HSS 68, 428 (P407377)

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 1911.10.374

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 grain as a regular offering (sa2-du11))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

32.0 mm × 29.0 mm × 15.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) sze gur lugal
2. sa2-du11 geme2-{d}nin-lil2-la2-ka-sze3
3. ki ki-tusz-lu2-ta
4. ur-{d}ig-alim
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
  blank space
2. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
3. mu us2-sa bad3 ma-da ba-du3

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (SM catalogue: receipt of grain as a regular offering (sa2-du11))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P407377

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 32.0 mm × 29.0 mm × 15.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
complete.

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 1911.10.374
Accession Number 07996 (SM catalogue: 2459)

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 189065

References

  • primary: HSS 68, 428

    [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
2022-08-14 at 18:27:26 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, 428 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P407377.
HSS 68, 428 artifact entry (No. P407377). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P407377
HSS 68, 428 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P407377 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).
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Cite this Artifacts

“HSS 68, 428 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P407377.
HSS 68, 428 artifact entry (No. P407377). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P407377
HSS 68, 428 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P407377 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).
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	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P407377},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P407377},
}

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