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, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

SM 1913.02.183

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Plan or Drawing (building floor plan SM catalogue: groundplan and measurements for a house (?))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

71.0 mm × 87.0 mm × 25.0 mm

Text

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.

Text content

Genre(s) Scholarly or scientific > Plan or Drawing (building floor plan SM catalogue: groundplan and measurements for a house (?))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P111942

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 71.0 mm × 87.0 mm × 25.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
complete; tablet is burnished

Provenance

Provenience uncertain (mod. uncertain)
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 1913.02.183
Accession Number 07500

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 014258

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-04 at 19:15:48 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2016-04-09 at 12:13:37 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2013-11-14 at 11:26:03 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:33:53 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:14:58 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:19:19 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“JCS 16, 081 HSM 7500 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P111942.
JCS 16, 081 HSM 7500 artifact entry (No. P111942). (2024, August 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P111942 (Original work published 2001)
JCS 16, 081 HSM 7500 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P111942 (Accessed: May 14, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P111942},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“JCS 16, 081 HSM 7500 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P111942.
JCS 16, 081 HSM 7500 artifact entry (No. P111942). (2024, August 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P111942 (Original work published 2001)
JCS 16, 081 HSM 7500 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P111942 (Accessed: May 14, 2026).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P111942},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P111942},
}


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