HSS 68, 496 (P407461)

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 1911.10.466

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: list of oxen for/ from various persons)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

86.0 mm × 44.0 mm × 23.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [n] a-ab-ba-[...]
2'. [n] lugal-si-gar
3'. [n] ur-{d}nin-da
4'. 1(disz) in-za-mu
5'. 4(disz) ur-{d}szara2
6'. 5(disz) a-ga
7'. 5(u) 2(disz) a-tu
8'. 8(disz) ur-{d}ba-ba6
9'. 6(disz) AN-bu-a
10'. 5(u) la2 1(disz) kal-la
11'. 1(u) 5(disz) ur-gar
12'. [n] i-ku-nu-um
13'. 2(disz) ur-lu2-lal3
14'. 1(disz) ur-{d}lamma
15'. 2(disz) gu#-du
16'. 2(disz) {d}utu#-me-lam2
17'. [n] {d}nanna-i3-sa6
18'. [n] lugal-dur2
19'. 1(disz) ur-{d}suen
20'. 2(disz) lugal-me-lam2
21'. 2(disz) ur-{d}ba-ba6
22'. [n] 5(disz) gu4 a2-na-na
reverse
1. 3(disz) ansze ki lu2-kasz-mu-ta
  blank space
2. ($ blank space $) 4(gesz2) 3(u) 4(disz)
3. ki unu3-e-ne-ta
4. 3(disz) gu4 ur-{d}MUSZ
5. 3(disz) gu4 lugal-he2-gal2
6. ki {d}en-lil2-la2-ta
7. 1(disz) gu4 ki {d}en-lil2-la2-ia3-sa6-ta
8. 2(gesz2) 3(u) 8(disz) gu4 2(disz) dusu2
9. ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta
10. sza3-bi-ta
11. 8(disz) gu4 ba-usz2 sza3 kiszib3 {d}szara2-kam lu2 mar-sa in-su
  blank space
12. szunigin 7(gesz2) 2(u) 1(disz) gu4
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (SM catalogue: list of oxen for/ from various persons)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P407461

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 86.0 mm × 44.0 mm × 23.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
obv.-- top damaged. small salt encrustations. rev.-- bottom damaged; long tablet

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 1911.10.466
Accession Number 08088 (SM catalogue: 2553)

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 189149

References

  • primary: HSS 68, 496

    [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
2022-08-18 at 15:52:40 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, 496 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P407461.
HSS 68, 496 artifact entry (No. P407461). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P407461
HSS 68, 496 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P407461 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“HSS 68, 496 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P407461.
HSS 68, 496 artifact entry (No. P407461). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P407461
HSS 68, 496 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P407461 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
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	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P407461},
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