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HSS 68, 004 (P406769)

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

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Designation	HSS 68, 004
ID	P406769
Museum no.	SM 1911.03.006
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	1(disz) {munus}asz2#-[gar3 niga u4 n-kam]	1 female kid, barley-fed, of the nth day
2	2(disz) udu niga u4 1(u) 3(disz)-kam	2 sheep, grain-fed, 13th day,
3	7(disz) udu 1(disz) sila4 1(disz) ud5	7 sheep, 1 lamb, 1 nanny goat,
4	u4 1(u) 8(disz)-kam	18th day,
5	1(disz) gukkal niga 1(disz) udu szimaszki niga	1 fat-tailed sheep, barley-fed, 1 sheep, Šimaškian, grain-fed
6	1(disz) u8 szimaszki niga 3(disz) masz2-gal szimaszki niga	1 ewe, Šimaškian, grain-fed, 3 full-grown billy goats, [Šig]a[ma]n, grainfed,
7	1(u) 1(disz) masz2-gal szimaszki 2(disz) ud5# szimaszki#	11 full-grown billy goats, Šimaškian, 2 female goats
8	u4 2(u) la2 1(disz)-kam	the 19th day,
9	2(disz) udu niga saga us2 2(disz) udu niga 3(disz)-kam us2	2 sheep, barley-fed, of the length, 2 sheep of the 3rd grade,
10	2(disz) u8 2(disz) sila4	2 ewes, 2 lambs,
11	u4 2(u)-kam	20th day
12	5(u) 1(disz) udu 2(disz) masz2-gal u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam	51 rams, 2 billy goats, 21st day;
13	1(disz) udu niga 2(disz) gukkal 7(disz) udu a-lum	1 sheep, grain-fed, 2 fat-tailed sheep, 7 bronze sheep,
14	2(disz) sila4 2(disz) masz2-gal	2 lambs, 2 billy goats,
15	u4 2(u) 2(disz)-kam	22nd day,
16	2(disz) udu niga 2(disz) udu u4 2(u) 3(disz)-kam	2 sheep, barley-fed, 2 sheep on the 23rd day;
17	6(disz) udu 5(disz) masz2-gal u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam	6 rams, 5 billy goats, 24th day;
18	7(disz) udu 2(disz) masz2-gal 1(disz) masz2	7 rams, 2 billy goats, 1 gazelle
reverse
1	u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam	25th day,
2	3(disz) udu u4 3(u)-kam	3 sheep on the 30th day
3	szunigin 2(disz) udu niga saga us2	total: 2 sheep, grain-fed, fine, second quality,
4	szunigin 2(disz) udu niga 3(disz)-kam us2	total: 2 sheep, barley-fed, of 3rd grade,
5	szunigin 5(disz) udu niga	total: 5 grain-fed sheep
6	szunigin 1(disz) udu szimaszki niga	total: 1 sheep, Šimaškian, grain-fed,
7	szunigin 1(disz) gukkal niga	total: 1 fat-tailed sheep, grain-fed,
8	szunigin 1(disz) u8 szimaszki niga	total: 1 ewe of Šimaški, grain-fed,
9	szunigin 3(disz) masz2-gal szimaszki niga	total: 3 full-grown billy goats, Šimaškian, grain-fed,
10	szunigin 1(disz) {munus}asz2-gar3 niga	total: 1 grain-fed female kid
11	szunigin 1(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz) udu 2(disz) gukkal	total: 96 sheep, 2 fat-tailed sheep
12	szunigin 7(disz) udu a-lum 5(disz) sila4	total: 7 late-born sheep, 5 lambs,
13	szunigin 2(disz) u8 1(u) 1(disz) masz2-gal	total: 2 ewes, 11 billy goats,
14	szunigin 1(u) 1(disz) masz2-gal szimaszki 1(disz) masz2	total: 11 full-grown billy goats, Šimaškian,
15	szunigin 1(disz) ud5 2(disz) ud5 szimaszki	total: 1 goat, 2 goats, Šimaškian,
16	2(gesz2) 1(u) 4(disz)	(total:) 144.
17	ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta	from Abbasaga
18	na-lu5 i3-dab5	Nalu accepted;
19	[iti szesz]-da-gu7	month: “Šešda-gu7,’
20	[mu en {d}nanna] kar-zi-da[{ki}] ba-hun	year: “The en-priestess of Nanna of Karzida was installed.‭

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