HSS 04, 054 (P110327)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), 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, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

SM 1899.02.023

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: a list of butter offerings(?) to various temples and gods)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

95.0 mm × 48.0 mm × 27.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 2(ban2) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-nun lugal
2. e2-gu-la
3. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 e2-gibil
4. e2 {d}nin-gir2-su 2(disz)-a-bi
5. 1(ban2) e2-gibil
6. 1(ban2) e2-muru13
7. 1(ban2) e2-gu-la
8. e2 {d}ba-ba6 3(disz)-a-bi
9. 2(disz) sila3 {d}ig-alim
10. 2(disz) sila3 {d}szul-sza3-ga
11. 1(disz) sila3 {d}kinda2{da}-zi
12. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 {d}szul-gi
13. 1(ban2) {d}nansze
14. 1(disz) sila3 {d}nin-dar-a
15. 2(disz) sila3 {d}dumu-zi
16. 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 {d}nin-mar{ki}
17. 1(disz) sila3 {d}nisaba
18. 1(disz) sila3 {d}nin-e2-gal
19. 1(disz) sila3 {d}gesztin-an-na
20. 5(disz) sila3 {d}inanna
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1. 1(disz) sila3 {d}suen
2. 1(disz) sila3 {d}nin-szubur
3. 1(disz) sila3 {d}e2-an-na
4. 2(disz) sila3 {d}mes-lam-ta-e3-a
5. 1(disz) sila3 {d}en-sig-nun
6. 3(disz) sila3 ti-ra-asz2
7. 3(disz) sila3 an-ta-sur-ra
8. 3(disz) sila3 e2-husz
9. 3(disz) sila3 e2-babbar2
10. 3(disz) sila3 {d}nin-sun2
11. 2(disz) sila3 {d}nam2-nun
12. 1(disz) sila3 {d}dumu-zi-abzu
13. 3(disz) sila3 {d}pa-bil3-sag
14. 3(disz) sila3 {d}nin-isin2?{si}-na nam-dumu
15. 1(disz) sila3 {d}nun-gal
16. 1(disz) sila3 e2-gu-la {d}nin-hur-sag
17. 2(disz) sila3 e2-gu-la {d}ga2-tum3-du10
18. 2(disz) sila3 e2-gibil {d}ga2-tum3-du10
  blank space
19. sa2-du11 iti 1(disz)-a-kam

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): 95.0 high × 48.0 wide × 27.0 thick
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  • Condition Description: complete; light effacing on rev. lower left corner; long single-col. format
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (SM catalogue: a list of butter offerings(?) to various temples and gods)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: STH 2 = HSS 4, 54

    [Hussey1915HSS4] Hussey, Mary I. 1915. Sumerian Tablets in the Harvard Semitic Museum. Part II: From the Time of the Dynasty of Ur. Harvard Semitic Series 4. Cambridge, U.S.A.: Harvard University Press.

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  • Museum No.: SM 1899.02.023
  • Accession No.: 01401

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2011-07-22 at 13:31:28 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:13:27 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:03:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:18:43 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“HSS 04, 054 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P110327.
HSS 04, 054 artifact entry (No. P110327). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P110327
HSS 04, 054 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P110327 (Accessed: March 14, 2025).
@misc{2001HSS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-14]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {HSS 04, 054 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P110327},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P110327},
}


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