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HSS 68, 251 (P407149)
Administrative, Ur III, Puzriš-Dagan · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | HSS 68, 251 |
|---|---|
| ID | P407149 |
| Museum no. | SM 1911.10.110 |
| 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(gesz2) 1(u) 1(disz) gu4 niga | 91 grain-fed oxen, |
| 2 | 1(gesz2) 3(disz) gu4 | 63 oxen, |
| 3 | 7(disz) ab2 | 7 cows, |
| 4 | 1(gesz'u) 5(disz) udu | 15 sheep, |
| 5 | 1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) u8 | 720 ewes, |
| 6 | 7(gesz2) 2(disz) masz2 | 62 billy goats, |
| 7 | 6(gesz2) 4(u) 3(disz) ud5 | 143 nanny goats, |
| 8 | 3(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 1(u) 1(disz) | (total:) 381. |
| 9 | ib2-tak4 | he took away. |
| 10 | 1(disz) gu4 2(u) udu ki in-ta-e3-a-ta | 1 ox, 20 sheep from Intaea, |
| 11 | sag-nig2-gur11-ra-kam sza3-bi-ta | It is a debit. Inside it |
| 12 | 1(gesz2) 4(disz) gu4 | 64 oxen, |
| 13 | 7(disz) ab2 | 7 cows, |
| 14 | 1(gesz2) 1(u) 1(disz) | (total:) 91. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | kiszib3 {d}en-lil2-la2 | under seal of Enlil |
| 2 | 2(u) 5(disz) gu4 niga | 25 oxen, grain-fed, |
| 3 | ur-szu-ga-lam-ma en3-bi tar-re-dam | Ur-šugalama, how long will you inquire? |
| 4 | 3(disz) gu4 niga zabar-dab5 | 3 oxen, grain-fed, zabardab5, |
| 5 | giri3 ba-za | via Baz; |
| 6 | 1(gesz2) gu4 niga 1(gesz'u) 3(u) 3(disz) udu | 60 grain-fed oxen, 13 sheep |
| 7 | 1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) u8 7(gesz2) 1(disz) masz2 | 720 ewes, 761 billy goats, |
| 8 | 6(gesz2) 4(u) 3(disz) ud5 | 143 nanny goats, |
| 9 | 3(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 2(u) | (subtotal:) 220. |
| 10 | kiszib3 ur-ku3-nun-na | under seal of Ur-kugnuna |
| 11 | 3(u) 5(disz) gu4 niga e2 gu4 niga-sze3 | 35 oxen, grain-fed, for the house of oxxen, grains-fed; |
| 12 | zi-ga lugal | booked out of the royal account |
| 13 | zi-ga-am3 | booked out, |
| 14 | la2-ia3 8(disz) gu4 niga | deficit: 8 grain-fed oxen, |
| 15 | ib2-tak4 nig2-ka9-ak | he has taken as account |
| 16 | iti ezem-{d}szul-gi | month: “Festival-of-Šulgi,’ |
| 17 | mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum{ki} mu-hul | year: “Amar-Suen, the king, Urbilum destroyed. |
| left | ||
| 1 | giri3 in-ta-e3-a | via Intaea |
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