, Jillian; Notizia, Palmiro; Reynolds, Kathryn R. CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“HSS 68, 426 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P407375.
HSS 68, 426 artifact entry (No. P407375). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P407375
HSS 68, 426 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P407375 (Accessed: April 30, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-30]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
	title = {HSS 68, 426 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P407375},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P407375},
}


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