HSS 68, 587 (P407557)
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 1911.10.567Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (SM catalogue: sealed tablet: receipt of lambs)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
37.0 mm × 32.0 mm × 14.0 mmHas seal impression(s)
obverse
1. 2(disz) sila4
2. u4 3(u) la2 1(disz)-kam
3. ki in-ta-e3-a-ta
4. du11-ga i3-dab5
reverse
1. kiszib3 ur-mes
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seal impression
2. iti sze-sag11-ku5
3. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
1. ur-mes
2. dumu la-na kuruszda
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): 37.0 high × 32.0 wide × 14.0 thick
- Weight:
- Artifact Preservation:
- Condition Description: complete but left side of obv. heavily salted.
- Join Information:
- Seal no.:
- Seal information:
- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative (SM catalogue: sealed tablet: receipt of lambs)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: HSS 68, 587
[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 1911.10.567
- Accession No.: 08189 (SM catalogue: 2656)
- Provenience: Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
- Elevation:
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.01.12.29
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- Accounting Period:
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2022-03-04 at 17:25:12 | 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 (189245) (189245)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDLI Seals 000474 (composite) (P430570) | Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
Cite this Artifacts
@misc{2010HSS,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-03]},
year = {2010},
month = {jun 4},
title = {HSS 68, 587 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P407557},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P407557},
}
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