HSS 68, 260 (P407158)

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

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

SM 1911.10.125

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: fragment of an account of oxen and sheep)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

47.0 mm × 77.0 mm × 24.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
  broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-ru-um{ki}
  blank space
column 3
  beginning broken
1'. [n] gu4 niga#
2'. 4(disz) udu niga saga
3'. 2(u) udu
  blank space
4'. suhusz-ki-in
5'. 3(disz) gu4 niga
reverse
column 1
1. 3(u) udu
  blank space
2. szu-esz18-dar
3. 2(disz) gu4 niga
4. 2(u) udu
  blank space
  rest broken
column 2
1. 3(disz) gu4 niga
2. 3(u) udu
  blank space
3. ur-nigar{gar} ka2 {d}szara2
4. [n] gu4 niga
  rest broken
column 3
1. [... s,i]-lu-usz-[{d}]da#-gan
2. [...] niga
3. [...] udu
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (SM catalogue: fragment of an account of oxen and sheep)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P407158

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 47.0 mm × 77.0 mm × 24.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
obv.-- bottom six lines of left-most column only are preserved. bottom edge and right edge are the original edges of the tablet. rev.-- top six lines or so of rev. col. i and rev. col. ii are preserved; half of rev. col. iii is broken away; tablet has a

Provenance

Provenience Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Museum Number SM 1911.10.125
Accession Number 07747 (SM catalogue: 2209)

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 188846

References

  • primary: HSS 68, 260

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2022-08-17 at 17:47:30 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2010-06-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Ajango, Kelsey M.; Jones, Jillian; Notizia, Palmiro; Reynolds, Kathryn R. CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“HSS 68, 260 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P407158.
HSS 68, 260 artifact entry (No. P407158). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P407158
HSS 68, 260 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P407158 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).
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Cite this Artifacts

“HSS 68, 260 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P407158.
HSS 68, 260 artifact entry (No. P407158). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P407158
HSS 68, 260 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P407158 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).
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	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P407158},
}

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