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Hirose 407 (P109878)

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

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Yokohama Museum of EurAsian Cultures, Yokohama, Japan

Museum Number

YMEC —

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

40.0 mm × 35.0 mm × 15.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) ku6-sze6 gur
2. sza3-gal ur-gi7 tur-tur
3. e2-gal-ta er-ra iti 1(u)-kam
4. ku6 nam-enku
5. ki# ur-{d}ba-ba6-ta
reverse
1 line blank
1. mu si-ma-num2{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): 40.0 high × 35.0 wide × 15.0 thick
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: Hirose, 407

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

Disbursement of thirty gur (ca.9000 liters) of smoked fish as the food for ten months for small dogs coming from the palace. ku6 nam-enku "fish of ..." appears in T.Gomi,Orient 16 (1980),p.106,No.170, rev.l0. Nam-enku is not clear, though enku iz~u means

Identifiers

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

Provenience

Provenience: uncertain (mod. uncertain)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.03.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2013-07-23 at 17:10:52	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:30:41	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:12:54	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:18:34	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 (032931) (032931)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“Hirose 407 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P109878.

Hirose 407 artifact entry (No. P109878). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P109878

Hirose 407 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P109878 (Accessed: February 18, 2026).

@misc{2001Hirose,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-18]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Hirose 407 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P109878},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P109878},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P109878
LB  - CDLI:P109878
M1  - 2026/2/18/
TI  - Hirose 407 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P109878
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“Hirose 407 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P109878.

Hirose 407 artifact entry (No. P109878). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P109878

Hirose 407 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P109878 (Accessed: February 18, 2026).

@misc{2001Hirose,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-18]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Hirose 407 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P109878},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P109878},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P109878
LB  - CDLI:P109878
M1  - 2026/2/18/
TI  - Hirose 407 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P109878
ER  -