HSS 03, 33 (P221342)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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

Museum Number

SM 1904.04.018

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: Sasa allots grain (še-gar))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

113.0 mm × 115.0 mm × 25.0 mm

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tablet
column 1
1. 2(disz@t) surx(ERIM) dur3! kunga2 gal-gal
2. ansze surx(ERIM) 1(asz@c)-sze3
3. u4 1(disz@t) sze 3(ban2@c)-ta
4. 1(disz@t) surx(ERIM) 1(disz@t) i3-diri nita kunga2
5. 1(disz@t) surx(ERIM) munus kunga2
6. 1(disz@t) surx(ERIM) nita kunga2 amar-amar
7. 3(disz@t)#? didli-bi munus kunga2 amar-amar
8. ansze surx(ERIM) 1(asz@c)-sze3
9. u4 1(disz@t) sze 2(ban2@c)-ta
10. sze-bi 2(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) gur saggal
column 2
1. gir2-nun
2. 3(disz@t) didli-bi nita# kunga2 amar-amar
3. sze-bi 1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) lugal-nam-gu2-su3
4. gab2-kas4-me
5. 1(disz@t) surx(ERIM)# i3#-diri# nita kunga2 amar-amar
6. 1(disz@t) surx(ERIM) munus kunga2#
7. sze-bi 6(asz@c)#? [x 3(barig@c)] 3(ban2@c) en#-ig#-gal
8. nu-banda3
9. 1(u@c) la2 3(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) ziz2 babbar2#
10. ziz2 bala-bi 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c)
column 3
1. 5(asz@c) sze bappir3
2. sze bala-bi# 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 4(ban2@c)
3. 7(asz@c) 2(barig@c) sze munu4
4. nag ensi2-ka-kam
5. 5(asz@c) ziz2# babbar2
6. [ziz2] bala#-bi# 3(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
7. 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) sze bappir3
8. sze# bala#-bi 3(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
9. 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) sze munu4
10. sa2-du11 ansze-kam#
11. amar#-giri16#{ki#}
12. 8(asz@c) 3(ban2@c) sze titab2#
column 4
1. 4(asz@c) 1(ban2@c) 3(disz@t) sila3 sze bappir3
2. 4(asz@c) 1(ban2@c) 3(disz@t) sila3 sze# munu4
3. sa2-du11 kas ge6-kam
4. 5(asz@c) ziz2 babbar2
5. ziz2 bala-bi 3(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
6. 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) sze bappir3#
7. sze bala-bi# 3(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
8. 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) sze# munu4
9. sa2#-du11# kas sig15#-kam#
10. i3-li2-be6-li2
11. lu2 lungax(|BIxNIG2|)#-me
12. 1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) sze# zi3 gu#-ka#
13. 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) la2 1(ban2@c) sze zi3 kum4-ma
column 5
1. sze bala-bi 2(barig@c) la2 1(ban2@c)
2. 1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) sze ninda# durunx(|KU.KU|)-na
3. 2(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) sze naga3
4. sze# bala-bi 5(ban2@c)
5. 1(ban2@c) zi3 gu# sig15
6. ziz2 babbar2#-bi 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c)
7. ziz2# bala#-bi# 1(barig@c) 4(ban2@c)
8. 4(ban2@c) zi3 bar-si
9. ziz2 babbar2-bi sza3-bi# 1(u@c)-am6
10. ziz2# bala-bi# 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 4(ban2@c)
11. sa2-du11 e2#-muhaldim-kam#
12. 7(asz@c) 2(barig@c) ziz2 babbar2
13. ziz2 bala-bi 1(asz@c) 1(barig@c)
column 6
1. sa2-du11 e2 ninda-ka-kam
2. 1(barig@c) 1(ban2@c) sze-kas
3. 1(barig@c) ziz2 kas
4. 1(barig@c) ziz2# ninda
5. ziz2 bala-bi 2(ban2@c)
6. sa2-du11 alan#-kam
7. ur2-mud
8. agrig
9. 2(u) 2(disz@t) udu siki#
10. udu 1(asz@c)-sze3#
11. iti#-da sze# 5(ban2@c)-ta
12. 2(disz@t) masz bar-dul5#
13. iti-da# sze# 3(ban2@c)-ta
14. sze#-bi#
column 7
1. 5(asz@c)#? la2# 4(ban2@c) nigar#-mud#
2. 2(u) 2(disz@t) udu siki
3. 1(disz@t) masz bar-dul5
4. sze-bi 4(asz@c) 3(barig@c) la2 1(ban2@c)
5. en-DU
6. 2(u) 2(disz@t) udu siki
7. 2(disz@t) masz# bar-dul5
8. sze#-bi 5(asz@c) la2 4(ban2@c) lugal#-da-nu-me-<a>
9. sipa# udu siki-ka-me
reverse
column 1
1. 1(u) 6(disz@t) udu nig2-gu7-a
2. 4(disz@t) gukkal
3. sze-bi 4(asz@c) 4(ban2@c) U2-U2
4. kuruszda
5. 1(disz@t) gukkal#
6. sze-bi 1(barig@c) en-ku3
7. um-mi-a
8. 3(u) la2 3(disz@t) amar-gu4
9. sze#-bi U2*-U2
10. 1(disz@t) udu# nig2#-gu7-a
11. [...]
12. [...]
13. [...]
14. [2(asz@c)] szah2# [gesz-gi]
column 2
1. nig2-gu7-a
2. szah2 1(asz@c)-sze3
3. u4 1(disz@t) sze 1(ban2@c)-ta
4. 5(disz@t) szah2 gesz-gi
5. iti-da sze 1(barig@c) 4(ban2@c)-ta
6. sze-bi 4(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
7. 3(u) 5(disz@t) szah2# u2 munus mu 2(disz@t)
8. szah2# 1(asz@c)-sze3#
9. iti-da sze 2(ban2@c)-ta
10. 5(u) szah2 u2 munus sza3-du10
11. 1(gesz2) 2(disz@t) szah2 u2 nita sza3-du10
column 3
1. szah2 1(asz@c)-sze3
2. iti-da sze 1(ban2@c)-ta
3. sze-bi 7(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) lugal#-pa#-e3
4. [sipa] szah2#
5. 1(disz@t) masz# babbar2 bar-dul5#
6. sze-bi# 3(ban2@c) e2-ku4
7. [1(disz@t) masz] babbar2# [bar-dul5]
8. [sze-bi 3(ban2@c) e-ta]-e11#
9. nu#-kiri6#-me
10. 1(disz@t) gukkal
11. ub5!(KID2)-bu
column 4
1. 1(disz@t) gukkal
2. nam-lu2
3. 1(disz@t) gukkal
4. amar#-ki
5. 1(disz@t) gukkal
6. gu2-en
7. gir4-bil#-me
column 5
1. szu-nigin2 1(gesz2@c) 4(u@c) 3(asz@c) 2(barig@c) la2 1(ban2@c) sze gur# saggal#
2. 4(u@c) 6(asz@c) 1(barig@c) ziz2 babbar2
3. sze ninda ziz2 ninda
4. sa2-du11 iti-da
5. {d}ba-ba6
6. sa6-sa6
7. dam URU-KA-gi-na
column 6
1. lugal
2. lagasz#{ki}-ka
3. iti ezem-sze-gu7
4. {d}nansze-til#-la-ba
5. en-ig#-gal
6. nu-banda3
7. e-ta-gar 4(|ASZxDISZ@t|)
8. 2(disz@t) gar!-am6

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

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 113.0 high × 115.0 wide × 25.0 thick
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description: obv.-- cracked and effaced. rev.-- large chips off the center and right egde.
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (SM catalogue: Sasa allots grain (še-gar))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: STH 1 = HSS 3, 33

[Hussey1912HSS3] Hussey, Mary I. 1912. Sumerian Tablets in the Harvard Semitic Museum. Part I: Chiefly from the Reigns of Lugalanda and Urukagina of Lagash. Harvard Semitic Series 3. Cambridge, U.S.A.: Harvard University.
history: FAOS 15/2, 32

[Selz1993FAOS15/2] Selz, Gebhard J. 1993. Altsumerische Verwaltungstexte Aus Lagaš. Teil 2: Altsumerische Wirtschaftsurkunden Aus Amerikanischen Sammlungen. Freiburger Altorientalische Studien, Band 15/2. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: SM 1904.04.018
Accession No.: 03622 (SM catalogue: 0896)

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Dates Referenced: Urukagina_l.04.02g.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2017-03-04 at 12:42:14	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2015-05-07 at 08:45:13	CDLI	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2011-10-04 at 17:25:27	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Atf	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI	approved
2008-10-09 at 16:04:19	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Atf	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI	approved
2008-06-06 at 16:59:58	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Atf	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:34:48	CDLI	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Johnson, J. Cale	CDLI	approved

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“HSS 03, 33 Artifact Entry.” 2003. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 26, 2003. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221342.

HSS 03, 33 artifact entry (No. P221342). (2003, February 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221342

HSS 03, 33 artifact entry (2003) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221342 (Accessed: March 17, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-17]},
	year = {2003},
	month = {feb 26},
	title = {HSS 03, 33 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221342},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221342},
}

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