Orient 55, 167 no. 14 (P424394)
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, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USAMuseum Number
WCMA 20.1.27Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
AdministrativeLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
22.0 mm × 20.0 mm
tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) u8
en: 1 ewe,
2. ba-usz2 u4 3(u)-kam
en: slaughtered, the 30th day,
3. sza3 tum-ma-al
en: in Tummal;
4. ki en-dingir-mu-ta
en: from Endingirmu
reverse
1. {d}szul-gi-iri-mu
en: Šulgi-irimu
2. szu ba-ti
en: received;
3. iti ezem-{d}nin-a-zu
en: month: “festival of Ninazu,”
4. mu en {d}nanna ba-hun
en: year: “the en-priestess of Nanna was installed.”
obverse
1. 1(disz) u8
en: 1 ewe,
2. ba-usz2 u4 3(u)-kam
en: slaughtered, the 30th day,
3. sza3 tum-ma-al
en: in Tummal;
4. ki en-dingir-mu-ta
en: from Endingirmu
reverse
1. {d}szul-gi-iri-mu
en: Šulgi-irimu
2. szu ba-ti
en: received;
3. iti ezem-{d}nin-a-zu
en: month: “festival of Ninazu,”
4. mu en {d}nanna ba-hun
en: year: “the en-priestess of Nanna was installed.”
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): 22.0 high × 20.0 wide
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- Genre(s): Administrative
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: Orient 55, p.155-172, p. 167 no. 14
[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 20.1.27
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- Provenience: Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.04.05.30
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2017-12-04 at 17:25:42 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Transliteration | Foxvog, Daniel A. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-10-08 at 11:15:05 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-10-07 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Freedman, Sally M. | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (191559) (191559)
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Cite this Artifacts
“Orient 55, 167 No. 14 Artifact Entry.” 2011. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2011. https://cdli.earth/P424394.
Orient 55, 167 no. 14 artifact entry (No. P424394). (2011, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P424394
Orient 55, 167 no. 14 artifact entry (2011) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P424394 (Accessed: March 15, 2026).
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note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-15]},
year = {2011},
month = {oct 7},
title = {Orient 55, 167 no. 14 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P424394},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424394},
}
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