HSS 68, 457 (P407415)
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, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USAMuseum Number
SM 1911.10.414Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (SM catalogue: copy of a tablet listing deliveries of livestock)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
51.0 mm × 41.0 mm × 18.0 mm
tablet
obverse
1. 4(disz) ab2
2. 1(u) 7(disz) udu u2
3. 4(disz) {munus}asz2-gar3
4. kiszib3 szu-i3-li2
5. 5(u) 6(disz) udu u2
6. kiszib3-bi 3(disz)-am3
reverse
1. kiszib3 ur-ku3-nun-na
2. 3(disz) [x]
3. kiszib3 ur-[...]
blank space
4. gaba-ri kiszib3 [x]
blank space
obverse
1. 4(disz) ab2
2. 1(u) 7(disz) udu u2
3. 4(disz) {munus}asz2-gar3
4. kiszib3 szu-i3-li2
5. 5(u) 6(disz) udu u2
6. kiszib3-bi 3(disz)-am3
reverse
1. kiszib3 ur-ku3-nun-na
2. 3(disz) [x]
3. kiszib3 ur-[...]
blank space
4. gaba-ri kiszib3 [x]
blank space
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)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
- Measurements (mm): 51.0 high × 41.0 wide × 18.0 thick
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- Artifact Preservation:
- Condition Description: rev.-- damage to right edge.
- Join Information:
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- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative (SM catalogue: copy of a tablet listing deliveries of livestock)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: HSS 68, 457
[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 1911.10.414
- Accession No.: 08036 (SM catalogue: 2499)
- Provenience: Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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- Accounting Period:
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2022-08-15 at 09:24:40 | Firth, Richard | Atf | Firth, Richard | CDLI | approved |
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| 2010-06-04 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Ajango, Kelsey M.; Jones, Jillian; Notizia, Palmiro; Reynolds, Kathryn R. | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (189103) (189103)
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Cite this Artifact
“HSS 68, 457 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P407415.
HSS 68, 457 artifact entry (No. P407415). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P407415
HSS 68, 457 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P407415 (Accessed: September 28, 2025).
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