HSS 04, 140 (P110413)

Administrative tag 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 1899.02.375

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba SM catalogue: tablet basket (pisan-dub-ba) re rations of grain and emmer)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

39.0 mm × 33.0 mm × 16.0 mm

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. sze-ba siki-ba
 en: xxx
3. giri3-se3-ga sza3-iri
 en: xxx
4. i3-gal2
 en: xxx
  1 line blank
reverse
  blank space
1. mu# {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 ma-da za-ab-sza-li{ki} mu-hul
 en: xxx
left
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba SM catalogue: tablet basket (pisan-dub-ba) re rations of grain and emmer)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P110413

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions 39.0 mm × 33.0 mm × 16.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
complete ; two small holes on the left side of the tablet

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 1899.02.375
Accession Number 01753

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 004310

References

  • primary: STH 2 = HSS 4, 140

    [Hussey1915HSS4] Hussey, Mary I. 1915. Sumerian Tablets in the Harvard Semitic Museum. Part II: From the Time of the Dynasty of Ur. Harvard Semitic Series 4. Cambridge, U.S.A.: Harvard University Press.

  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 147

    [Nelson1976pisandubba] Nelson, Richard C. 1976. “Pisan-Dub-Ba Texts from the Sumerian Ur III Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Minnesota.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:18:02 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:31:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:13:34 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:04:06 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:18:45 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

“HSS 04, 140 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P110413.
HSS 04, 140 artifact entry (No. P110413). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P110413 (Original work published 2001)
HSS 04, 140 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P110413 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).
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}


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Cite this Artifact

“HSS 04, 140 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P110413.
HSS 04, 140 artifact entry (No. P110413). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P110413 (Original work published 2001)
HSS 04, 140 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P110413 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-28]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P110413},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P110413},
}


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