HSS 68, 613 (P407584)

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 1911.10.597

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: one young gazelle is for the euzga- "taboo house.")

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

33.0 mm × 28.0 mm × 16.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) amar masz-da3 munus
2. e2-uz-ga
3. mu-kux(DU) wa-ta2-ru-um sanga
4. ur-{d}ba-ba6 muhaldim maszkim
reverse
1. u4 1(u) 8(disz)-kam
2. ki lugal-amar-ku3-ta
3. ba-zi
  blank space
4. iti u5-bi2-gu7
5. mu en-nun-e-{d}amar-{d}suen-ra-ki-ag2 en eridu{ki} ba-hun
left
1. 1(disz)

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (SM catalogue: one young gazelle is for the euzga- "taboo house.")
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P407584

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 33.0 mm × 28.0 mm × 16.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
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 1911.10.597
Accession Number 08219 (SM catalogue: 2686)

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 189272

References

  • primary: HSS 68, 613

    [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
2022-08-16 at 07:42:26 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, 613 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P407584.
HSS 68, 613 artifact entry (No. P407584). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P407584
HSS 68, 613 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P407584 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
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}


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Cite this Artifact

“HSS 68, 613 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P407584.
HSS 68, 613 artifact entry (No. P407584). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P407584
HSS 68, 613 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P407584 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-19]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
	title = {HSS 68, 613 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P407584},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P407584},
}


TY  - ELEC
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PY  - 2010
ID  - P407584
LB  - CDLI:P407584
M1  - 2026/10/19/
TI  - HSS 68, 613 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P407584
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