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CUSAS 33, 224 (P273795)
Business / Contracts, ED IIIb, Umma · c. 2500 BCE–2340 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 33, 224 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273795 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 51-10-036 |
| Collection | Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | ED IIIb · c. 2500 BCE–2340 BCE |
| Genre | Business / Contracts |
| Find spot | Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) |
| Coordinates | 31.6669, 45.8861 |
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 col 1 | ||
| 1 | 3(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) GAN2 | 3 1/2 iku field, |
| 2 | 1(u@c) 2(asz@c) ku3 gin2 sa10 a-sza3 | 12 shekels of silver, the purchase price of the field |
| 3 | 1(asz@c) ku3 gin2 iri-na | 1 shekel of silver: Ina; |
| 4 | 1/2(disz@c) ku3 gin2 gan-{d}iszkur | 1/2 shekel of silver: Gan-Addu; |
| 5 | 1/3(disz@c) ku3 gin2 e2-du8-du8 | 1/3 (mina) of silver (and) 1 shekel of edudu, |
| 6 | 2(barig@c) sze gur ur-{d}nin-ildu3 | 2 barig barley for Ur-Ninildu, |
| 7 | 1(asz@c) ku3 gin2 | 1 shekel silver |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | szubur | šubur |
| 2 | 1(barig@c) sze ur-utu | 1 barig of Urutu-barley, |
| 3 | 1(barig@c) sze lugal-an-dul3 | 1 barig barley for Lugal-andul |
| 4 | ur-ganun iri-[na] a#-sza3# e#-[sze3]-sa10 | Urganun of his city bought the field |
| 5 | inim-bi e-til | Its word has finished. |
| 6 | asz@c gesz-sza3-ki-du10 | (for) Ĝiša-kidu |
| 7 | asz@c lugal-ildu3 | Lugal-ildu |
| 8 | asz@c sza3-tar dam ur-ganun | Šatar, wife of Urganun |
| 9 | asz@c ur-{d}nin-ildu3# | Ur-Ninildu |
| obverse col 3 | ||
| 1 | asz@c lugal-KA | Lugal-KA |
| 2 | asz@c nin-mu-da | for Ninmuda; |
| 3 | asz@c ku3-ge-pa3 | of Kugepa |
| 4 | asz@c en-KA#-il(LAK500) | En-KA-il |
| 5 | asz@c szubur | Aš-c, the szubur; |
| 6 | asz@c lugal-tesz2-mu | for Lugal-tešmu; |
| 7 | asz@c lugal-mu-da-kusz2 | for Lugal-mudakuš; |
| 8 | asz@c x [...] | Aš-c ... |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | asz@c [...] | Aš[c...] |
| 2 | asz@c inim#-ma#-ni#-zi | Aš. Inimmanizi |
| 3 | asz@c ur#-HA#-PA-sag | Ur-HA-PA-sag |
| 4 | asz@c lugal#-zi#-[...] | Lugal-zi- |
| 5 | asz@c lugal#-x-[...] | As for Lugal-... |
| 6 | [asz@c] gan-[...] | aš-c: Gan-... |
| 7 | asz@c lum#-ma# nagar | Lumma, the carpenter |
| 8 | lu2-ki-inim-ma | Witnesses |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | 1(asz@c) ku3 gin2# ur-sag-utu gu:sur | 1 shekel silver for Ur-sag-utu, the gusur |
| 2 | 1/3(disz@c)# ku3 gin2 ur#-tesz2# engar-us2 | 1/3 shekel silver for Ur-teš, the plowman |
| 3 | tir-ku3-ge-[si] nimgir#? | Tirkugesi, herald(?) |
| 4 | asz@c ur-tesz2 maszkim!(|PA.DU|)-bi | Ur-teš was its enforcer |
| 5 | 2(gesz2) ninda banszur | 120 breads for the table, |
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