HSS 68, 539 (P407509)

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 1911.10.516

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: sealed tablet: receipt of goats, seal of urkugnunna)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

51.0 mm × 48.0 mm × 20.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(u) 6(disz) masz2
2. [ki] lu2-{d}suen-ta
3. ur-ku3-nun-na i3-dab5
reverse
  blank space
  seal impression
1. mu [{d}szu]-{d}suen lugal-e e2 {d}szara2 umma{ki}-ka mu-du3
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szu-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 1
1. ur-ku3-nun-na
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su kuruszda
4. ARAD2-zu

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (SM catalogue: sealed tablet: receipt of goats, seal of urkugnunna)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 000466 (composite) (P430562) S000466 Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šū-Suen.01.00.00, Ibbi-Suen.02.10.00

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P407509

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 51.0 mm × 48.0 mm × 20.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
complete. some salting; first sealed, then inscribed

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 1911.10.516
Accession Number 08138 (SM catalogue: 2605)

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 189197

References

  • primary: HSS 68, 539

    [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
2022-02-22 at 13:30:25 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, 539 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P407509.
HSS 68, 539 artifact entry (No. P407509). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P407509
HSS 68, 539 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P407509 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P407509},
}


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M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - HSS 68, 539 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“HSS 68, 539 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P407509.
HSS 68, 539 artifact entry (No. P407509). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P407509
HSS 68, 539 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P407509 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
	title = {HSS 68, 539 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P407509},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P407509},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2010/6/4/
PY  - 2010
ID  - P407509
LB  - CDLI:P407509
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - HSS 68, 539 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P407509
ER  -
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