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MSCT 1, App. 7, CUNES 50-08-001 (P274845)

ED IIIb · c. 2500 BCE–2340 BCE

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Designation	MSCT 1, App. 7, CUNES 50-08-001
ID	P274845
Museum no.	CUNES 50-08-001
Collection	Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Language	Sumerian
Period	ED IIIb · c. 2500 BCE–2340 BCE
Find spot	uncertain (mod. uncertain)

English translation

By Friberg, Jöran · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)

Line	English
obverse col 1 1	1 ninda squared:
obverse col 1 2	1 plot;
obverse col 1 3	2 (ninda) squared:
obverse col 1 4	4 plots;
obverse col 1 5	3 (ninda) squared:
obverse col 1 6	10 plots less 1;
obverse col 1 7	4 (ninda) squared:
obverse col 1 8	16 plots;
obverse col 1 9	5 (ninda) squared:
obverse col 1 10	25 plots;
obverse col 1 11	6 (ninda) squared:
obverse col 1 12	36 plots;
obverse col 1 13	7 (ninda) squared:
obverse col 1 14	50 plots less 1;
obverse col 1 15	8 (ninda) squared:
obverse col 1 16	1.04 (64) plots;
obverse col 1 17	9 (ninda) squared:
obverse col 1 18	1.21 (81) plots;
obverse col 1 19	10 (ninda) squared:
obverse col 1 20	1 iku field;
obverse col 1 21	20 (ninda) squared:
obverse col 1 22	4 iku field;
obverse col 2 1	30 (ninda) squared:
obverse col 2 2	1 eše3 3 iku field;
obverse col 2 3	40 (ninda) squared:
obverse col 2 4	2 eše3 4 iku field;
obverse col 2 5	50 (ninda) squared:
obverse col 2 6	1 bur3 (ca. 6.48 Ha) 1 eše3 3 iku field;
obverse col 2 7	1.00 (60) (ninda) squared:
obverse col 2 8	2 bur3 field;
obverse col 2 9	2.00 (120) (ninda) squared:
obverse col 2 10	8 bur3 field;
obverse col 2 11	3.00 (180) (ninda) squared:
obverse col 2 12	18 bur3 field;
obverse col 2 13	4.00 (240) (ninda) squared:
obverse col 2 14	32 bur3 field;
obverse col 2 15	5.00 (300) (ninda) squared:
obverse col 2 16	50 bur3 field;
obverse col 2 17	6.00 (360) (ninda) squared:
obverse col 2 18	1.12 (72) bur3 field;
obverse col 2 19	7.00 (420) (ninda) squared:
obverse col 2 20	1.38 (98) bur3;
obverse col 2 21	8.00 (480) (ninda) squared:
obverse col 2 22	2.08 (128) bur3 field;
obverse col 3 1	9.00 (540) (ninda) squared:
obverse col 3 2	2.42 (162) bur3 field;
obverse col 3 3	10.00 (600) (ninda) squared:
obverse col 3 4	3.20 (200) bur3 field;
obverse col 3 5	20.00 (1,200) (ninda) squared:
obverse col 3 6	13.20 (800) bur3 field;
obverse col 3 7	30.00 (1,800) (ninda) squared:
obverse col 3 8	30.00 (1,800) bur3 field;
obverse col 3 9	40.00 (2,400) (ninda) squared:
obverse col 3 10	53.20 (3,200) bur3;
obverse col 3 11	50.00 (3,000) (ninda) squared:
obverse col 3 12	1.23.20 (5,000) bur3 field;
obverse col 3 13	1.00.00 (3,600) (ninda) squared:
obverse col 3 14	2.00.00 (7,200) bur3 field;
obverse col 3 15	2.00.00 (7,200) (ninda) squared:
obverse col 3 16	8.00.00 (28,800) bur3 field;
obverse col 3 17	3.00.00 (10,800) (ninda) squared:
obverse col 4 1	18.00.00 (64,800) bur3 field;
obverse col 4 2	4.00.00 (14,400) (ninda) squared:
obverse col 4 3	32.00.00 (115,200) bur3 field;
obverse col 4 4	5.00.00 (18,000) (ninda) squared:
obverse col 4 5	50.00.00 (180,000) bur3 field;
obverse col 4 6	6.00.00 (21,600) (ninda) squared:
obverse col 4 7	1.12.00.00 (259,200) bur3 field;
obverse col 4 8	7.00.00 (25,200) (ninda) squared:
obverse col 4 9	1.38.00.00 (352,800) bur3 field;
obverse col 4 10	8.00.00 (28,800) (ninda) squared:
obverse col 4 11	2.08.00.00 (460,800) bur3 field;
obverse col 4 12	9.00.00 (32,400) (ninda) squared:
obverse col 5 1	2.42.00.00 (583,200) bur3 field;
obverse col 5 2	10.00.00 (36000) (ninda) squared:
obverse col 5 3	3.20.00.00 (720,000) bur3 field;
obverse col 5 4	1 “account” squared:
obverse col 5 5	3 2/3 shekels 5 (small-shekels)
obverse col 5 6	2 “accounts” squared:
obverse col 5 7	of a plot 15 shekels;
obverse col 5 8	3 “accounts” squared:
obverse col 5 9	1/2 plot 3 2/3 shekels 5 (small-shekels);
obverse col 5 10	4 “accounts” squared:
obverse col 5 11	1 plot;
obverse col 5 12	5 “accounts” squared:
obverse col 5 13	1 1/2 plots 3 2/3 shekels 5 (small-shekels);
obverse col 5 14	6 “accounts” squared:
obverse col 5 15	of plots 2, 15 shekels;
obverse col 5 16	7 “accounts” squared:
obverse col 5 17	3 plots 3 2/3 shekels 5 (small-shekels);
obverse col 6 1	8 “accounts” squared:
obverse col 6 2	4 plots;
obverse col 6 3	9 “accounts” squared:
obverse col 6 4	5 plots 3 2/3 shekels 5 (small-shekels);
obverse col 6 5	10 “accounts” squared:
obverse col 6 6	6 plots 15 shekels;
obverse col 6 7	1 seed-cubit squared:
obverse col 6 8	1 2/3 shekels;
obverse col 6 9	2 seed-cubits squared:
obverse col 6 10	6 2/3 shekels;
obverse col 6 11	3 seed-cubits squared:
obverse col 6 12	of a plot 15 shekels;
obverse col 6 13	4 seed-cubits squared:
obverse col 6 14	of a plot 1/3, 6 2/3 shekels;
obverse col 6 15	5 seed-cubits squared:
obverse col 6 16	of a plot 2/3, 1 2/3 shekels;
obverse col 6 17	6 seed-cubits squared:
obverse col 6 18	1 plot;
obverse col 6 19	7 seed-cubits squared:
obverse col 7 1	1 1/3 plots 1 2/3 shekels;
obverse col 7 2	8 seed-cubits squared:
obverse col 7 3	1 2/3 plot 6 2/3 shekels;
obverse col 7 4	9 seed-cubits squared:
obverse col 7 5	2 plots 15 shekels;
obverse col 7 6	10 seed-cubits squared:
obverse col 7 7	2 2/3 plots 6 2/3 shekels;
obverse col 7 8	1 “open-stick” (1/8 ninda, ca. 0.75 m) squared:
obverse col 7 9	of a shekel 1/3, 5 (small-shekels) its shekel;
obverse col 7 10	2 “open-sticks” squared:
obverse col 7 11	1 2/3 shekels;
obverse col 7 12	3 “open-sticks” squared:
obverse col 7 13	3 2/3 shekels 5 (small-shekels) its shekel;
obverse col 7 14	4 “open-sticks” squared:
obverse col 7 15	6 2/3 shekels;
obverse col 7 16	5 “open-sticks” squared:
obverse col 7 17	of a plot 10 1/3 shekels, 5 (small-shekels) its shekel;
obverse col 7 18	6 “open-sticks” squared:
reverse col 1 1	of a plot 15 shekels;
reverse col 1 2	7 “open-sticks” squared:
reverse col 1 3	of a plot 1/3, of a shekel 1/3, 5 (small-shekels) its shekel;
reverse col 1 4	8 “open-sticks” squared:
reverse col 1 5	of a plot 1/3, 6 2/3 shekels;
reverse col 1 6	9 “open-sticks” squared:
reverse col 1 7	of a plot 1/3, 13 2/3 (shekels) 5 (small-shekels) its shekel;
reverse col 1 8	10 “open-sticks” squared:
reverse col 1 9	of a plot 2/3, 1 2/3 (shekels);
reverse col 1 10	1 “open-hand” squared:
reverse col 1 11	of its shekel 6 small-shekels, 15 (mini-shekels) its small-shekel;
reverse col 1 12	2 “open-hands” squared:
reverse col 1 13	of a small-shekel 1/3, 5 (mini-shekels) its small-shekel;
reverse col 1 14	3 “open-hands” squared:
reverse col 1 15	56 (small-shekels), 15 (mini-shekels) its small-shekel;
reverse col 2 1	4 “open-hands” squared:
reverse col 2 2	1 2/3 shekels;
reverse col 2 3	5 “open-hands” squared:
reverse col 2 4	2 1/3 shekels, 16 (small-shekels) its shekel, 15 (mini-shekels) its small-shekel;
reverse col 2 5	6 “open-hands” squared:
reverse col 2 6	3 2/3 shekels, 5 (small-shekels) its shekel;
reverse col 2 7	7 “open-hands” squared:
reverse col 2 8	5 shekels 6 (small-shekels) its shekel, 15 (mini-shekels) its small-shekel;
reverse col 2 9	8 “open-hands” squared:
reverse col 2 10	6 2/3 shekels;
reverse col 2 11	9 “open-hands” squared:
reverse col 2 12	8 1/3 shekels, 6 (small-shekels) its shekel, 15 (mini-shekels) its small-shekel;
reverse col 3 1	10 “open-hands” squared:
reverse col 3 2	of a plot 10 1/3 shekels, 5 (small-shekels) its shekel;
reverse col 3 5	scribe
reverse col 3 6	Lugal-ḫegal-su,
reverse col 3 7	Erda,

Transliteration (ATF)

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Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
obverse col 1
1	1(asz@c) {ninda}nindax(DU) sa2
2	1(asz@c) sar
3	2(asz@c) sa2
4	4(asz@c) sar
5	3(asz@c) sa2
6	1(u@c) la2 1(disz@t) sar
7	4(asz@c)# sa2
8	1(u@c)# 6(asz@c)# sar
9	5(asz@c) sa2
10	2(u@c)# 5(asz@c)# sar
11	6(asz@c)# sa2
12	3(u@c)# 6(asz@c)# sar
13	7(asz@c)# sa2
14	5(u@c) la2 1(disz@t) sar
15	8(asz@c) sa2
16	1(gesz2@c) 4(asz@c) sar
17	9(asz@c)# sa2
18	1(gesz2@c)# 2(u@c) 1(asz@c) sar
19	[1(u@c)] sa2
20	[1(iku@c)] GAN2#
21	[2(u@c)] sa2
22	[4(iku@c) GAN2]
obverse col 2
1	3(u@c) sa2
2	1(esze3@c) 3(iku@c) GAN2#
3	4(u@c) sa2
4	2(esze3@c) 4(iku@c) GAN2
5	5(u@c) sa2
6	1(bur3@c) 1(esze3@c) 1(iku@c) GAN2
7	1(gesz2@c) sa2#
8	2(bur3@c)# GAN2
9	2(gesz2@c) sa2 x
10	8(bur3@c) GAN2
11	3(gesz2@c) sa2
12	1(bur'u@c)# 8(bur3@c) GAN2
13	4(gesz2@c) sa2
14	3(bur'u@c)# 2(bur3@c) GAN2
15	5(gesz2@c)# sa2#
16	5(bur'u@c)# GAN2#
17	6(gesz2@c) sa2#
18	1(szar2@c) 1(bur'u@c) 2(bur3@c) GAN2
19	7(gesz2@c) sa2
20	1(szar2@c) 3(bur'u@c) 8(bur3@c)# GAN2#
21	8(gesz2@c)# sa2
22	2(szar2@c) 8(bur3@c) GAN2
obverse col 3
1	9(gesz2@c) sa2#
2	2(szar2@c) 4(bur'u@c)# 2(bur3@c)# GAN2#
3	1(gesz'u@c) sa2#
4	3(szar2@c) 2(bur'u@c)# GAN2#
5	2(gesz'u@c) sa2
6	1(szar'u@c) 3(szar2@c) 2(bur'u@c)# GAN2
7	3(gesz'u@c) sa2
8	3(szar'u@c) GAN2
9	4(gesz'u@c) sa2#
10	5(szar'u@c) 3(szar2@c) 2(bur'u@c) GAN2#
11	5(gesz'u@c)# sa2
12	1(szargal@c)#{gal#} 2(szar'u@c) 3(szar2@c) 2(bur'u@c) GAN2#
13	1(szar2@c) sa2
14	2(szargal@c){gal} GAN2
15	2(szar2@c) sa2#
16	8(szargal@c){gal#} GAN2
17	[3(szar2@c) sa2]
obverse col 4
1	1(szar'ugal@c)#{gal}# 8(szargal@c)#{gal#} GAN2#
2	4(szar2@c)# sa2
3	3(szar'ugal@c) 2(szargal@c){gal} GAN2
4	5(szar2@c) sa2
5	5(szar'ugal@c){gal} GAN2
6	6(szar2@c) sa2
7	1(szarkid@c){kid#} 1(szar'ugal@c){gal} 2(szargal@c){gal} GAN2
8	7(szar2@c) sa2
9	1(szarkid@c){kid} 3(szar'ugal@c)# 8(szargal@c)#{gal#} GAN2
10	8(szar2@c)# sa2
11	2(szarkid@c){kid} 8(szargal@c){gal#} GAN2
12	9(szar2@c)# sa2#
obverse col 5
1	2(szarkid@c)#{kid#} 4(szar'ugal@c)# 2(szargal@c){gal} GAN2
2	1(szar'u@c) sa2
3	3(szarkid@c){kid} 2(szar'ugal@c){gal#} GAN2
4	1(asz@c) nig2-ka9 sa2
5	3(asz@c) 2/3(asz@cv) 5(asz@c) gin2
6	2(asz@c) nig2-ka9 sa2
7	sar 1(u@c) 5(asz@c) gin2
8	3(asz@c) nig2-ka9 sa2
9	1/2(asz@cv) sar 3(asz@c) 2/3(asz@cv) 5(asz@c) gin2
10	4(asz@c) nig2-ka9 sa2#
11	1(asz@c) sar
12	5(asz@c) nig2-ka9 sa2
13	1(asz@c) 1/2(asz@cv)# sar# 3(asz@c) 2/3(asz@cv) 5(asz@c) gin2
14	6(asz@c)# nig2#-ka9# sa2#
15	sar 2(asz@c) 1(u@c) 5(asz@c)# gin2#
16	7(asz@c) nig2-ka9 sa2
17	3(asz@c) sar 3(asz@c) 2/3(asz@cv) 5(asz@c) gin2
obverse col 6
1	8(asz@c)# nig2#-ka9# sa2#
2	4(asz@c)# sar#
3	9(asz@c) nig2-ka9 sa2
4	5(asz@c) sar 3(asz@c) 2/3(asz@cv) 5(asz@c) gin2
5	1(u@c) nig2#-ka9# sa2
6	6(asz@c) sar 1(u@c) 5(asz@c) gin2
7	1(asz@c) kusz3-numun sa2
8	1(asz@c) 2/3(asz@cv) gin2
9	2(asz@c) kusz3-numun# sa2#
10	6(asz@c)# 2/3(asz@cv)# gin2
11	3(asz@c) kusz3-numun sa2
12	sar 1(u@c) 5(asz@c) gin2
13	4(asz@c) kusz3-numun sa2
14	sar 1/3(asz@cv) 6(asz@c) 2/3(asz@cv) gin2#
15	5(asz@c)# kusz3-numun# sa2#
16	sar# 2/3(asz@cv)# 1(asz@c)# 2/3(asz@cv)# gin2
17	6(asz@c) kusz3-numun sa2
18	1(asz@c) sar
19	7(asz@c) kusz3-numun# sa2#
obverse col 7
1	1(asz@c)# 1/3(asz@cv)# sar# [1(asz@c) 2/3(asz@cv) gin2]
2	8(asz@c)# kusz3#-numun# [sa2]
3	1(asz@c) 2/3(asz@cv)# sar 6(asz@c)# [2/3(asz@cv) gin2]
4	9(asz@c) kusz3-numun# [sa2]
5	2(asz@c) sar 1(u@c) 5(asz@c)# gin2#
6	1(u@c) kusz3-numun# [sa2]
7	2(asz@c)# sar# 2/3(asz@cv)# 6(asz@c) 2/3(asz@cv)# gin2
8	1(asz@c) gesz-bad# sa2
9	gin2 1/3(asz@cv) 5(asz@c) gin2-bi
10	2(asz@c) gesz#-bad sa2
11	1(asz@c) 2/3(asz@cv) gin2
12	3(asz@c) gesz#-bad# sa2#
13	3(asz@c)# [2/3(asz@cv) gin2] 5(asz@c)# [gin2-bi]
14	4(asz@c)# [gesz]-bad# sa2
15	6(asz@c) 2/3(asz@cv) gin2
16	5(asz@c) gesz-bad sa2
17	sar 1(u@c) gin2 1/3(asz@cv) 5(asz@c) gin2-[bi]
18	6(asz@c)# [gesz-bad sa2]
reverse col 1
1	sar 1(u@c) 5(asz@c) gin2
2	7(asz@c) gesz-bad sa2
3	sar 1/3(asz@cv) gin2 1/3(asz@cv) 5(asz@c) gin2-bi
4	8(asz@c)# gesz-bad sa2
5	[sar 1/3(asz@cv)] 6(asz@c)# [2/3(asz@cv) gin2]
6	[9(asz@c) gesz-bad sa2]
7	[sar 1/3(asz@cv) 1(u@c) 3(asz@c) 2/3(asz@cv) gin2 5(asz@c) gin2-bi]
8	[1(u@c) gesz]-bad# sa2
9	[sar 2/3(asz@cv)] 1(asz@c)# 2/3(asz@cv)# gin2#
10	[1(asz@c) szu]-bad# sa2#
11	gin2#?-bi?-ta? gin2 6(asz@c)# 1(u@c) 5(asz@c) ba?-gin2-gin2
12	2(asz@c) szu#-bad sa2
13	gin2 1/3(asz@cv) 5(asz@c) gin2-bi
14	3(asz@c) szu#-bad# [sa2]
15	5(u@c)# gin2 6(asz@c)# [1(u@c)] 5(asz@c)# [ba?-gin2-gin2]
reverse col 2
1	4(asz@c) szu-bad sa2
2	1(asz@c) 2/3(asz@cv) gin2
3	5(asz@c)# szu#-bad# sa2
4	2(asz@c)# gin2# 1/3(asz@cv)# gin2-bi#-ta# [1(u@c)] 6(asz@c) 1(u@c) 5(asz@c)# ba#?-gin2#-gin2#?
5	6(asz@c) szu#-bad# sa2#
6	3(asz@c) 2/3(asz@cv) gin2 5(asz@c)# gin2#-bi#
7	7(asz@c) szu#-bad# sa2#
8	5(asz@c) gin2# gin2#?-bi#? 6(asz@c)# 1(u@c)# 5(asz@c)# ba?-gin2#?-gin2#?
9	8(asz@c) szu-bad sa2#
10	6(asz@c) gin2 2/3(asz@cv)
11	9(asz@c) szu-bad sa2
12	8(asz@c) 1/3(asz@cv) gin2-bi? gin2-ta 6(asz@c) 1(u@c) 5(asz@c) ba-gin2-gin2-ta?
reverse col 3
1	1(u@c) szu-bad sa2
2	sar# 1(u@c) gin2 [1/3(asz@cv)] 5(asz@c)# gin2#-bi#?
3	ka9-ka9#
4	ka9 ku3#
5	lu2 dub-sar
6	lugal-he2-gal2-su3
7	er-da
8	ka9# ku3-ma2?
9	ka9-ka9-sze3# mu-zu-a?

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