SM 1909.05.334 (P406457)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), 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

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Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

SM 1909.05.334

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: list of names--only left portion of tablet is preserved)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

105.0 mm × 41.0 mm × 23.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (SM catalogue: list of names--only left portion of tablet is preserved)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P406457
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P406457

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	105.0 mm × 41.0 mm × 23.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	right of tablet missing.

Provenance

Provenience	Girsu (mod. Tello) [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 1909.05.334
Accession Number	06498 (SM catalogue: 1403)

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	188244

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2010-06-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ajango, Kelsey M.; Jones, Jillian; Notizia, Palmiro; Reynolds, Kathryn R.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“SM 1909.05.334 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P406457.

SM 1909.05.334 artifact entry (No. P406457). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P406457

SM 1909.05.334 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P406457 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P406457},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“SM 1909.05.334 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P406457.

SM 1909.05.334 artifact entry (No. P406457). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P406457

SM 1909.05.334 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P406457 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

@misc{2010SM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
	title = {SM 1909.05.334 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P406457},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P406457},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2010/6/4/
PY  - 2010
ID  - P406457
LB  - CDLI:P406457
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - SM 1909.05.334 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P406457
ER  -