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CUSAS 12, 2.1.1 (P251684)

Lexical, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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DesignationCUSAS 12, 2.1.1
IDP251684
Museum no.MS 2656
CollectionSchøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway
LanguageSumerian
PeriodOld Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
GenreLexical
Find spotuncertain (mod. uncertain)

English translation

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LineEnglish
obverse col 1 2'Gate of impurity
obverse col 1 3'Gate of Ninlil
obverse col 1 5'Gate of purity
obverse col 1 6'Gate of the Nigku taxes
obverse col 1 7'clay pit?
obverse col 1 8'clay pit?
obverse col 1 10'outer courtyard
obverse col 1 11'gate
obverse col 1 12'outer gate
obverse col 1 13'gate on the street
obverse col 1 14'palace gate
obverse col 1 15'... gate
obverse col 1 16'gate of the brewer
obverse col 1 17'large gate
obverse col 1 18'... gate
obverse col 1 19'gate of the workshop
obverse col 1 20'great gate
obverse col 1 21'gate of the masab basket
obverse col 1 23'house
obverse col 1 24'gate
obverse col 1 25'gate
obverse col 1 28'prison
obverse col 1 29'scribal school
obverse col 1 30'... house
obverse col 1 31'great house
obverse col 1 32'... house
obverse col 1 33'... house
obverse col 2 1'destroyed house
obverse col 2 2'destroyed house
obverse col 2 3'destroyed house
obverse col 2 4'... house
obverse col 2 5'warehouse?
obverse col 2 6'storage for szuagina offerings
obverse col 2 7'prison
obverse col 2 8'prison
obverse col 2 9'law court
obverse col 2 10'house where justice is administered
obverse col 2 11'... house
obverse col 2 12'house of life
obverse col 2 13'silent house
obverse col 2 14'torn-out house
obverse col 2 15'isolated house
obverse col 2 16'chapel for funerary offerings
obverse col 2 17'fox house
obverse col 2 18'duck house
obverse col 2 19'... house
obverse col 2 20'... house
obverse col 2 21'... house
obverse col 2 22'suburban house
obverse col 2 23'town house
obverse col 2 24'side room
obverse col 2 25'... house
obverse col 2 26'debtor's prison
obverse col 2 27'mill
obverse col 2 28'house of the ka'usa functionary
obverse col 2 29'assembly house
obverse col 2 30'assignment house
obverse col 2 31'house of the nigszutaka gift
obverse col 2 32'house of crime
obverse col 2 33'house of crime
obverse col 2 34'house of sin
obverse col 2 35'house of sin
obverse col 2 36'weaver's workshop
obverse col 2 37'... house
obverse col 2 38'... house
obverse col 2 39'house with a fence
reverse col 1 2'True House
reverse col 1 3'House of the Exalted Purifier
reverse col 1 4'House ... My Lord is Da[gan?]
reverse col 1 5'Exalted Palace
reverse col 1 6'Esabad (Temple of Gula at Isin)
reverse col 1 8'House Netherworld
reverse col 1 9'palace (reaching) to the sky
reverse col 1 10'house of triumph
reverse col 1 11'House of the True Me's
reverse col 1 12'House of Luxuriance
reverse col 1 16'House of Heaven
reverse col 1 18'House of the Happy Heart
reverse col 1 19'High House
reverse col 1 20'High House
reverse col 1 21'Esara
reverse col 1 22'temple of Inanna at Ulmasz
reverse col 1 23'House, Mountainrange of the Land
reverse col 1 24'House ...
reverse col 1 25'House of the Tower
reverse col 1 26'House, Big Chapel
reverse col 1 28'House, Dais of the Throne
reverse col 1 29'House that Carries the Fierce Me's
reverse col 1 32'House that carries Dread from the Land
reverse col 1 33'princely house
reverse col 1 34'cella
reverse col 1 35'House Mountainrange
reverse col 1 36'House Under the Protection of Dagan
reverse col 1 37'House which Gathers the Me's
reverse col 1 38'House of the Deluge
reverse col 1 39'White House
reverse col 1 40'House of the Judge of the Land
reverse col 1 41'House, Appearance of the land
reverse col 1 42'House Fifty
reverse col 1 43'Temple of Baba at Irikug
reverse col 2 4'storeroom
reverse col 2 5'storehouse
reverse col 2 6'storeroom
reverse col 2 7'storehouse
reverse col 2 8'shop
reverse col 2 9'marketplace
reverse col 2 10'house of plenty
reverse col 2 11'house of prosperity
reverse col 2 12'empty (idle?) house
reverse col 2 13'house on the quay
reverse col 2 14'fortified house
reverse col 2 15'strorehouse of the bursag offering
reverse col 2 16'storehouse of the burgia offering
reverse col 2 17'storehouse of the bur offering
reverse col 2 19'storehouse in a temple
reverse col 2 22'royal house
reverse col 2 23'messenger house
reverse col 2 25'spousal house
reverse col 2 26'house with a mortgage
reverse col 2 27'house that is released
reverse col 2 28'house (inhabited by) a tenant
reverse col 2 29'room for relaxing
reverse col 2 30'bedroom

English translation

By Civil, Miguel · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse Column i [1:2] o i 2'2'–o i 2'2'Gate of the Impure
Obverse Column i [2:3] o i 3'3'–o i 3'3'Gate of Ninlil
Obverse Column i [3:4] o i 5'5'–o i 5'5'Pure Gate
Obverse Column i [4:5] o i 6'6'–o i 6'6'Gate of the Niŋkud taxes
Obverse Column i [5:6] o i 7'7'–o i 7'7'clay pit
Obverse Column i [6:7] o i 8'8'–o i 8'8'clay pit
Obverse Column i [8:9] o i 10'10'–o i 10'10'outer courtyard
Obverse Column i [9:10] o i 11'11'–o i 11'11'gate
Obverse Column i [10:11] o i 12'12'–o i 12'12'outer gate
Obverse Column i [11:12] o i 13'13'–o i 13'13'gate on the street
Obverse Column i [12:13] o i 14'14'–o i 14'14'palace gate
Obverse Column i [13:14] o i 15'15'–o i 15'15'... gate
Obverse Column i [14:15] o i 16'16'–o i 16'16'gate of the brewer
Obverse Column i [15:16] o i 17'17'–o i 17'17'large gate
Obverse Column i [16:17] o i 18'18'–o i 18'18'... gate
Obverse Column i [17:18] o i 19'19'–o i 19'19'gate of the workshop
Obverse Column i [18:19] o i 20'20'–o i 20'20'great gate
Obverse Column i [19:20] o i 21'21'–o i 21'21'gate of the masab basket
Obverse Column i [20:21] o i 23'23'–o i 23'23'house
Obverse Column i [21:22] o i 24'24'–o i 24'24'gate
Obverse Column i [22:23] o i 25'25'–o i 25'25'gate
Obverse Column i [23:24] o i 28'28'–o i 28'28'prison
Obverse Column i [24:25] o i 29'29'–o i 29'29'scribal school
Obverse Column i [25:26] o i 30'30'–o i 30'30'... house
Obverse Column i [26:27] o i 31'31'–o i 31'31'great house
Obverse Column i [27:28] o i 32'32'–o i 32'32'... house
Obverse Column ii [0:1] o ii 1'1'–o ii 1'1'destroyed house
Obverse Column ii [1:2] o ii 2'2'–o ii 2'2'destroyed house
Obverse Column ii [2:3] o ii 3'3'–o ii 3'3'destroyed house
Obverse Column ii [3:4] o ii 4'4'–o ii 4'4'... house
Obverse Column ii [4:5] o ii 5'5'–o ii 5'5'warehouse
Obverse Column ii [5:6] o ii 6'6'–o ii 6'6'storage for šuagina offerings
Obverse Column ii [6:7] o ii 7'7'–o ii 7'7'prison
Obverse Column ii [7:8] o ii 8'8'–o ii 8'8'prison
Obverse Column ii [8:9] o ii 9'9'–o ii 9'9'law court
Obverse Column ii [9:10] o ii 10'10'–o ii 10'10'house where justice is administered
Obverse Column ii [10:11] o ii 11'11'–o ii 11'11'... house
Obverse Column ii [11:12] o ii 12'12'–o ii 12'12'house of life
Obverse Column ii [12:13] o ii 13'13'–o ii 13'13'silent house
Obverse Column ii [13:14] o ii 14'14'–o ii 14'14'torn-out house
Obverse Column ii [14:15] o ii 15'15'–o ii 15'15'isolated house
Obverse Column ii [15:16] o ii 16'16'–o ii 16'16'chapel for funerary offerings
Obverse Column ii [16:17] o ii 17'17'–o ii 17'17'fox house
Obverse Column ii [17:18] o ii 18'18'–o ii 18'18'duck house
Obverse Column ii [18:19] o ii 19'19'–o ii 19'19'... house
Obverse Column ii [19:20] o ii 20'20'–o ii 20'20'... house
Obverse Column ii [20:21] o ii 21'21'–o ii 21'21'... house
Obverse Column ii [21:22] o ii 22'22'–o ii 22'22'suburban house
Obverse Column ii [22:23] o ii 23'23'–o ii 23'23'town house
Obverse Column ii [23:24] o ii 24'24'–o ii 24'24'side room
Obverse Column ii [24:25] o ii 25'25'–o ii 25'25'... house
Obverse Column ii [25:26] o ii 26'26'–o ii 26'26'debtor's prison
Obverse Column ii [26:27] o ii 27'27'–o ii 27'27'mill
Obverse Column ii [27:28] o ii 28'28'–o ii 28'28'house of the ka'usa functionary
Obverse Column ii [28:29] o ii 29'29'–o ii 29'29'assembly house
Obverse Column ii [29:30] o ii 30'30'–o ii 30'30'assignment house
Obverse Column ii [30:31] o ii 31'31'–o ii 31'31'house of the niŋšutaka gift
Obverse Column ii [31:32] o ii 32'32'–o ii 32'32'house of crime
Obverse Column ii [32:33] o ii 33'33'–o ii 33'33'house of crime
Obverse Column ii [33:34] o ii 34'34'–o ii 34'34'house of sin
Obverse Column ii [34:35] o ii 35'35'–o ii 35'35'house of sin
Obverse Column ii [35:36] o ii 36'36'–o ii 36'36'weaver's workshop
Obverse Column ii [36:37] o ii 37'37'–o ii 37'37'... house
Obverse Column ii [37:38] o ii 38'38'–o ii 38'38'... house
Obverse Column ii [38:39] o ii 39'39'–o ii 39'39'house with a fence
Reverse Column i [0:1] r i 2'2'–r i 2'2'True House (Temple of Marduk at Borsippa)
Reverse Column i [1:2] r i 3'3'–r i 3'3'House of the Exalted Purifier (Temple of Kusu)
Reverse Column i [2:3] r i 4'4'–r i 4'4'House ... My Lord is Da[gan?]
Reverse Column i [3:4] r i 5'5'–r i 5'5'Exalted Palace (Temple of Gula at Isin)
Reverse Column i [4:5] r i 6'6'–r i 6'6'Esabad (Temple of Gula at Isin)
Reverse Column i [6:7] r i 8'8'–r i 8'8'House Netherworld (Shrine of Dumuzi in Badtibira?)
Reverse Column i [7:8] r i 9'9'–r i 9'9'palace (reaching) to the sky
Reverse Column i [8:9] r i 10'10'–r i 10'10'house of triumph
Reverse Column i [9:10] r i 11'11'–r i 11'11'House of the True Me's (Temple of Enki)
Reverse Column i [10:11] r i 12'12'–r i 12'12'House of Luxuriance (Temple of Utu at Ur)
Reverse Column i [14:15] r i 16'16'–r i 16'16'House of Heaven (Temple of An and Inana at Uruk)
Reverse Column i [16:17] r i 18'18'–r i 18'18'House of the Happy Heart (Temple of Inana at Kazallu)
Reverse Column i [17:18] r i 19'19'–r i 19'19'High House (a shrine)
Reverse Column i [18:19] r i 20'20'–r i 20'20'High House (Temple of Inana)
Reverse Column i [20:21] r i 22'22'–r i 22'22'temple of Inana at Ulmaš
Reverse Column i [21:22] r i 23'23'–r i 23'23'House, Mountainrange of the Land (Temple of Inana at Kiš)
Reverse Column i [23:24] r i 25'25'–r i 25'25'House of the Tower (Temple of Inana at Akšak)
Reverse Column i [24:25] r i 26'26'–r i 26'26'House, Big Chapel (Temple of Inana at Umma)
Reverse Column i [26:27] r i 28'28'–r i 28'28'House, Dais of the Throne (Temple of Inana at Nippur)
Reverse Column i [27:28] r i 29'29'–r i 29'29'House that Carries the Fierce Me's
Reverse Column i [30:31] r i 32'32'–r i 32'32'House that carries Dread from the Land (Temple of Inanana at Zabalam)
Reverse Column i [31:32] r i 33'33'–r i 33'33'princely house
Reverse Column i [32:33] r i 34'34'–r i 34'34'cella
Reverse Column i [33:34] r i 35'35'–r i 35'35'House Mountainrange (Temple of Šulgi at Ur)
Reverse Column i [34:35] r i 36'36'–r i 36'36'House Under the Protection of Dagan (administrative center)
Reverse Column i [35:36] r i 37'37'–r i 37'37'House which Gathers the Me's (temple of Inana at Larsa)
Reverse Column i [36:37] r i 38'38'–r i 38'38'House of the Deluge (Temple of Inana at Isin)
Reverse Column i [37:38] r i 39'39'–r i 39'39'White House (Temple of Utu)
Reverse Column i [38:39] r i 40'40'–r i 40'40'House of the Judge of the Land (Temple of Utu)
Reverse Column i [39:40] r i 41'41'–r i 41'41'House, Appearance of the land (Temple of Dumuzi)
Reverse Column i [40:41] r i 42'42'–r i 42'42'House Fifty (Temple of Ninŋirsu at Ŋirsu)
Reverse Column i [41:42] r i 43'43'–r i 43'43'Temple of Baba at Irikug
Reverse Column iv [0:1] r iv 4'4'–r iv 4'4'storeroom
Reverse Column iv [1:2] r iv 5'5'–r iv 5'5'storehouse
Reverse Column iv [2:3] r iv 6'6'–r iv 6'6'storeroom
Reverse Column iv [3:4] r iv 7'7'–r iv 7'7'storehouse
Reverse Column iv [4:5] r iv 8'8'–r iv 8'8'shop
Reverse Column iv [5:6] r iv 9'9'–r iv 9'9'marketplace
Reverse Column iv [6:7] r iv 10'10'–r iv 10'10'house of plenty
Reverse Column iv [7:8] r iv 11'11'–r iv 11'11'house of prosperity
Reverse Column iv [8:9] r iv 12'12'–r iv 12'12'empty (idle?) house
Reverse Column iv [9:10] r iv 13'13'–r iv 13'13'house on the quay
Reverse Column iv [10:11] r iv 14'14'–r iv 14'14'fortified house
Reverse Column iv [11:12] r iv 15'15'–r iv 15'15'strorehouse of the bursaŋ offering
Reverse Column iv [12:13] r iv 16'16'–r iv 16'16'storehouse of the burgia offering
Reverse Column iv [13:14] r iv 17'17'–r iv 17'17'storehouse of the bur offering
Reverse Column iv [15:16] r iv 19'19'–r iv 19'19'storehouse in a temple
Reverse Column iv [18:19] r iv 22'22'–r iv 22'22'royal house
Reverse Column iv [19:20] r iv 23'23'–r iv 23'23'messenger house
Reverse Column iv [21:22] r iv 25'25'–r iv 25'25'spousal house
Reverse Column iv [22:23] r iv 26'26'–r iv 26'26'house with a mortgage
Reverse Column iv [23:24] r iv 27'27'–r iv 27'27'house that is released
Reverse Column iv [24:25] r iv 28'28'–r iv 28'28'house (inhabited by) a tenant
Reverse Column iv [25:26] r iv 29'29'–r iv 29'29'room for relaxing
Reverse Column iv [26:27] r iv 30'30'–r iv 30'30'bedroom

Transliteration (ATF)

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LineATFMachine English (draft)
obverse col 1
1'[...] x x
2'[abul] muzug2
3'[abul] {d}nin-lil2-la2
4'[x] x x
5'[abul] a2#-sikil-la2
6'abul# nig2-ku5-da
7'hu-da-du-um
8'eszszeb
9'x-DU?
10'kisal# bar-ra
11'ka2
12'[ka2] bar-ra
13'[ka2] tillax(|ASZ.AN.ASZ|)
14'[ka2] e2-gal
15'[ka2] x-a
16'[ka2] a2#-sikil-la2
17'[ka2] gu#-la
18'[ka2 x? igi] gal2
19'[ka2 gesz]-kin#-ti
20'[ka2] mah
21'[ka2 {gi}]ma-sa2-ab
23'e2
24'ka2
25'ka2
28'[e2 en]-nu-[ug3]
29'[e2]-dub-ba-[a]
30'[e2] EZEN? [...]
31'[e2] gu#?-la#?
32'[e2] x x
33'[e2] x-a
obverse col 2
1'e2 gul#-la#
2'e2 gul-la
3'e2 gul-la
4'e2 si3-ke
5'e2 szu#-szum-ma
6'e2 szu-gi4-na
7'e2 en-nu-ga2
8'e2 ki en-nu-ga2
9'e2 di#
10'e2 di si3-ke
11'e2 sag-IM
12'e2 til3
13'e2 si-ga
14'e2 bur12-ra
15'e2 ku5-da
16'e2 ki-se3-ga
17'e2 ka5-a
18'e2 bibad{muszen}
19'e2 SAL-x
20'e2 DI-am3
21'e2 nam-x-x
22'e2 iri bar-ra
23'e2 iri sza3-ga
24'e2 da?
25'e2 x
26'e2-ur5-ra
27'e2-kinkin2
28'e2 ka?-us2-[sa]
29'e2 ukken-na#
30'e2 a2-ag2-[ga2]
31'e2 nig2-<szu>-taka4?-[a]
32'e2 nir-da
33'e2 szer7-da
34'e2 nam-tag
35'e2 nam-tag
36'e2 usz-bar
37'e2 x
38'e2 x
39'[e2] gi#?-sig#?-[ga]
reverse col 1
1'[e2] x x
2'[e2]-zi-da#?
3'[e2]-sanga-mah#
4'e2# be2-li2-{d}da-[...]
5'e2-gal-mah
6'e2-sa-bad
7'e2 AN-IM?-DU3?
8'e2-a-ra-li
9'e2-gal an-ne2
10'e2 u2-ma
11'e2-me-zi-da
12'e2-hi!(KUR)-li#
13'e2 x
14'e2 x
15'e2 gesz-[...]
16'e2-an-na#
17'e2 HI-x
18'e2-sza3-hul2-la
19'e2-nim-ma
20'e2-sukud-ta
21'e2-sar-ra
22'e2-ul-[masz]
23'e2-hur-sag-galam-[ma]
24'e2 x-x ki galam-ma
25'e2-an#-za#?-gar3
26'e2-ib-gal
27'e2 x-me-DU
28'e2-bara2-dur2-gar-ra
29'e2-me#-husz?-ni2-gur3-ru
30'e2 x ukken?
31'e2 na4 KA-UD-KAK
32'e2-galam-ta-ni2-gur3-ru
33'e2 nun
34'agrun
35'e2-hur-sag
36'e2 puzur4-isz!-{d}gan-da
37'e2-me-ur4-ur4
38'e2-mar-uru5#?
39'e2-babbar?
40'e2-di-ku5-kalam-ma
41'e2-musz3-kalam-ma
42'e2-ninnu
43'[e2]-tar-sir2#-[sir2]
44'e2#-BUR2
45'[e2 ...]-gid2#-da
reverse col 2
1'x x x
2'x x x
3'x x x
4'aszlug#
5'arah4#
6'[e2] usz gid2-da
7'szutum2#
8'[e2] sa10
9'[e2] szakanka
10'e2# he2-gal2
11'e2 he2-gal2
12'e2 la2
13'e2 gu2 kar-ra
14'e2 du-un-nu#-um#
15'e2 bur-[sag]
16'e2 bur-gi#
17'e2 bur-ra
18'e2 KAL?
19'e2 sikil
20'e2 dag-si-a
21'e2 gag-ga TAR
22'e2 lugal?
23'e2 kin?-gi4
24'e2 |DAG.KISIM5xX|-ra
25'e2 dam
26'e2 ur5-ra
27'e2 duh-a
28'e2 ga-an-tusz
29'e2 ni2 dub2-bu
30'e2 ki-na2
31'[e2] USZ?-x
32'[e2 ...]-e gid2-da#
33'x x x
34'x x x

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