HSS 68, 497 (P407462)
Administrative, Ur III, Puzriš-Dagan · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | HSS 68, 497 |
|---|---|
| ID | P407462 |
| Museum no. | SM 1911.10.467 |
| 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 | 4(u) 4(disz) gu4 hi-a | 44 oxen, |
| 2 | 3(u) 3(disz) udu masz2 hi-a | 33 rams, billy goats, |
| 3 | si-i3-tum nig2-ka9-ak | account of |
| 4 | kiszib3 na-sa6 | under seal of Nasa; |
| 5 | mu e2 puzur4isz-{d}da-gan ba-du3 | year: “The house of Puzriš-Dagan was erected. |
| 6 | 1(gesz2) 7(disz) udu masz2 hi-a | 67 rams, billy goats |
| 7 | kiszib3-bi 2-am3 | Its sealed tablets are two. |
| 8 | sza3 uri5{ki}-ma | in Ur |
| 9 | iti ezem-mah | month: “Festival-of-Maḫ,’ |
| 10 | mu an-sza-an{ki} ba-hul | year: “Anšan was destroyed. |
| 11 | szunigin 4(u) 4(disz) gu4 1(gesz2) 4(u) udu | total: 44 oxen, 100 sheep |
| 12 | ki u3-sa6-a-ta | from Usa |
| 13 | na-sa6 i3-dab5 | Nasa accepted; |
| 14 | sag-nig2-gur11-ra-kam sza3-bi-ta | It is a debit. Inside it |
| 15 | 4(u) 4(disz) gu4 kar-ru kiszib3 didli u3 sila-ta | 44 oxen, tanned, under seal of all and from the street, |
| 16 | 2(disz) gu4 niga udu-da la2-a sza3 mu en {d}nanna masz2-e i3-pa3 bar-ta gal2-la | 2 oxen, grain-fed, rams, deficit, in the year: “The en-priestess of Nanna by means of extispicy was chosen; from outside |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ki {d}en-lil2-la2-ta | from Enlil |
| 2 | 1(gesz2) 3(disz) udu masz2 hi-a | 63 sheep, billy goats |
| 3 | kiszib3 didli-bi 5-am3 | Its various seals are five. |
| 4 | kiszib3 ur-{d}ha-ia3 | under seal of Ur-Ḫaya |
| 5 | 1(u) 5(disz) udu kiszib3 u3-sa6-a | 15 sheep, under seal of Usa’a |
| 6 | sza3 kiszib3-ba | under seal |
| 7 | libir-am3 | of the old |
| 8 | 1(u) udu gu4-da la2-a sza3 tum-al | 10 oxen-fed sheep, deficit, in Tummal; |
| 9 | giri3 {d}en-lil2-la2 mu en {d}nanna masz-e i3-pa3 bar-ta gal2-la | via Enlil, year: “The en-priestess of Nanna by means of extispicy was chosen by the outside |
| 10 | szunigin 4(u) 6(disz) gu4 1(gesz2) 2(u) 8(disz) udu | total: 46 oxen, 68 sheep |
| 11 | ka-ga gi-na a2-la-la-kam | On the mouth, it is a regular offering. |
| 12 | 1(disz) udu kiszib3 ur-{d}ha-ia3 DUL3?-la GAN2?-bi? |HIxNUN|?-e ba-ab-|KAxX| | 1 sheep, under seal of Ur-Ḫaya, DUL, its field(?) |
| 13 | 1(disz) gu4 ki {d}en-lil2-la2-ta | 1 ox from Enlil |
| 14 | 1(u) udu e2 udu nin9-kal-la na-lu5-ta | 10 sheep of the house, sheep of Ninkalla, from Nalu |
| 15 | giri3 zu-u2-zu | via Zu-uzu |
| 16 | bar-ta gal2-la gur11-ra dingir-da-am3 a2-la-la-kam | The one who goes out from the outside is a god, it is an alāla song. |
| 17 | nig2-ka9-ak gu4 udu u3-sa6-a-ka | accounts of oxen and sheep, |
| 18 | iti ki-siki-{d}nin-a-zu 2(disz)-kam | the month of Kisiki-Ninazu, the 2nd |
| 19 | mu ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul | year: “Urbilum was destroyed. |
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