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

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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

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

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 32.0 high × 29.0 wide
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  • 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.

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  • Museum No.: WCMA 20.1.19
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.04.04.00
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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

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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: March 15, 2026).
@misc{2011Orient,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-15]},
	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  - 2026/3/15/
TI  - Orient 55, 169 no. 17 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P424386
ER  -

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: March 15, 2026).
@misc{2011Orient,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-15]},
	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  - 2026/3/15/
TI  - Orient 55, 169 no. 17 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P424386
ER  -
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