ASJ 18, 228 HSM 6495 (P102675)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), 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 1909.05.331

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(u) 8(disz) gurusz e2-sukkal
2. ugula ur-{gesz}gigir
3. 3(u) 8(disz) gurusz esz3 didli
4. ugula lugal-eridu{ki}-sze3
5. 1(gesz2) 6(disz) gurusz
6. sza3-bi-ta
7. 1(u) 6(disz) e2-uz-ga
8. 6(disz) e2-gu4-gaz
9. 1(disz) e2 {d}szul-gi
10. 1(disz) e2 ur-{d}namma
11. 1(disz) e2 {d}amar-{d}suen
12. 3(disz) sa2-du11 nin
13. 1(u) 5(disz) lugal-ra-us2-sa
reverse
1. 2(disz) sipa {ansze}si2-si2
2. 5(disz) {gesz}ma-nu-IL2
3. 1(disz) in-bul5-bul5
4. 1(disz) ku6 nisi
5. 1(disz) i3 zu2-lum
6. 4(disz) zi3 esza
7. 4(disz) e2-kas4 gub-ba
8. 4(disz) gu2-gir
9. 1(disz) sza3 ga2-nun
10. szunigin 1(gesz2) 6(disz) gurusz gub-ba
11. u4 6(disz)-kam
12. iti sze-sag11-ku5
13. mu en {d}nanna kar-zi-da ba-hun

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/P102675

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
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 1909.05.331
Accession Number 06495

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 038825

References

  • primary: ASJ 18, p.217-228, p. 228 HSM 6495

    [Uchitel1996erín] Uchitel, Alexander. 1996. “Erín-Èš-Didli (II): Patterns of Conscription and Work Assignment during the Years AS 8 - ŠS 1.” Acta Sumerologica 18: 217–28.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-03-03 at 09:52:19 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-06-10 at 16:04:54 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:20:37 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:06:12 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:15:25 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“ASJ 18, 228 HSM 6495 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P102675.
ASJ 18, 228 HSM 6495 artifact entry (No. P102675). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P102675
ASJ 18, 228 HSM 6495 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P102675 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“ASJ 18, 228 HSM 6495 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P102675.
ASJ 18, 228 HSM 6495 artifact entry (No. P102675). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P102675
ASJ 18, 228 HSM 6495 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P102675 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
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PY  - 2001
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