HSS 68, 511 (P407478)

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 1911.10.482

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 deliveries of sheep from the first of the month to the 30th of the month šu-eš-ša)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

49.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 20.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 2(disz) udu u4 1(disz)-kam
2. 5(gesz2) la2 2(disz) udu u4 2(disz)-kam
3. 3(gesz2) udu u4 4(disz)-kam
4. 40 udu u4 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam
5. 1(gesz2) udu u4 1(u)-kam
6. 2(gesz2) udu u4 2(u) la2 2(disz)-kam
7. 4(gesz2) udu u4 2(u) la2 1(disz)-kam sza3-bi lugal-sza3-la2
8. 1(gesz2) 5(u) udu u4 2(u)-kam
9. 1(gesz2) udu u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam
10. 1(gesz2) [n] 1(disz) udu u4 2(u) 2(disz)-kam
11. [n] 2(u) 5(disz) udu u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam
reverse
1. 2(u) 2(disz) udu u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam
2. 1(gesz'u) udu u4 2(u) 6(disz)-kam
3. 1(gesz'u) udu u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam
4. 2(gesz2) udu u4 3(u) la2 2(disz)-kam
5. 1(gesz2) udu u4 3(u) la2 1(disz)-kam
6. 1(gesz2) udu u4 3(u)-kam
  blank space
7. mu-kux(DU) iti szu-esz-sza
8. mu us2-sa e2 ba-du3-a mu us2-sa-bi
left
1. szunigin 1(szar2) 1(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) udu

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (SM catalogue: list of deliveries of sheep from the first of the month to the 30th of the month šu-eš-ša)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P407478

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 49.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 20.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
complete. obv.-- salt blob on lower left corner.

Provenance

Provenience Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Museum Number SM 1911.10.482
Accession Number 08104 (SM catalogue: 2570)

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 189166

References

  • primary: HSS 68, 511

    [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 Approved View
2010-06-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Ajango, Kelsey M.; Jones, Jillian; Notizia, Palmiro; Reynolds, Kathryn R. CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“HSS 68, 511 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P407478.
HSS 68, 511 artifact entry (No. P407478). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P407478
HSS 68, 511 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P407478 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P407478},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“HSS 68, 511 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P407478.
HSS 68, 511 artifact entry (No. P407478). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P407478
HSS 68, 511 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P407478 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
	title = {HSS 68, 511 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P407478},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P407478},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2010/6/4/
PY  - 2010
ID  - P407478
LB  - CDLI:P407478
M1  - 2026/4/7/
TI  - HSS 68, 511 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P407478
ER  -
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