JavaScript is disabled or not supported in your browser. If possible, enable it for a better experience.

Hirose 249 (P109720)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Yokohama Museum of EurAsian Cultures, Yokohama, Japan

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Yokohama Museum of EurAsian Cultures, Yokohama, Japan

Museum Number

YMEC —

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

20.0 mm × 19.0 mm × 8.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) sila4
2. ba-usz2 u4 5(disz)-kam
3. ki en-dingir-mu-ta
4. {d}szul-gi-iri-mu
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
1 line blank
2. iti masz-da3-gu7
3. mu hu-uh2-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

Yokohama Museum of EurAsian Cultures, Yokohama, Japan

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 20.0 high × 19.0 wide × 8.0 thick
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Hirose, 249

[Gomi1990Hirose] Gomi, Tohru. 1990. Neo-Sumerian Administrative Texts from the Hirose Collection. Potomac, Maryland: Capital Decisions Limited.

Shulgi-urumu received one dead lamb from En-dingirmu.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: YMEC —
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.07.01.05
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2011-07-22 at 13:30:28	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:12:45	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:18:28	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (032772) (032772)

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifacts

“Hirose 249 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P109720.

Hirose 249 artifact entry (No. P109720). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P109720

Hirose 249 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P109720 (Accessed: January 27, 2026).

@misc{2001Hirose,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-27]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Hirose 249 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P109720},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P109720},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P109720
LB  - CDLI:P109720
M1  - 2026/1/27/
TI  - Hirose 249 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P109720
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“Hirose 249 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P109720.

Hirose 249 artifact entry (No. P109720). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P109720

Hirose 249 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P109720 (Accessed: January 27, 2026).

@misc{2001Hirose,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-27]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Hirose 249 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P109720},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P109720},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P109720
LB  - CDLI:P109720
M1  - 2026/1/27/
TI  - Hirose 249 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P109720
ER  -