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HSS 68, 501 (P407466)
Administrative, Ur III, Puzriš-Dagan · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | HSS 68, 501 |
|---|---|
| ID | P407466 |
| Museum no. | SM 1911.10.471 |
| 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 | 3(gesz2) 3(u) udu [...] | 190 sheep |
| 2 | 5(disz) udu la2-ia3 [su-ga ...] | 5 sheep, deficit, repaid |
| 3 | iti ezem-{d}szul-gi u4 8(disz) ba-zal | month: “Festival-of-Šulgi, the 8th day passed; |
| 4 | 5(u) udu sa-bu-um{ki} | 50 sheep of Sabum, |
| 5 | ki in-ta-e3-a-ta | from Intaea |
| 6 | 3(u) 6(disz) udu mu-kux(DU) | 36 sheep, delivery; |
| 7 | ki du11-ga-ta | from Duga |
| 8 | sza3 kiszib3-ba | under seal |
| 9 | 1(u) 5(disz) udu ki a-la-mu-ta | 15 sheep from Alamu |
| 10 | 8(disz) udu ki szu-i3-li2-ta | 8 sheep from Šu-ilī |
| 11 | sza3 udu uri5{ki}-sze3 er-ra | to the sheep of Ur returned. |
| 12 | 5(gesz2) 2(u) 4(disz) | (total:) 144 (lines). |
| 13 | sza3-bi-ta | therefrom: |
| 14 | 1(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz) udu a-ra2 1(disz)-kam | 93 sheep for the 1st time |
| 15 | 1(gesz2) 3(u) udu a-ra2 2(disz)-kam | 90 sheep, 2nd time, |
| 16 | kiszib3 za-zi | under seal of Zazi |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 2(u) 7(disz) udu giri3 a-a-dingir | 27 sheep via Aya-ilum, |
| 2 | 3(u) 7(disz) udu e2-muhaldim-sze3 | 37 sheep for the kitchen, |
| 3 | kiszib3 du11-ga | under seal of Duga; |
| 4 | 2(disz) udu kiszib3 {d}suen-ba-ni | 2 sheep, under seal of Sîn-bani, |
| 5 | 1(u) 1(disz) udu kiszib3 sipa ur-ra | 11 sheep, under seal of shepherd Urra; |
| 6 | 1(gesz2) 1(u) udu kiszib3 a-a-dingir | 70 sheep, under seal of Aya-ilum |
| 7 | kiszib3 dib-ba didli | sealed documents of conveyances of all |
| 8 | 5(disz) udu giri3 lu2-dingir-ra | 5 sheep via Lu-dingira, |
| 9 | ur-ku3-nun-na i3-dab5 | Ur-kugnuna accepted; |
| 10 | bar-[ta] gal2-la | from outside |
| 11 | ($ blank space $) 5(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) | (total:) 315 |
| 12 | zi-ga-am3 | booked out, |
| 13 | 1(u) la2 1(disz) udu la2-ia3-am3 | 9 sheep, deficit; |
| 14 | nig2-ka9-ak lugal-ezem | account of Lugal-ezem |
| 15 | iti ezem-mah u4 2(u) 6(disz) ba-zal | month: “Festival of Maḫa,’ the 26th day passed; |
| 16 | mu ma2-gur8 mah ba-[dim2] | year: “The great barge was fashioned. |
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