Orient 55, 169 no. 17 (P424386)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

WCMA 20.1.19

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

32.0 mm × 29.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) gu4 mu 1(asz)
 en: 1 bull (of) one year,
2. 5(disz) udu
 en: 5 sheep,
3. 1(disz) u8
 en: 1 ewe,
4. 1(disz) sila4
 en: 1 lamb,
5. ba-ug7 u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam
 en: slaughtered, on the 21st day;
6. ki du-u2-du-ta
 en: from Du'udu
reverse
1. {d}szul-gi-iri-gu10
 en: Šulgi-irigu
2. szu ba-ti
 en: has received;
3. iti u5-bi2-gu7
 en: month: “Eating Ubi-birds,”
4. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq-ti-id-ni-im mu-du3
 en: year: “Šu-Suen, king of Ur, erected the Amorite wall Muriq-tidnim.”
left
1. 1(disz) gu4 7(disz) udu

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P424386

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 32.0 mm × 29.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA
Museum Number WCMA 20.1.19
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 191551

References

  • primary: Orient 55, p.155-172, p. 169 no. 17

    [Liu2020Williams] Liu, Changyu. 2020. “The Neo-Sumerian Texts in the Williams College Museum of Art.” Orient, Report of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan 55: 155–72.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-22 at 16:00:22 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram Jagersma, Bram Approved View
2020-06-12 at 08:24:23 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI Approved View
2016-12-15 at 17:09:25 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-10-08 at 11:14:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-10-07 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Freedman, Sally M. CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“Orient 55, 169 No. 17 Artifact Entry.” 2011. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2011. https://cdli.earth/P424386.
Orient 55, 169 no. 17 artifact entry (No. P424386). (2011, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P424386
Orient 55, 169 no. 17 artifact entry (2011) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P424386 (Accessed: April 19, 2026).
@misc{2011Orient,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-19]},
	year = {2011},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {Orient 55, 169 no. 17 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P424386},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424386},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Orient 55, 169 No. 17 Artifact Entry.” 2011. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2011. https://cdli.earth/P424386.
Orient 55, 169 no. 17 artifact entry (No. P424386). (2011, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P424386
Orient 55, 169 no. 17 artifact entry (2011) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P424386 (Accessed: April 19, 2026).
@misc{2011Orient,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-19]},
	year = {2011},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {Orient 55, 169 no. 17 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P424386},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424386},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2011/10/7/
PY  - 2011
ID  - P424386
LB  - CDLI:P424386
M1  - 2026/4/19/
TI  - Orient 55, 169 no. 17 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P424386
ER  - 
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