PDT 1, 0415 (P125831)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist PD —

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) sila4 {d}en-lil2
2. mu-kux(DU) ur-mes sagi
3. 1(disz) sila4 {d}nusku
4. mu-kux(DU) zabar-dab5
5. 1(disz) masz2 niga {d}en-lil2
6. 1(disz) masz2 niga {d}nin-lil2
7. mu-kux(DU) lu2-geszkim-zi-da
8. 1(disz) sila4 {d}en-lil2
9. 1(disz) sila4 {d}nin-lil2
10. mu-kux(DU) szesz-da-da
reverse
1. 1(disz) sila4 hur-sag-ga-lam-ma
2. mu-kux(DU) s,e-lu-usz-{d}da-gan
3. 1(disz) sila4 {d}nanna
4. mu-kux(DU) kur-giri3-ni-sze3
5. zabar-dab5 maszkim
6. 1(disz) sila4 e2-uz-ga
7. mu-kux(DU) ARAD2-mu
8. a-a-kal-la maszkim
9. u4 1(disz)-kam
10. ki na-sa6-ta ba-zi
11. iti ezem-{d}nin-a-zu
12. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P125831

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
Museum Number Ist PD —
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 013122

References

  • primary: PDT 1, 415

    [Çig1954Puzriš-Dagan-Texte] Çığ, Muazzez İlmiye, Hatice Kızılyay, and Armas Salonen. 1954. Die Puzriš-Dagan-Texte Der Istanbuler Archäologischen Museen. Teil 1: Nrr. 1-725. Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae. Sarja-Ser. B, Nide-Tom. 92. Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennicae.

  • citation: Creating Economic Order (pp. 89-106), 93-94

    [Hallo2004Bookkeeping] Hallo, William W. 2004. “Bookkeeping in the 21st Century BCE.” Creating Economic Order : Record-Keeping, Standardization, and the Development of Accounting in the Ancient Near East , International Scholars Conference on Ancient Near Eastern Economies, 4: 89–106.

  • collation: Orient 24, p.108-123, p. 114

    [Gomi1988PDT1] Gomi, Tohru. 1988. “Neue Kollationen Zu Den Texten PDT, I.” Orient, Report of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan 24: 108–23.

  • collation: OrAnt 14, p.153-168, p. 160

    [Picchioni1975PDT1] Picchioni, Sergio A. 1975. “Miscellanea Neo-Sumerica, II: Collazione a Çığ, Kızılyay, Salonen, Die Puzriš-Dagan-Texte Der Istanbuler Archäologischen Museen. Teil 1.” Oriens Antiquus 14: 153–68.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-14 at 11:27:29 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:55:05 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:29:11 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:24:45 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

“PDT 1, 0415 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P125831.
PDT 1, 0415 artifact entry (No. P125831). (2024, July 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P125831 (Original work published 2001)
PDT 1, 0415 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P125831 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 14},
	title = {PDT 1, 0415 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P125831},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P125831},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“PDT 1, 0415 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P125831.
PDT 1, 0415 artifact entry (No. P125831). (2024, July 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P125831 (Original work published 2001)
PDT 1, 0415 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P125831 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).
@misc{2024PDT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 14},
	title = {PDT 1, 0415 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P125831},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P125831},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/14/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P125831
LB  - CDLI:P125831
M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - PDT 1, 0415 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P125831
ER  - 
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