HSS 68, 500 (P407465)
Administrative, Ur III, Puzriš-Dagan · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | HSS 68, 500 |
|---|---|
| ID | P407465 |
| Museum no. | SM 1911.10.470 |
| 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) sila4 u4 2(disz)-kam | 1 lamb on the 2nd day, |
| 2 | 2(disz) sila4 u4 5(disz)-kam | 2 lambs on the 5th day, |
| 3 | 1(u) 3(disz) udu u4 7(disz)-kam | 13 sheep on the 7th day, |
| 4 | 5(disz) udu KU-KU u4 8(disz)-kam | 5 KUKU-sheep, 8th day, |
| 5 | 1(gesz2) 2(u) udu u4 1(u)-kam | 60 sheep on the 10th day, |
| 6 | 1(gesz2) udu u4 1(u) 1(disz)-kam | 60 sheep on the 11th day, |
| 7 | 3(u) la2 3 udu u4 1(u) 2(disz)-kam | 33 sheep on the 12th day, |
| 8 | 1(gesz2) 3(u) udu u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam | 90 sheep on the 14th day, |
| 9 | 1(gesz2) 3(u) udu u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam | 90 sheep on the 16th day, |
| 10 | 4(u) udu u4 1(u) 7(disz)-kam | 40 sheep on the 17th day, |
| 11 | 4(u) udu u4 2(u) la2 1(disz)-kam | 40 sheep on the 19th day, |
| 12 | 1(gesz2) 8(disz) udu u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam | 68 sheep on the 21st day, |
| 13 | 7(gesz2) udu u4 2(u) 2(disz)-kam | 720 sheep on the 22nd day, |
| 14 | 1(gesz2) 3(u) udu u4 2(u) 3(disz)-kam | 90 sheep on the 23rd day, |
| 15 | 3(u) udu u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam | 30 sheep on the 24th day, |
| 16 | 4(u) udu u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam | 40 sheep on the 25th day, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 3(u) udu u4 2(u) [n-kam] | 30 sheep on the 20th day |
| 2 | 4(gesz2) la2 1(disz) udu u4 [n-kam] | 420 less 1 sheep on the nth day |
| 3 | e2-muhaldim [...] | The kitchen |
| 4 | 1(u) 1(disz) udu e2-ki[szib-ba] | 11 sheep, under seal of the storehouse |
| 5 | 3(u) udu sa2-du11 [...] | 30 sheep, regular offering ...; |
| 6 | 3(u) udu ba-usz2 dingir-[ba-ni szu] ba#-ti | 30 sheep, slaughtered, Dingir-bani received |
| 7 | 1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) udu zi-ga lugal | 102 king-quality rams, |
| 8 | 3(u) la2 1(disz) udu zi-ga ta2-di3-esz18-dar kiszib3 e2-a-ni-sza | 30 less 1 booked sheep: Tadi-Ištar, under seal of Ea-niša; |
| 9 | bala ensi2 gir2-su{ki} ba-zi | bala of the governor of Girsu booked out; |
| 10 | zi-ga iti ezem-mah | booked out, month: “Festival-of-Maḫ;’ |
| 11 | mu us2-sa e2 ba-du3-a mu us2-sa-bi | year after: “The house was erected, the year after that,’ |
| left | ||
| 1 | szunigin 3(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 3(u) 7(disz) udu masz2 hi-a | total: 377 rams, billy goats |
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