HSS 68, 578 (P407548)

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 1911.10.557

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: transfer of more than 600 [animals])

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

40.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 17.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 4(u) 7(disz) udu#?
2. kiszib3 lu2-nig2-dab5-ba-ke4-ne
3. u3 kiszib3 szu la2-a didli
4. ki du11-ga-ta
5. ab-ba-kal-la
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
  blank space
  seal impression
2. iti ezem-an-na
3. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 ma2-gur8 mah {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-[dim2]
seal 1
1. ab-ba-kal-la
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (SM catalogue: transfer of more than 600 [animals])
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 000003 (composite) (P429955) S000003 Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šū-Suen.02.09.00, Ibbi-Suen.02.07.00 ?

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P407548

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 40.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 17.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
obv.-- large salt blob over the top of the tablet.

Provenance

Provenience Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Museum Number SM 1911.10.557
Accession Number 08179 (SM catalogue: 2646)

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 189236

References

  • primary: HSS 68, 578

    [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
2022-03-04 at 17:25:13 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-06-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Ajango, Kelsey M.; Jones, Jillian; Notizia, Palmiro; Reynolds, Kathryn R. CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“HSS 68, 578 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P407548.
HSS 68, 578 artifact entry (No. P407548). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P407548
HSS 68, 578 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P407548 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“HSS 68, 578 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P407548.
HSS 68, 578 artifact entry (No. P407548). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P407548
HSS 68, 578 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P407548 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
	title = {HSS 68, 578 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P407548},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P407548},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2010/6/4/
PY  - 2010
ID  - P407548
LB  - CDLI:P407548
M1  - 2026/10/23/
TI  - HSS 68, 578 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P407548
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