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HSS 68, 380 (P407320)

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 1911.10.306

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 lambs and young gazelles)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

44.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 16.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(disz) sila4
2. 2(disz) amar masz-da3 nita2
3. 1(disz) amar masz-da3 munus
4. u4 6(disz)-[kam]
reverse
1. ki in-ta-e3-a-ta
2. du11-ga i3-dab5
3. iti masz-da3-gu7
4. mu us2-sa ma2 dara3-abzu ba-ab-du8
seal 1
1. ur-mes
2. dumu la-na kuruszda

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

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

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 44.0 high × 40.0 wide × 16.0 thick
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description: obv.-- bottom right corner chipped off; tablet was first sealed, then inscribed
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (SM catalogue: receipt of lambs and young gazelles)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: HSS 68, 380

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: SM 1911.10.306
Accession No.: 07928 (SM catalogue: 2391)

Provenience

Provenience: Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.03.01.06
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2022-08-13 at 08:25:29	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2010-06-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ajango, Kelsey M.; Jones, Jillian; Notizia, Palmiro; Reynolds, Kathryn R.		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (189008) (189008)

Seals

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)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“HSS 68, 380 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P407320.

HSS 68, 380 artifact entry (No. P407320). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P407320

HSS 68, 380 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P407320 (Accessed: April 4, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-04]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
	title = {HSS 68, 380 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P407320},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P407320},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“HSS 68, 380 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P407320.

HSS 68, 380 artifact entry (No. P407320). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P407320

HSS 68, 380 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P407320 (Accessed: April 4, 2026).

@misc{2010HSS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-04]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
	title = {HSS 68, 380 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P407320},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P407320},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2010/6/4/
PY  - 2010
ID  - P407320
LB  - CDLI:P407320
M1  - 2026/4/4/
TI  - HSS 68, 380 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P407320
ER  -