HSS 68, 537 (P407507)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), 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 1911.10.514

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: sealed tablet: list of sheep & goats received by abbakalla son of lu-Ningirsu)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

53.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) udu sag sila4
2. 2(u) 8(disz) sila4 sag sila4
3. 1(gesz2) 4(u) sila4
4. 4(u) 5(disz) udu masz2 hi-a
5. e2 {d}en-lil2-la2-sze3
6. za-zi i3-dab5
7. giri3 ab-ba-kal-[la]
8. sza3 nibru[{ki}]
reverse
1. 7(disz) sila4 ba-usz2
2. u4 1(u) 3(disz)-kam
3. sza3 puzur4-isz-{d}da-gan
4. ki a-a-dingir-ta
5. ab-ba-kal-la i3-dab5
  blank space
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6. iti a2-ki-ti
7. mu e2 {d}szara2 umma{ki}-ka ba-du3
left
1. 3(gesz2) 2(disz)
seal 1
1. ab-ba-kal-la
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su

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): 53.0 high × 38.0 wide × 18.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description: complete. salt blob on lower left edge.
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (SM catalogue: sealed tablet: list of sheep & goats received by abbakalla son of lu-Ningirsu)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: HSS 68, 537

    [Liu2021HSS68] Liu, Changyu. 2021. The Ur III Administrative Texts from Puzrish-Dagan Kept in the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East. Harvard Semitic Series 68. Leiden, Boston: Brill.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SM 1911.10.514
  • Accession No.: 08136 (SM catalogue: 2603)

  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.09.07.13
  • Alternative Years:
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2022-02-22 at 13:30:25 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2010-06-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ajango, Kelsey M.; Jones, Jillian; Notizia, Palmiro; Reynolds, Kathryn R. CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 000003 (composite) (P429955) Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šū-Suen.02.09.00, Ibbi-Suen.02.07.00 ?

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Cite this Artifact
“HSS 68, 537 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P407507.
HSS 68, 537 artifact entry (No. P407507). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P407507
HSS 68, 537 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P407507 (Accessed: March 18, 2025).
@misc{2010HSS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-18]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
	title = {HSS 68, 537 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P407507},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P407507},
}


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