JCS 16, 081 HSM 7500 (P111942)
Plan or Drawing tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), 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, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USAMuseum Number
SM 1913.02.183Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
uncertain (mod. uncertain)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Scholarly or scientific > Plan or Drawing (building floor plan SM catalogue: groundplan and measurements for a house (?))Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
71.0 mm × 87.0 mm × 25.0 mm
tablet
obverse
1.a. 1(disz) ninda
en: 1 ninda
1.b. 1(disz) ninda 3(disz) kusz3
en: 1 ninda 3 cubits,
1.c. 1(disz) sar 1(u) 5(disz) gin2
en: 1 sar 15 shekels;
calculation: 1 × 1 3/12 ninda = 1 15/60 sar (ca. 45 sq m)
2.a. 2(disz) ninda 4(disz) kusz3
en: 2 ninda 4 cubits,
2.b1. 2(disz) 1/2(disz) ninda
en: 2 1/2 ninda,
2.b2. 2(disz) 1/2(disz) ninda 3(disz) kusz3
en: 2 1/2 ninda 3 cubits,
2.c. 6(disz) sar 7(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2
en: 6 sar 7 1/2 shekels;
calculation: 2 4/12 x (2 9/12 + 2 6/12)/2 = 6 7.5/60 sar (ca. 220.5 sq m)
4. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 5(disz)
en: 1.55;
5. 5(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz)
en: 5.16;
6. lu2-mah
en: Lu-maḫ.
reverse
1.a. 2(disz) ninda 4(disz) kusz3 dagal
en: 2 ninda 4 cubits the width,
1.b. 6(disz) ninda gid2
en: 6 ninda the length,
1.c. 1(u) 4(disz) sar
en: 14 sar;
calculation: 2 4/12 x 6 = 14 sar (ca. 504 sq m)
2. en-en
en: the lords.
obverse
1.a. 1(disz) ninda
en: 1 ninda
1.b. 1(disz) ninda 3(disz) kusz3
en: 1 ninda 3 cubits,
1.c. 1(disz) sar 1(u) 5(disz) gin2
en: 1 sar 15 shekels;
calculation: 1 × 1 3/12 ninda = 1 15/60 sar (ca. 45 sq m)
2.a. 2(disz) ninda 4(disz) kusz3
en: 2 ninda 4 cubits,
2.b1. 2(disz) 1/2(disz) ninda
en: 2 1/2 ninda,
2.b2. 2(disz) 1/2(disz) ninda 3(disz) kusz3
en: 2 1/2 ninda 3 cubits,
2.c. 6(disz) sar 7(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2
en: 6 sar 7 1/2 shekels;
calculation: 2 4/12 x (2 9/12 + 2 6/12)/2 = 6 7.5/60 sar (ca. 220.5 sq m)
4. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 5(disz)
en: 1.55;
5. 5(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz)
en: 5.16;
6. lu2-mah
en: Lu-maḫ.
reverse
1.a. 2(disz) ninda 4(disz) kusz3 dagal
en: 2 ninda 4 cubits the width,
1.b. 6(disz) ninda gid2
en: 6 ninda the length,
1.c. 1(u) 4(disz) sar
en: 14 sar;
calculation: 2 4/12 x 6 = 14 sar (ca. 504 sq m)
2. en-en
en: the lords.
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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
- Measurements (mm): 71.0 high × 87.0 wide × 25.0 thick
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- Condition Description: complete; tablet is burnished
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- Genre(s): Scholarly or scientific > Plan or Drawing (building floor plan SM catalogue: groundplan and measurements for a house (?))
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: JCS 16 (pp. 78-81), 081 HSM 7500
[Edzard1962TextsFragments] Edzard, Dietz Otto. 1962. “Texts and Fragments 43-48.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 16 (3): 78–81. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359155.
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- Museum No.: SM 1913.02.183
- Accession No.: 07500
- Provenience: uncertain (mod. uncertain)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: --.--.00.00
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- Accounting Period: 0
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-08-04 at 19:15:48 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2016-04-09 at 12:13:37 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2013-11-14 at 11:26:03 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-07-22 at 13:33:53 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-05-02 at 14:14:58 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:19:19 | CDLI | Atf | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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| 2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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