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HSS 68, 003 (P406767)

Administrative, Ur III, Puzriš-Dagan · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE

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Designation	HSS 68, 003
ID	P406767
Museum no.	SM 1911.03.003
Collection	Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Language	Sumerian
Period	Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
Genre	Administrative
Find spot	Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
Coordinates	32.0591, 45.2922

Transliteration (ATF)

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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.

Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
obverse
1'	[2(disz)] udu niga 1(disz) udu# [...]	2 sheep, barley-fed, 1 sheep
2'	[1(disz)] gukkal niga [...]	1 fat-tailed sheep, grain-fed, ...
3'	a-hu-wa#-[qar]	Ahu-waqar
4'	a2-u4-te-na [...]	“At the time of the flood, ...
5'	1(disz) masz2 ur-dam u4-da#-[tusz]	1 billy goat for Urdam sits with him daily
6'	1(disz) u8 a-lum bur-ma-ma dam-gar3	1 ewe, Alum, Bur-mama, the merchant,
7'	1(disz) amar masz-da3 nita2 {d}en-lil2-zi-sza3-gal2	1 gazelle, male, Enlil-zišagal,
8'	1(u) 2(disz)	(total:) 12.
9'	mu-kux(DU) lugal	delivery of the king
10'	2(disz) gu4 niga 1(u) 2(disz) udu 1(disz) masz2 a2-ge6-ba-a	2 oxen, grain-fed, 12 sheep, 1 billy goat: A’ebaya;
11'	kasz-de2-a {d}inanna unu{ki}	beer for Inanna of Uruk,
12'	e2 dingir-[re-e]-ne-ke4 ba-ab-dab5	the temples of the gods were seized
14'	2(disz) gu4 1(u) 3(disz) udu	2 oxen, 13 sheep
15'	mu-kux(DU) didli	delivery of all
16'	szunigin 2(disz) gu4 niga 4(disz) {ansze}kunga2 nita2	total: 2 oxen, grain-fed, 4 male k-equids,
17'	szunigin 2(disz) udu niga 1(disz) udu a-lum niga	total: 2 sheep, barley-fed, 1 sheep, late-born, grain-fed
18'	szunigin 1(disz) gukkal niga 1(u) 2(disz) udu 2(disz) sila4	total: 1 fat-tailed sheep, grain-fed, 12 sheep, 2 lambs,
19'	szunigin 1(disz) u8 a-lum 3(disz) masz2	total: 1 adult ewe, 3 billy goats,
reverse
1	szunigin 1(disz) amar masz-da3 nita2	total: 1 calf, male gazelle
2	3(u) la2 1(disz)	30 less 1.
3	sza3-bi-ta	therefrom:
4	1(disz) udu a-lum niga	1 alum sheep, grain-fed,
5	1(disz)	(total:) 1.
6	du11-ga i3-dab5	Duga accepted;
7	1(disz) u8 a-lum	1 alum ewe
8	1(disz)	(total:) 1.
9	ta2-hi-isz-a-tal i3-dab5	Tahiš-atal accepted;
10	2(disz) udu niga 1(disz) gukkal niga	2 sheep, grain-fed, 1 fattened fat-tailed sheep,
11	3(disz)	(total:) 3.
12	en-dingir-mu i3-dab5	En-dingir-mu accepted;
13	1(disz) amar masz-da3 nita2	1 calf, male gazelle,
14	1(disz)	(total:) 1.
15	lu2-dingir-ra i3-dab5	Lu-dingira accepted;
16	4(disz) [{ansze}kunga2] nita2	4 male kungas
17	4(disz)	(total:) 4.
18	lu2-bala-sa6-ga szusz3 i3-dab5	Lu-balasaga, cattle manager, accepted;
19	2(disz)# gu4 niga 1(u) 2(disz) udu 2(disz) sila4 3(disz) masz2	2 oxen, grain-fed, 12 sheep, 2 lambs, 3 billy goats
20	bala ensi2 umma{ki}	bala, governor of Umma
21	[2(disz)] gu4 1(u) 7(disz) udu	2 oxen, 17 sheep
22	[du11]-ga i3-dab5	he took in his command.
seal 1
1	[{d}amar-{d}suen]	Amar-Suena
2	[lugal kal-ga]	mighty king
3	lugal uri5{ki}-ma	king of Ur
4	lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba	king of the four quarters
5	ur-{d}ba-ba6	Ur-Baba
6	dub-sar ARAD2-zu	scribe, is your servant.

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