HSS 68, 016 (P406782)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), 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 1911.03.019

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: receipt of sheep and goats)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

55.0 mm × 44.0 mm × 19.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u)#? 3(disz)#? udu
2. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 3(disz) u8
3. 1(gesz2) 3(disz) masz2 gesz-du3
4. 4(u) la2 1(disz@t) ud5 masz2 hi-a
5. 1(u) ud5 masz2 nu-a
reverse
1. ki! a-a-dingir-ta
2. ur-mes i3-dab5
  blank space
3. iti masz-da3-gu7
4. mu us2-sa ma2 dara3-[abzu {d}en-ki ba]-ab#-du8
seal 1
1. ur-mes
2. dumu la-na kuruszda

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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
  • Measurements (mm): 55.0 high × 44.0 wide × 19.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description: obv. -- top left and rev. lower left broken away; tablet was first sealed, then inscribed
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: HSS 68, 16

    [Liu2021HSS68] Liu, Changyu. 2021. The Ur III Administrative Texts from Puzrish-Dagan Kept in the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East. Harvard Semitic Series 68. Leiden, Boston: Brill.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SM 1911.03.019
  • Accession No.: 06989 (SM catalogue: 1773)

  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.03.01.00
  • Alternative Years:
  • Date Comments:
  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2015-05-05 at 10:20:28 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-04-28 at 20:36:35 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2010-06-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ajango, Kelsey M.; Jones, Jillian; Notizia, Palmiro; Reynolds, Kathryn R. CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 000474 (composite) (P430570) Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“HSS 68, 016 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P406782.
HSS 68, 016 artifact entry (No. P406782). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P406782
HSS 68, 016 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P406782 (Accessed: April 27, 2025).
@misc{2010HSS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-27]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
	title = {HSS 68, 016 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P406782},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P406782},
}


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