HSS 68, 541 (P407511)

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 1911.10.518

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: sealed tablet: urkugnunna receives 39 animals)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

52.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) sila4 sza3 2(gesz2) 3(u) 1(disz)
2. u2-gu de2-a lu2 adab{ki}
3. [n] sila4
4. [...] {d}dumu-zi-da
5. [n] sila4 kin-[gi4]-a
6. 2(disz) ud5 masz2 [nu-a]
7. ib2-tak4 dingir-dan
8. 2(u) la2 1(disz) u8 sila4 nu-a
reverse
1. [...] sipa [...]
2. [...]
  blank space
  seal impression
3. ki du11-ga-ta ba-zi
4. iti a2-ki-ti
5. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma e2 {d}szara2 umma{ki}-ka mu-du3
left
1. 5(u) la2 1(disz)
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szu-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. [lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba]
column 2
1. ur-ku3-nun-na
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-{d}[nin-gir2]-su kuruszda
4. [ARAD2-zu]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (SM catalogue: sealed tablet: urkugnunna receives 39 animals)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 000466 (composite) (P430562) S000466 Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šū-Suen.01.00.00, Ibbi-Suen.02.10.00

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P407511

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 52.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 18.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
obv.-- salt encrustations on the lower part of the tablet. otherwise complete; first sealed, then inscribed (seal dedicated to u-Suen)

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 1911.10.518
Accession Number 08140 (SM catalogue: 2607)

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 189199

References

  • primary: HSS 68, 541

    [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
2022-02-22 at 13:30:25 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, 541 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P407511.
HSS 68, 541 artifact entry (No. P407511). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P407511
HSS 68, 541 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P407511 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P407511},
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Cite this Artifact

“HSS 68, 541 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P407511.
HSS 68, 541 artifact entry (No. P407511). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P407511
HSS 68, 541 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P407511 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-25]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P407511},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P407511},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2010/6/4/
PY  - 2010
ID  - P407511
LB  - CDLI:P407511
M1  - 2026/10/25/
TI  - HSS 68, 541 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P407511
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