HSS 68, 501 (P407466)

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 1911.10.471

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: balanced account of PN's distribution of sheep & goats)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

71.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 22.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(gesz2) 3(u) udu [...]
2. 5(disz) udu la2-ia3 [su-ga ...]
3. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi u4 8(disz) ba-zal
4. 5(u) udu sa-bu-um{ki}
5. ki in-ta-e3-a-ta
6. 3(u) 6(disz) udu mu-kux(DU)
7. ki du11-ga-ta
8. sza3 kiszib3-ba
9. 1(u) 5(disz) udu ki a-la-mu-ta
10. 8(disz) udu ki szu-i3-li2-ta
11. sza3 udu uri5{ki}-sze3 er-ra
12. 5(gesz2) 2(u) 4(disz)
13. sza3-bi-ta
14. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz) udu a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
15. 1(gesz2) 3(u) udu a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
16. kiszib3 za-zi
reverse
1. 2(u) 7(disz) udu giri3 a-a-dingir
2. 3(u) 7(disz) udu e2-muhaldim-sze3
3. kiszib3 du11-ga
4. 2(disz) udu kiszib3 {d}suen-ba-ni
5. 1(u) 1(disz) udu kiszib3 sipa ur-ra
6. 1(gesz2) 1(u) udu kiszib3 a-a-dingir
7. kiszib3 dib-ba didli
8. 5(disz) udu giri3 lu2-dingir-ra
9. ur-ku3-nun-na i3-dab5
10. bar-[ta] gal2-la
11. ($ blank space $) 5(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz)
12. zi-ga-am3
13. 1(u) la2 1(disz) udu la2-ia3-am3
14. nig2-ka9-ak lugal-ezem
15. iti ezem-mah u4 2(u) 6(disz) ba-zal
16. mu ma2-gur8 mah ba-[dim2]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (SM catalogue: balanced account of PN's distribution of sheep & goats)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P407466

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 71.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 22.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
obv.-- chip on top edge. rev.-- salt blob in center. otherwise complete.

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 1911.10.471
Accession Number 08093 (SM catalogue: 2558)

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 189154

References

  • primary: HSS 68, 501

    [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
2022-08-19 at 09:15:56 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, 501 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P407466.
HSS 68, 501 artifact entry (No. P407466). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P407466
HSS 68, 501 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P407466 (Accessed: October 18, 2026).
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	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
	title = {HSS 68, 501 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P407466},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P407466},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“HSS 68, 501 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P407466.
HSS 68, 501 artifact entry (No. P407466). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P407466
HSS 68, 501 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P407466 (Accessed: October 18, 2026).
@misc{2010HSS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-18]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
	title = {HSS 68, 501 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P407466},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P407466},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2010/6/4/
PY  - 2010
ID  - P407466
LB  - CDLI:P407466
M1  - 2026/10/18/
TI  - HSS 68, 501 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P407466
ER  -
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