HSS 68, 511 (P407478)
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 1911.10.482Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (SM catalogue: list of deliveries of sheep from the first of the month to the 30th of the month šu-eš-ša)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
49.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 20.0 mm
obverse
1. 1(u) 2(disz) udu u4 1(disz)-kam
2. 5(gesz2) la2 2(disz) udu u4 2(disz)-kam
3. 3(gesz2) udu u4 4(disz)-kam
4. 40 udu u4 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam
5. 1(gesz2) udu u4 1(u)-kam
6. 2(gesz2) udu u4 2(u) la2 2(disz)-kam
7. 4(gesz2) udu u4 2(u) la2 1(disz)-kam sza3-bi lugal-sza3-la2
8. 1(gesz2) 5(u) udu u4 2(u)-kam
9. 1(gesz2) udu u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam
10. 1(gesz2) [n] 1(disz) udu u4 2(u) 2(disz)-kam
11. [n] 2(u) 5(disz) udu u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam
reverse
1. 2(u) 2(disz) udu u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam
2. 1(gesz'u) udu u4 2(u) 6(disz)-kam
3. 1(gesz'u) udu u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam
4. 2(gesz2) udu u4 3(u) la2 2(disz)-kam
5. 1(gesz2) udu u4 3(u) la2 1(disz)-kam
6. 1(gesz2) udu u4 3(u)-kam
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7. mu-kux(DU) iti szu-esz-sza
8. mu us2-sa e2 ba-du3-a mu us2-sa-bi
left
1. szunigin 1(szar2) 1(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) udu
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): 49.0 high × 38.0 wide × 20.0 thick
- Weight:
- Artifact Preservation:
- Condition Description: complete. obv.-- salt blob on lower left corner.
- Join Information:
- Seal no.:
- Seal information:
- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative (SM catalogue: list of deliveries of sheep from the first of the month to the 30th of the month šu-eš-ša)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: HSS 68, 511
[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 1911.10.482
- Accession No.: 08104 (SM catalogue: 2570)
- Provenience: Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
- Elevation:
- Stratigraphic Level:
- Excavation No:
- Findspot Square:
- Findspot Comments:
- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šulgi.41.08.30
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2022-08-19 at 09:15:56 | Firth, Richard | Transliteration | Firth, Richard | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2010-06-04 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | 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 (189166) (189166)
Cite this Artifacts
@misc{2010HSS,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-04]},
year = {2010},
month = {jun 4},
title = {HSS 68, 511 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P407478},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P407478},
}
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