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, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

WCMA 20.1.27

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

22.0 mm × 20.0 mm

Text

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.”

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P424394

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 22.0 mm × 20.0 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 20.1.27
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 191559

References

  • 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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-12-04 at 17:25:42 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2011-10-08 at 11:15:05 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, 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: April 21, 2026).
@misc{2011Orient,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-21]},
	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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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: April 21, 2026).
@misc{2011Orient,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-21]},
	year = {2011},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {Orient 55, 167 no. 14 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P424394},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424394},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2011/10/7/
PY  - 2011
ID  - P424394
LB  - CDLI:P424394
M1  - 2026/4/21/
TI  - Orient 55, 167 no. 14 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P424394
ER  -
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