JAC 29, 023-030 01 (P429788)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Museum Collection(s)

Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Museum Number

HUJI 07002

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) gu4 2(u) udu 5(u) 2(disz) masz2
 en: 1 bull, 20 rams, 52 billy goats:
2. in-da-da nu-banda3
 en: (from) Indada, the captain,
3. ugula ur-{d}suen
 en: foreman: Ur-Suen;
4. 2(disz) gu4 niga 4(u) la2 1(disz) udu
 en: 2 bulls, grain-fed, 39 rams,
5. 2(u) masz2-gal 1(disz) sila4
 en: 20 adult billy goats, 1 lamb:
6. ar-szi-ah nu-banda3
 en: Arši-aḫ, the captain;
7. 2(disz) gu4 2(u) udu
 en: 2 bulls, 20 rams:
8. erin2 masz-kan2-u2-szu-re2{ki}
 en: the troops of Maškan-ušuri,
9. ugula lugal-pa-e3
 en: foreman: Lugal-pa’e;
10. 1(disz) gu4 niga 5(disz) udu
 en: 1 bull, grain-fed, 5 rams,
11. 4(disz) masz2-gal 1(disz) masz2
 en: 4 adult billy goats, 1 billy goat:
12. lu2-kal-la nu-banda3
 en: Lukalla, the captain;
13. 1(disz) gu4 niga 4(disz) udu
 en: 1 bull, grain-fed, 4 rams,
14. 5(disz) masz2-gal 1(disz) masz2
 en: 5 adult billy goats, 1 billy goat:
15. lu2-sza-lim nu-banda3
 en: Awil-šalim, the captain;
reverse
1. 1(disz) gu4 niga 4(disz) udu
 en: 1 bull, grain-fed, 4 rams,
2. 5(disz) masz2-gal 1(disz) masz2
 en: 5 adult billy goats, 1 billy goat:
3. s,i-ra-am nu-banda3
 en: Ṣiram, the captain,
4. ugula sag-{d}nanna-zu
 en: foreman:l Sag-Nanna-zu;
5. 5(disz) udu niga 1(disz) sila4 za-ri2-iq
 en: 5 rams, grain-fed, 1 lamb: Zariq;
6. 1(disz) sila4 ku5-da-mu
 en: 1 lamb: Kuramu;
7. 4(disz) udu niga 2(disz) sila4 ensi2 nibru{ki}
 en: 4 rams, grain-fed, 2 lambs: the governor of Nippur;
8. 4(disz) udu niga 1(disz) sila4 gi-nu-na nu-banda3
 en: 4 rams, grain-fed, 1 lamb: Ginuna, the captain;
9. 1(disz) sila4 id-da-a
 en: 1 lamb: Iddaya;
10. 1(disz) sila4 lugal-a2-zi-da sukkal
 en: 1 lamb: Lugal-azida, the courrier;
11. 2(disz) sila4 zabar-dab5
 en: 2 lambs: zabardab;
12. 4(disz) masz2-gal# su4-a niga 1(disz) {munus}asz2-gar3 niga
 en: 4 adult billy goats, brown, grain-fed, 1 female kid, grain-fed:
13. ur-nigar{gar} ka-guru7
 en: Ur-nigar, silo manager;
14. 1(disz) sila4 zi2-na-na
 en: 1 lamb: Zinana;
15. 1(disz) {munus}asz2-gar3 nu-ur2-i3-li2 nu-banda3
 en: 1 female kid: Nūr-ilī, the captain;
16. 1(disz) masz-da3 bu-bu
 en: 1 gazelle: Bubu;
17. 1(disz) udu niga szimaszgi 1(disz) masz2-gal niga szimaszgi
 en: 1 ram, grain-fed, Šimašgian, 1 billy goat, grain-fed, Šimašgian
18. 1(disz) {munus}asz2-gar3 niga e2-a-i3-li2
 en: 1 fattened female kid from Ea-ilī;
19. mu-kux(DU) na-sa6 i3-dab5
 en: as delivery Nasa accepted;
edge
column 1
1. iti szu-esz5-sza
 en: month “šu’eša,”
column 2
1. mu ha-ar-szi{ki} ki-masz{ki} hu-ur#-ti{ki} u3 ma-da#-bi u4 1(asz)-a ba-hul
 en: year: “Ḫarši, Kimaš, and Ḫurti with their land in a single day were destroyed,”
column 3
1. u4 2(u) 6(disz)-kam
 en: 26th day.

Textual annotations

#new_text=P429788 # ID FORM SEGM XPOSTAG HEAD DEPREL MISC # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 2 gu4 gud[ox] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 3 2(u) 2(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 4 udu udu[sheep] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 5 5(u) 5(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 6 2(disz) 2(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 7 masz2 masz[goat] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 8 in-da-da Indada[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 9 nu-banda3 nubanda[overseer] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Erg _ _ _ _ 10 ugula ugula[overseer] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 11 ur-{d}suen Ursuen[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 12 2(disz) 2(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 13 gu4 gud[ox] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 14 niga niga[fattened] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 15 4(u) 4(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 16 la2 la[hang] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 17 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 18 udu udu[sheep] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 19 2(u) 2(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 20 masz2-gal maszgal[billy_goat] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 21 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 22 sila4 sila[lamb] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 23 ar-szi-ah Arsziah[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 24 nu-banda3 nubanda[overseer] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Erg _ _ _ _ 25 2(disz) 2(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 26 gu4 gud[ox] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 27 2(u) 2(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 28 udu udu[sheep] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 29 erin2 erin[people] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 30 masz-kan2-u2-szu-re2{ki} Maszkanuszure[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Erg _ _ _ _ 31 ugula ugula[overseer] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 32 lugal-pa-e3 Lugalpa’e[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 33 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 34 gu4 gud[ox] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 35 niga niga[fattened] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 36 5(disz) 5(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 37 udu udu[sheep] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 38 4(disz) 4(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 39 masz2-gal maszgal[billy_goat] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 40 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 41 masz2 masz[goat] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 42 lu2-kal-la Lukala[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 43 nu-banda3 nubanda[overseer] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Erg _ _ _ _ 44 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 45 gu4 gud[ox] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 46 niga niga[fattened] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 47 4(disz) 4(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 48 udu udu[sheep] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 49 5(disz) 5(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 50 masz2-gal maszgal[billy_goat] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 51 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 52 masz2 masz[goat] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 53 lu2-sza-lim Luszalim[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 54 nu-banda3 nubanda[overseer] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Erg _ _ _ _ 55 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 56 gu4 gud[ox] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 57 niga niga[fattened] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 58 4(disz) 4(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 59 udu udu[sheep] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 60 5(disz) 5(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 61 masz2-gal maszgal[billy_goat] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 62 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 63 masz2 masz[goat] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 64 si-ra-am Siram[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 65 nu-banda3 nubanda[overseer] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Erg _ _ _ _ 66 ugula ugula[overseer] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 67 sag-{d}nanna-zu Sagnannazu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 68 5(disz) 5(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 69 udu udu[sheep] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 70 niga niga[fattened] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 71 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 72 sila4 sila[lamb] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 73 za-ri-iq Zarig[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Erg _ _ _ _ 74 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 75 sila4 sila[lamb] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 76 ku5-ra2-mu Kuramu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Erg _ _ _ _ 77 4(disz) 4(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 78 udu udu[sheep] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 79 niga niga[fattened] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 80 2(disz) 2(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 81 sila4 sila[lamb] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 82 ensi2 ensik[ruler] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 83 nibru{ki} Nibru[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Erg _ _ _ _ 84 4(disz) 4(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 85 udu udu[sheep] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 86 niga niga[fattened] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 87 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 88 sila4 sila[lamb] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 89 gi-nu-na Ginuna[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 90 nu-banda3 nubanda[overseer] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Erg _ _ _ _ 91 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 92 sila4 sila[lamb] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 93 id-da-a Iddaya[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Erg _ _ _ _ 94 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 95 sila4 sila[lamb] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 96 lugal-a2-zi-da Lugalazida[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 97 sukkal sukkal[secretary] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Erg _ _ _ _ 98 2(disz) 2(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 99 sila4 sila[lamb] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 100 zabar-dab5 zabardab[official] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Erg _ _ _ _ 101 4(disz) 4(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 102 masz2-gal maszgal[billy_goat] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 103 su4 su[red] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 104 niga niga[fattened] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 105 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 106 {munus}asz2-gar3 aszgar[female_kid] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 107 niga niga[fattened] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 108 ur-nigar{gar} Urnigar[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 109 ka-guru7 kaguruk[supervisor] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Erg _ _ _ _ 110 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 111 sila4 sila[lamb] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 112 zi2-na-na Zinana[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Erg _ _ _ _ 113 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 114 {munus}asz2-gar3 aszgar[female_kid] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 115 nu-ur2-i3-li2 Nurili[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 116 nu-banda3 nubanda[overseer] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Erg _ _ _ _ 117 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 118 masz-da3 maszda[gazelle] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 119 bu-bu Bubu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Erg _ _ _ _ 120 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 121 udu udu[sheep] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 122 niga niga[fattened] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 123 szimaszgi Szimaszgi[sheep_designation] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 124 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 125 masz2-gal maszgal[billy_goat] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 126 niga niga[fattened] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 127 szimaszgi Szimaszgi[sheep_designation] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 128 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 129 {munus}asz2-gar3 aszgar[female_kid] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 130 niga niga[fattened] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 131 e2-a-i3-li2 E’a’ili[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Erg _ _ _ _ 132 mu-kux(DU) ni] VERB V Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 133 na-sa6 Nasa[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Erg _ _ _ _ 134 i3-dab5 n] VERB V Verb Form=Fin|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 135 iti iti[month] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 136 szu-esz5-sza Szu'eszsza[1] PROPN MN Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 137 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 138 ha-ar-szi{ki} Harszi[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 139 ki-masz{ki} Kimasz[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 140 hu-ur-ti{ki} Hurti[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 141 u3 u[and] CCONJ CNJ _ _ _ _ _ 142 ma-da-bi mada[land] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs|Animacy=Nhum _ _ _ _ 143 u4 ud[day] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 144 1(asz)-a 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 145 ba-hul hulu[destroy] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 146 u4 ud[day] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 147 2(u) 2(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 148 6(disz)-kam 6(disz)[one] NUM NU Case=Gen _ _ _ _

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P429788

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Museum Number HUJI 07002
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 191846

References

  • primary: JAC 29, 23-30, 01

    [Wu2014] Wu, Yuhong. 2014. “Some Cuneiform Tablets in Jerusalem.” Journal of Ancient Civilizations 29: 023–030.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2022-12-04 at 11:30:39 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Annotation McGrath, William; Wang Jinyan Machine Translation and Automated Analysis of Cuneiform Languages Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2018-04-23 at 11:53:20 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-02-05 at 12:39:01 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-02-05 at 12:23:48 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2012-06-03 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Wu Yuhong CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“JAC 29, 023-030 01 Artifact Entry.” 2012. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 3, 2012. https://cdli.earth/P429788.
JAC 29, 023-030 01 artifact entry (No. P429788). (2012, June 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P429788
JAC 29, 023-030 01 artifact entry (2012) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P429788 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).
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	month = {jun 3},
	title = {JAC 29, 023-030 01 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P429788},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“JAC 29, 023-030 01 Artifact Entry.” 2012. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 3, 2012. https://cdli.earth/P429788.
JAC 29, 023-030 01 artifact entry (No. P429788). (2012, June 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P429788
JAC 29, 023-030 01 artifact entry (2012) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P429788 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2012},
	month = {jun 3},
	title = {JAC 29, 023-030 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P429788},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P429788},
}


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DA  - 2012/6/3/
PY  - 2012
ID  - P429788
LB  - CDLI:P429788
M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - JAC 29, 023-030 01 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P429788
ER  -
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