Rochester 249 (P128346)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Crozer Theological Seminary, Rochester, New York, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Crozer Theological Seminary, Rochester, New York, USA

Museum Number

Crozer 074

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

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tablet
obverse
1. [...] 1(gesz2) 5(u) 4(asz) 1/3(asz) gu2 gi-zi
2. ur-{d}lamma dub-sar
3. 1(szar2) 1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 4(asz) 1/2(asz) gu2
4. lu2-{d}nansze dub-sar
5. sza3 puzur4-isz-da-gan
6. [...] 6(gesz2) 2(u) 8(asz) 1/3(asz) gu2
7. [ur]-{d}lamma dub-sar
reverse
1. [x gu2]
2. lu2-{d}[nansze] dub-sar
3. sza3 nibru{ki}
4. 2(szar2) 6(gesz2) 1(u) 2(asz) gu2
5. a2 dumu dab5-ba
6. ki sukkal-mah-ta
7. mu-kux(DU)
8. puzur4-{d}en-lil2
9. szu ba-ti
10. giri3 u3-ma-ni
11. iti ezem-{d}nin-a-zu
12. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki}-ga masz2-e i3-pa3
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}i-bi2-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba-ke4?
column 2
1. [puzur4]-{d}EN-[x ...]
2. [...]
3. ARAD2-da-ni-ir?
4. in-na-ba
  following Tsouparopoulou

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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
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  • primary: Rochester, 249

    [Sigrist1991Rochester] Sigrist, Marcel. 1991. Documents from Tablet Collections in Rochester, New York. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

    Reeds delivered to Puzur-Enlil

  • history: HSAO 16, 320

    [Tsouparopoulou2015HSAO16] Tsouparopoulou, Christina. 2015. The Ur III Seals Impressed on Documents from Puzriš-Dagān (Drehem). Heidelberger Studien Zum Alten Orient, Band 16. Heidelberg: Heidelberger Orientverlag.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: Crozer 074
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.02.06.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-07-18 at 10:01:09 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-07-18 at 08:21:01 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2019-09-03 at 06:00:06 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2018-08-23 at 08:56:41 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2016-07-28 at 15:57:24 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2013-07-22 at 17:24:01 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-07-21 at 17:28:54 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:59:04 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:31:52 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:25:49 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 000330 (composite) (P430426) Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“Rochester 249 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 18, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P128346.
Rochester 249 artifact entry (No. P128346). (2023, July 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P128346 (Original work published 2001)
Rochester 249 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P128346 (Accessed: July 21, 2025).
@misc{2023Rochester,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-21]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jul 18},
	title = {Rochester 249 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P128346},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P128346},
}


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