HSS 03, 21 (P221330)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

SM 1904.07.002

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: Sasa? allots grain as rations to the slave-women and their children (geme2-dumu))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

152.0 mm × 151.0 mm × 26.0 mm

tablet
column 1
1. 4(ban2@c) sze-ba
2. sa6#-sa6
3. 5(asz@c) dumu nita 2(ban2@c)
4. 2(asz@c) dumu munus 2(ban2@c)
5. 4(ban2@c) nin-ama-na
6. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
7. 3(ban2@c) a-ra2-nu2
8. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
9. 3(ban2@c) e2-ki-DU-DU-mu
10. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
11. 3(asz@c)# dumu munus 2(ban2@c)
12. [3(ban2@c) nu]-mu-na-szum2-mu
13. [3(ban2@c)] nin-ku3-su
14. [2(ban2@c)] dumu munus
15. [3(ban2@c)] nin#-kisal-sze3
16. [3(ban2@c)] nin#-ra-a-na#-gu-lu5
17. 3(ban2@c)# nin-iri-[da]-kusz2#
column 2
1. 3(ban2@c) nin-e2-unu{ki}-ga-nir-gal2
2. 3(ban2@c) e2-hi-li
3. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
4. 3(ban2@c) e2-hi-li
5. 2(disz@t)-kam-ma
6. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
7. 3(ban2@c) e2-ku3
8. 3(ban2@c) e2-ku3
9. 2(disz@t)-kam-ma
10. 3(ban2@c) geme2-ganun
11. 3(ban2@c) geme2-e2-zi-da
12. 3(ban2@c) iri-na-a-na-gu-lu5
13. 3(ban2@c) be2-su-ga2
14. 3(ban2@c) uszur3-ra-sa6
15. 3(asz@c) nu-siki munus 2(ban2@c)!
16. szu-nigin2 2(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)#
17. 2(u@c) la2 3(asz@c) geme2 3(ban2@c)
column 3
1. 3(asz@c) nu-siki munus 3(ban2@c)
2. 8(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
3. 8(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
4. sze-bi 4(asz@c) 4(ban2@c) geszgal-si
5. 4(ban2@c) ZUM
6. 4(ban2@c) nin-mu-su-da
7. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
8. 4(ban2@c) gu-u9
9. 4(ban2@c) nin-da-nu-me-a
10. 3(ban2@c) nin-u3-ma
11. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
12. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
13. 3(ban2@c) nin-al-sa6
14. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
15. 3(ban2@c) ama-bi-a-ra2-nu2
16. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
17. 3(asz@c) dumu munus 2(ban2@c)
18. 3(ban2@c) ama-sa6-ga
19. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
20. [3(ban2@c)] zi-zi
column 4
1. 2(asz@c) dumu munus 2(ban2@c)
2. 3(ban2@c) geme2-e2-zi-da
3. 3(ban2@c) kisz-a-bi2-tusz
4. 3(ban2@c) geme2-ganun
5. 3(ban2@c) e2-nun-ne2
6. 3(ban2@c) geme2-e2-dam
7. 3(ban2@c) tasz3-ni-tum
8. 3(ban2@c) nin-bara2-ge
9. 3(ban2@c) szesz-an-edin#-na
10. 3(ban2@c) igi-bar-lu2-ti#
11. 3(ban2@c) da-na
12. 3(ban2@c) zex(|AB2.SZA3.GI|)-na
13. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
14. 1(asz@c) nu-siki nita 3(ban2@c)
15. 2(asz@c) nu-siki munus 3(ban2@c)
16. 4(ban2@c) nin-inim-zi-da
17. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
18. szu-nigin2 5(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
19. 1(u@c) 6(asz@c) geme2# [3(ban2@c)]
20. 1(asz@c)# nu-siki nita 3(ban2@c)
column 5
1. 2(asz@c) nu-siki munus 3(ban2@c)
2. 3(asz@c) sza3#-du10 nita# 2(ban2@c)
3. 1(u@c) sza3#-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
4. sze-bi 4(asz@c)# 1(barig@c) 1(ban2@c) nin-inim-zi-da
5. 4(ban2@c) ag-ga-ga
6. 4(ban2@c) {d}nin-mar{ki}-ama-pa4-pa4
7. 3(ban2@c) a-am6-ma
8. 3(ban2@c) KA-sa6
9. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
10. 3(ban2@c) ma-ma-tum
11. 3(ban2@c) za!(A)-na
12. 3(ban2@c) si-PI-DU
13. 3(ban2@c) {d}inanna-dingir-mu
14. 3(ban2@c) USZ-ni-tum
15. 3(ban2@c) {d}ba-ba6-gin7-[a]-ba-sa6#
16. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus!
17. 3(ban2@c) me-kisal-le#
18. 3(ban2@c) [me-me]
19. 2(ban2@c) dumu# munus
20. [3(ban2@c)] szesz-da#-gal#-di
21. 3(ban2@c)# [USZ]-ni-tum
column 6
1. 2(disz@t)-kam-ma
2. sag# dub-me
3. 3(ban2@c)# nin#-tesz2-mu
4. [3(ban2@c)] gan#-ezem
5. gu2-ba-me
6. szu-nigin2 2(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
7. 1(u@c) 4(asz@c) geme2 3(ban2@c)
8. 1(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
9. 2(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
10. sze-bi 2(asz@c) 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) {d}nansze-da-nu-me-a#
11. 4(ban2@c) si#-um-me
12. 4(ban2@c) U2-U2
13. 4(ban2@c) ba-ri-gi4
14. 4(ban2@c) nam#-szita-mu-bi2-du11
15. 2(ban2@c) dumu# nita
16. [2(ban2@c)] dumu# munus
17. [4(ban2@c) e-ba]-ni#
18. 4(ban2@c)# dam-a-mu
19. 2(ban2@c)# dumu munus
20. 4(ban2@c)# e2#-zi-sza3-gal2#
21. 2(ban2@c) dumu# nita
22. 4(ban2@c) utu-ama-mu
column 7
1. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
2. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus#
3. 4(ban2@c) nin-mu-da-kusz2
4. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
5. 4(ban2@c) si-ma
6. 4(ban2@c) ha-szi
7. 4(ban2@c) nin-um-me-da
8. 4(ban2@c) {d}nin-szubur-ama-mu
9. 4(ban2@c) {d}ba-ba6-na-nam#
10. szu-nigin2 1(u@c) 4(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
11. 4(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
12. 3(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
13. sze-bi 3(asz@c) la2 2(ban2@c) igi-bar
14. ki-siki-me
15. 3(ban2@c) nin-tur
16. 3(ban2@c) nin-bara2-da-ri2
17. 2(asz@c) dumu munus 2(ban2@c)
18. 4(ban2@c) szesz-e#-a-na-ak#
19. 2(asz@c) dumu# nita 2(ban2@c)
column 8
1. 3(ban2@c) nin-szer7-zi
2. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
3. 3(ban2@c) nin-bara2-da-ri2
4. 2(disz@t)-kam-ma
5. 4(ban2@c) sza3-ge-a-ra2-bi2#-du11
6. szu-nigin2# 2(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
7. 4(asz@c) geme2 3(ban2@c)
8. 2(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita# 2(ban2@c)
9. 3(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
10. sze-bi 1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) ki-gu-me
11. 4(ban2@c) sa-{d}si-bi2
12. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
13. 4(ban2@c) min-na-ni
14. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
15. 4(ban2@c) nin-tesz2-mu
16. 4(ban2@c) nin#-ma-de6
17. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
18. 4(ban2@c) {d}ba-ba6-dingir-mu
19. 4(ban2@c) nin-ab-gu
column 9
1. 4(ban2@c) {d}nin-szubur#-ama-mu
2. 4(ban2@c)# nig2-erim2#-bar-ra
3. 2(ban2@c)# dumu# nita#
4. [4(ban2@c) a]-ha#-ti#
5. [4(ban2@c)] za#-na#
6. 4(ban2@c) be2-su-ga2#
7. szu-nigin2# 1(u@c) 1(asz@c) geme2# 4(ban2@c)#
8. 2(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita# 2(ban2@c)
9. 2(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
10. sze-bi [2(asz@c)] 4(ban2@c)#? masz-da3#
11. 4(ban2@c) zi#-la-la
12. 4(ban2@c)# nin#-[ab]-gu
13. 4(ban2@c) {d#}ba-ba6-ama-mu
14. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
15. 4(ban2@c) nin-[da]-nu-me-a#
16. 4(ban2@c) nin-igi-tab-mu#
17. 4(ban2@c) nin-e-an-su
18. 2(asz@c) dumu nita# 2(ban2@c)
19. 4(ban2@c) ga2-ka-nam-he2#-ti#
reverse
column 1
1. 2(asz@c) dumu nita 2(ban2@c)
2. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
3. 4(ban2@c) zi-le#
4. 4(ban2@c) a-ha-szi
5. 4(ban2@c) NI-su-ba
6. 4(ban2@c)# ag#-ga-ga
7. 4(ban2@c) USZ-ni-tum
8. 4(ban2@c) {gesz}ban
9. 4(ban2@c) {d}ba-ba6-utu-mu
10. 4(ban2@c) zi-le
11. munus-me
12. szu-nigin2 1(u@c) 5(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
13. 5(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
14. 1(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
15. sze-bi 3(asz@c) ur2-mud
16. 4(ban2@c) sun2#-ama-mu
17. 4(ban2@c) sig4-ga2-na-gi4
18. 2(asz@c) dumu nita 2(ban2@c)
column 2
1. 4(ban2@c) nin-iri-ezem-me-he2-gam-gam
2. 4(ban2@c) nin-kas4-il2-il2
3. 4(ban2@c) uszur3#-gin7-du10
4. munus-me
5. 1(barig@c) 2(ban2) a-gil-sa
6. u2-bil
7. szu-nigin2 1(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
8. 5(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
9. 2(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
10. sze-bi 1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) i3-li2-be6-li2
11. 4(ban2@c) za-na
12. 4(ban2@c) nin-lu2-mu
13. 4(ban2@c) nam-iri-ni-sze3
14. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
15. 4(ban2@c) nin-nig2-u-mu
16. 4(ban2@c) zi-le
17. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
18. 4(ban2@c)# nin-iri-da-kusz2
column 3
1. munus#-me
2. 1(barig@c) 4(ban2@c) [ad]-da
3. munu4 gaz
4. szu-nigin2 1(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c) 4(ban2@c)
5. 6(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
6. 2(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
7. sze-bi 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) amar-giri16#{ki#}
8. {lu2#}lungax(|BIxNIG2|) [me]
9. 4(ban2@c)# [nin]-tesz2-mu
10. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
11. 4(ban2@c) nin-ba-ba
12. sze-bi 1(barig@c) 4(ban2@c) puzur4-ma-ma
13. 4(ban2@c) sal-la
14. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
15. 4(ban2@c)# sila4-tur
16. sze-bi 1(barig@c) 4(ban2@c) bara2-zi
17. geme2 kikken-me
18. 4(ban2@c) nin-mu-da-kusz2
19. 4(ban2@c) {d}ba-ba6-i3-kusz2
20. geme2 |NUNUZ.KISIM5x(GUG2.MUNU4)|-me
21. 3(ban2@c) i7-lu2-dadag
column 4
1. 2(asz@c) dumu munus 2(ban2@c)
2. 3(ban2@c) nin-lu2-ti-ti
3. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
4. a-ga-am-me
5. 3(ban2@c) nin-tigix(|E2.BALAG|)-ni-du10
6. gala
7. 3(ban2@c) nin-esz2-dam-me-ki-ag2
8. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
9. 3(ban2@c) nin-u3-ma
10. 3(ban2@c) nin-lum-ma-ki-ag2
11. 3(ban2@c) SZIM-tusz-sze3
12. 3(ban2@c) munus-sa6
13. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
14. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
15. nin-gal-lam
16. 3(asz@c) dumu nita 2(ban2@c)
17. 3(ban2@c) su6-mu2
18. 3(ban2@c) e2-ki-be2-gi4
19. 2(asz@c) dumu nita 2(ban2@c)
20. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
21. 3(ban2@c) dam-a-mu
22. 2(asz@c) dumu munus 2(ban2@c)
column 5
1. 3(ban2@c) {d}ba-ba6-zi-mu
2. 2(asz@c) dumu munus 2(ban2@c)
3. 3(ban2@c) nin-sza3-la2-tuku
4. 2(asz@c) dumu munus 2(ban2@c)
5. 3(ban2@c) za#-na
6. {d}ba#-ba6-ig-gal
7. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
8. 3(ban2@c) {d}asznan-ama-mu
9. 3(ban2@c) nin-ur2-ni
10. 3(ban2@c) nam-dam
11. 3(ban2@c) {d}ba-ba6-tesz2-mu
12. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
13. 1(asz@c) nu-siki munus 4(ban2@c)
14. 4(ban2@c) ne-sag
15. a-dun-am6
16. umma{ki}-kam
17. szu-nigin2 1(asz@c) lu2 4(ban2@c)
18. 1(asz@c) munus 4(ban2@c)
19. 1(u@c) 6(asz@c) geme2 3(ban2@c)
20. 6(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
column 6
1. 1(u@c) 1(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
2. sze-bi 4(asz@c) la2 2(barig@c)#
3. geme2 szah2 nig2-gu7-a-me
4. 3(ban2) szesz-a-mu
5. geme2 masz-kam
6. lugal-pa-e3
7. sipa szah2
column 7
1. szu-nigin2 1(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c) 4(ban2@c)
2. 1(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
3. 1(asz@c) lu2 4(ban2@c)
4. 1(asz@c) lu2 3(ban2@c)
5. 3(u@c) 3(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
6. [nita]-me
7. 1(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) la2 1(asz@c) munus 4(ban2@c)
8. 1(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) 4(asz@c) munus 3(ban2@c)
9. 5(u@c) <la2> 3(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
column 8
1. [gu2]-an#-sze3 3(gesz2@c) 5(u@c) [la2] 3(asz@c) lu2 tur mah-ba
2. [sze]-bi# 3(u@c) la2# 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 1(ban2@c) [gur] saggal#
3. [sze]-ba geme2 dumu u2-rum
4. {d}ba-ba6
5. iti ezem-munu4-gu7
6. {d}nin-gir2#-[su-ka-ka]
7. en#-[ig-gal]
8. [nu-banda3]
9. [ganun] kiri6-ta#
10. e#-ne-[ba]
11. sa6#-[sa6]
12. [dam URU]-KA#-gi-na
column 9
1. lugal
2. lagasz{ki}-ka 2(|ASZxDISZ@t|)
3. [1(u)] la2# 1(disz@t) ba-am6

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 152.0 high × 151.0 wide × 26.0 thick
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  • Condition Description: obv.-- some gouges; rev.--left hand columns now very worn; flaking.
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (SM catalogue: Sasa? allots grain as rations to the slave-women and their children (geme2-dumu))
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: STH 1 = HSS 3, 21

    [Hussey1912HSS3] Hussey, Mary I. 1912. Sumerian Tablets in the Harvard Semitic Museum. Part I: Chiefly from the Reigns of Lugalanda and Urukagina of Lagash. Harvard Semitic Series 3. Cambridge, U.S.A.: Harvard University.

  • history: FAOS 15/2, 20

    [Selz1993FAOS15/2] Selz, Gebhard J. 1993. Altsumerische Verwaltungstexte Aus Lagaš. Teil 2: Altsumerische Wirtschaftsurkunden Aus Amerikanischen Sammlungen. Freiburger Altorientalische Studien, Band 15/2. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SM 1904.07.002
  • Accession No.: 03718 (SM catalogue: 0980)

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Urukagina_l.02.09b.00 ?
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“HSS 03, 21 Artifact Entry.” 2003. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 26, 2003. https://cdli.earth/P221330.
HSS 03, 21 artifact entry (No. P221330). (2003, February 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P221330
HSS 03, 21 artifact entry (2003) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P221330 (Accessed: July 21, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-21]},
	year = {2003},
	month = {feb 26},
	title = {HSS 03, 21 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P221330},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P221330},
}


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