HSS 68, 450 (P407402)

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 1911.10.399

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: expenditure of sheep for the goddesses ninlil and Inanna on the occasion of the eš3-eš3 festival. tablet is large and sealed)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

61.0 mm × 44.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) udu niga 3(disz)-kam us2
2. 2(disz) udu [niga] 4(disz)-kam us2
3. {d}nin-lil2
4. esz3-esz3 e2-u4-7(disz)
5. lugal kux(KWU636)-ra
6. 1(disz) udu niga 4(disz)-kam us2
7. 1(disz) {munus}asz2-gar3 niga 3(disz)-kam us2
8. {d}inanna
reverse
1. [...] 4(disz)-kam us2
2. [{d}]utu
3. siskur2 sza3 e2-gal
  blank space
  seal impression
4. iti u4 5(disz) ba-zal
5. ki {d}en-lil2-zi-sza3-gal2-ta
6. ba-zi
7. iti ezem-me-ki-gal2
8. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e si-ma-num2{ki} mu-hul
seal 1
1. {d}szu-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
5. ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
6. dub-sar
7. dumu ur-{d}ha-ia3
8. ARAD2-zu

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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): 61.0 high × 44.0 wide × 18.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description: rev.-- top left broken off. otherwise complete; tablet was inscribed, then sealed (seal grooves overcut the signs)
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (SM catalogue: expenditure of sheep for the goddesses ninlil and Inanna on the occasion of the eš3-eš3 festival. tablet is large and sealed)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: HSS 68, 450

    [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 1911.10.399
  • Accession No.: 08021 (SM catalogue: 2484)

  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.03.11.05
  • Alternative Years:
  • Date Comments:
  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-03-18 at 14:29:34 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. Dahl, Jacob L. approved View
2022-08-13 at 09:09:53 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard 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 000518 (composite) (P430614) Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.08.05.14, Šū-Suen.09.06.15

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Cite this Artifact
“HSS 68, 450 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P407402.
HSS 68, 450 artifact entry (No. P407402). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P407402
HSS 68, 450 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P407402 (Accessed: May 16, 2025).
@misc{2010HSS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-16]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
	title = {HSS 68, 450 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P407402},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P407402},
}


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