HSS 68, 489 (P407452)

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 1911.10.454

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: copy of a tablet recording the conveyance of talents & minas of a commodity--šu-sar-ka. (?))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

39.0 mm × 35.0 mm × 17.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. [n] gu2 1(u) 5(disz) ma-na szu-sar mangaga
2. en-nu-ta#?
3. mar-sa#? nu#?-kux(KWU636)-ra2
reverse
1. gaba-ri kiszib3 lu2-dingir-ra
2. giri3 szu-{d}nin-szubur
  blank space
3. iti u5-bi2-gu7

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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): 39.0 high × 35.0 wide × 17.0 thick
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  • Condition Description: tablet is complete but surface is worn and crumbly.
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (SM catalogue: copy of a tablet recording the conveyance of talents & minas of a commodity--šu-sar-ka. (?))
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: HSS 68, 489

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: SM 1911.10.454
  • Accession No.: 08076 (SM catalogue: 2540)

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
2025-03-16 at 13:17:27 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. Dahl, Jacob L. approved View
2022-08-15 at 13:06:25 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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Cite this Artifact
“HSS 68, 489 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P407452.
HSS 68, 489 artifact entry (No. P407452). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P407452
HSS 68, 489 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P407452 (Accessed: May 11, 2025).
@misc{2010HSS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-11]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
	title = {HSS 68, 489 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P407452},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P407452},
}


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