HSS 03, 01 (P010077)

Administrative tablet excavated in Shuruppak (mod. Fara), dated to the ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC) period and now kept in Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

SM 1904.04.014

Period

ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

Provenience

Shuruppak (mod. Fara)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: fragment of a tablet listing people)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

136.0 mm × 91.0 mm × 29.0 mm

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(asz@c) gurusz-kesz2?
2. 1(asz@c) amar-szuba4
3. 1(asz@c) e2-nu-si
4. 1(asz@c) kun-du6
5. 1(asz@c) tul2-sag-du10
6. 1(asz@c) dingir-nu?-me
  rest broken
column 2
1. 1(asz@c) {d}sud3-ur-sag
2. 1(asz@c) e2-na-ki
3. 1(asz@c) gal-ki-me-bi
4. 1(asz@c) {d}sud3-anzux(MI){muszen}
5. 1(asz@c) musz3#?-[...]
  rest broken
column 3
1. 1(asz@c) KA!-ni-zi
2. PAP URUDA ugula
3. 1(asz@c) mes!(DUB)-zi-da#
4. 1(asz@c) inim#-su3#?
5. 1(asz@c) {d}sud3#-en3#
  rest broken
column 4
1. 1(asz@c) {d}sud3-pa4
2. szesz-ki-na#
3. ugula
4. 1(asz@c) a:gesztin
5. 1(asz@c) e2-hur-sag
6. 1(asz@c) {d}sud3-nu-me
  rest broken
column 5
1. 1(asz@c) e2-zi-pa-e3
2. 1(asz@c) bara2-sikil
3. 1(asz@c) szubur
4. 1(asz@c) mesz!(DUB)-lu-lu
5. na-gada!
6. 1(asz@c) hab2#-ba [...]
  rest broken
column 6
1. 1(asz@c) bul5-la
2. 1(asz@c) nam-mah
3. 1(asz@c) en-sze-numun!-na
4. 1(asz@c) a:gesztin
5. 1(asz@c) ad-da
6. 1(asz@c) gal-x-[...]
column 7
1. [...]
2. [...] nigin2? [x] nam [x?]
3. 1(asz@c) {d}[x?]-nun#-[x]-x
4. 1(asz@c) tur#?-bi? [x?]
5. 1(asz@c) AN-dab6-[x]
6. 1(asz@c) [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  broken

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)
Consult word list of ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 136.0 high × 91.0 wide × 29.0 thick
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  • Condition Description: this is the top obv. of a vary large 7 col. tablet; broken edge of tablet bears a rope? Impression
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  • primary: STH 1 = HSS 3, 1

    [Hussey1912HSS3] Hussey, Mary I. 1912. Sumerian Tablets in the Harvard Semitic Museum. Part I: Chiefly from the Reigns of Lugalanda and Urukagina of Lagash. Harvard Semitic Series 3. Cambridge, U.S.A.: Harvard University.

  • history: BiOr 35 (pp. 155-160), 155 fn. 2

    [Krecher1978BiOr35] “Sumerische Literatur Der Fāra-Zeit: Die UD.GAL.NUN-Texte (I).” 1978. Bibliotheca Orientalis, no. 35: 155–60.

  • history: Prosopografia Fara, XIII

    [Pomponio1987Fara] Pomponio, Francesco. 1987. La Prosopografia Dei Testi Presargonici Di Fara. Studi Semitici ; Nuova Ser., 3. Roma : Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza.”

  • history: EDATS p., 4 (27)

    [Pomponio1994EDATS] Pomponio, Francesco, and Giuseppe Visicato. 1994. Early Dynastic Administrative Tablets of Šuruppak. Napoli : Istituto Universitario Orientale di Napoli.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SM 1904.04.014
  • Accession No.: 03618 (SM catalogue: 0892)

  • Provenience: Shuruppak (mod. Fara) [uncertain]
  • Elevation:
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-31 at 15:59:47 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-03 at 13:11:28 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-03 at 13:06:16 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2017-08-24 at 02:57:22 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Dornauer, Aron CDLI approved View
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Hebenstreit, Laurent CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“HSS 03, 01 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 31, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P010077.
HSS 03, 01 artifact entry (No. P010077). (2024, August 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P010077 (Original work published 2001)
HSS 03, 01 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P010077 (Accessed: July 4, 2025).
@misc{2024HSS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-04]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 31},
	title = {HSS 03, 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P010077},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P010077},
}


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