HSS 10, 087 (P213353)

Administrative tablet excavated in Gasur/Nuzi (mod. Yorgan Tepe), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Cite

Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

SM 1998.04.047

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Gasur/Nuzi (mod. Yorgan Tepe)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: a record of barley and emmer apparently paid out to šu-ištar in the city of great mašgan by the sag-sug5 official zuzu)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

35.0 mm × 28.0 mm × 13.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [...] _sze# gur_
2. 4(u@c) 2(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) _ziz2 gur_
3. _sze gesz ra-a_
4. szu-esz18-dar
5. in masz-kan2{ki}-gal
reverse
blank space
1. zu-zu
2. _sa12-du5_
blank space

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (SM catalogue: a record of barley and emmer apparently paid out to šu-ištar in the city of great mašgan by the sag-sug5 official zuzu)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P213353
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P213353

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	35.0 mm × 28.0 mm × 13.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	top obverse broken

Provenance

Provenience	Gasur/Nuzi (mod. Yorgan Tepe)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot	L 4
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation	P V

Collections

Collection(s)	Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Museum Number	SM 1998.04.047
Accession Number	(SMN) 4211

References

primary: HSS 10, 87

[Meek1935HSS10] Meek, Theophile J. 1935. Excavations at Nuzi. Volume 3: Old Akkadian, Sumerian, and Cappadocian Texts from Nuzi. Harvard Semitic Series, Volume 10. Cambridge, U.S.A.: Harvard University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2026-08-13 at 16:24:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2015-02-05 at 12:16:36	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2013-11-14 at 11:14:39	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31	Brumfield, Sara	Transliteration	Brumfield, Sara	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:33:29	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“HSS 10, 087 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 13, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P213353.

HSS 10, 087 artifact entry (No. P213353). (2026, August 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P213353 (Original work published 1970)

HSS 10, 087 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P213353 (Accessed: November 6, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P213353},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“HSS 10, 087 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 13, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P213353.

HSS 10, 087 artifact entry (No. P213353). (2026, August 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P213353 (Original work published 1970)

HSS 10, 087 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P213353 (Accessed: November 6, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-06]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {aug 13},
	title = {HSS 10, 087 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P213353},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P213353},
}

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PY  - 2026
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M1  - 2026/11/6/
TI  - HSS 10, 087 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P213353
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