The Select Eleven
Cuneiform-Inscribed Clay Tablets
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The Yokohama Museum of EurAsian Cultures owns 326 cuneiform-inscribed clay tablets considered to have been made at Puzrish-Dagan (modern Drehem) during the third dynasty of Ur (ca.2100-ca.2000 BCE). The cuneiform records are extremely valuable because they give us information on the structure of the livestock management at the time.
We have selected eleven out of the 326, digitized them, and fully described what they are.
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| Museum No. | YMEAC-03-CT0016 |
| Geography | Puzrish-Dagan (mod. Drehem) |
| Period | Ur III (ca. 2100-ca. 2000 B.C.E.) |
| Content | Record of livestock management about the delivery of ducks. |
| Remarks | Former Hirose collection, no. 016 |
| Museum No. | YMEAC-03-CT0056 |
| Geography | Puzrish-Dagan (mod. Drehem) |
| Period | Ur III (ca. 2100-ca. 2000 B.C.E.) |
| Content | Record of livestock management about the delivery of a cow. |
| Remarks | Former Hirose collection, no. 056 |
| Museum No. | YMEAC-03-CT0151 |
| Geography | Puzrish-Dagan (mod. Drehem) |
| Period | Ur III (ca. 2100-ca. 2000 B.C.E.) |
| Content | Record of livestock management about the delivery of dead animals. |
| Remarks | Former Hirose collection, no. 151 |
| Museum No. | YMEAC-03-CT0300 |
| Geography | Puzrish-Dagan (mod. Drehem) |
| Period | Ur III (ca. 2100-ca. 2000 B.C.E.) |
| Content | Record about having no dealings of livestock. |
| Remarks | Former Hirose collection, no. 300 |
| Museum No. | YMEAC-03-CT0316 |
| Geography | Umma |
| Period | Ur III (ca. 2100-ca. 2000 B.C.E.) |
| Content | Record with cylinder seal. |
| Remarks | Former Hirose collection, no. 399 |
| Museum No. | YMEAC-03-CT0318 |
| Geography | Unknown |
| Period | Ur III (ca. 2100-ca. 2000 B.C.E.) |
| Content | Record of livestock management about the delivery of hides. |
| Remarks | Former Hirose collection, no. 402 |
| Museum No. | YMEAC-03-CT0319 |
| Geography | Unknown |
| Period | Ur III (ca. 2100-ca. 2000 B.C.E.) |
| Content | Record of staff arrangement in Isin (the name of city). |
| Remarks | Former Hirose collection, no. 403 |
| Museum No. | YMEAC-03-CT0320 |
| Geography | Unknown |
| Period | Ur III (ca. 2100-ca. 2000 B.C.E.) |
| Content | Record of silver expenses. |
| Remarks | Former Hirose collection, no. 404 |
| Museum No. | YMEAC-03-CT0321 |
| Geography | Unknown |
| Period | Ur III (ca. 2100-ca. 2000 B.C.E.) |
| Content | Pisan-dub-ba means "tablet container" in Sumerian. |
| Remarks | Former Hirose collection, no. 405 |
| Museum No. | YMEAC-03-CT0322 |
| Geography | Unknown |
| Period | Ur III (ca. 2100-ca. 2000 B.C.E.) |
| Content | Record of wheat expenses. |
| Remarks | Former Hirose collection, no. 406 |
| Museum No. | YMEAC-03-CT0323 |
| Geography | Unknown |
| Period | Ur III (ca. 2100-ca. 2000 B.C.E.) |
| Content | Record of smoked fish expenses. |
| Remarks | Former Hirose collection, no. 407 |
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