Unread Atlas
CUSAS 03, 0123 (P322566)
Administrative, Ur III, Garšana · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | CUSAS 03, 0123 |
|---|---|
| ID | P322566 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 48-04-053 |
| Collection | Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Garšana |
| Coordinates | 31.4433, 46.1189 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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(disz) gurusz szitim lu2 [nig2]-{d}ba-ba6 | 3 male laborers, builders, men of Nig-Baba |
| 2 | 2(disz) gurusz szitim lu2 di3-ma-at kal2-bu-um | 2 male laborers, builders, kalbum men, |
| 3 | 2(disz) gurusz szitim lu2 ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 | 2 male laborers, builders, men of Ur-Šulpa’e, |
| 4 | 3(disz) gurusz szitim | 3 male laborers, builders, |
| 5 | 9(disz) gurusz gub-ba | 9 male laborers stationed, |
| 6 | 6(disz) gurusz siki e2 {d}szu-{d}suen-ka-sze3 gen-[na] | 6 male laborers, wool for the house of Šu-Suen, went |
| 7 | 2(disz) gurusz sig4 en-nu ak | 2 male laborers, bricks inspected, |
| 8 | 1(disz) be-li2-i3-li2 | 1 Beli-ilī |
| 9 | 1(disz) e2-i3-gara2 | 1 E-igara, |
| 10 | a2-ag2-ga2 ki szu-kab-ta-sze3 de6-a | the command to the place of šukab |
| 11 | 1(disz) e-pe-esz-na-am-tu-ra | 1 Epeš-namtura |
| 12 | ugula be-li2-i3-li2 | foreman: Beli-ilī, |
| 13 | ARAD2 e2-A-me-esz2 | servant of Ea-mēš. |
| 14 | 1(u) 4(disz) gurusz 3(u) 1(disz) geme2 ugula ba-zi | 14 workmen, 31 female laborers, foreman: Bazi |
| 15 | 1(u) 8(disz) gurusz 1(u) 4(disz) geme2 ugula me-e2-a | 18 male laborers, 14 female laborers foreman: Me-Ea |
| 16 | 1(u) 3(disz) gurusz 1(u) 3(disz) geme2 ugula za-la-a | 13 workmen, 13 female laborers, foreman: Zalaya |
| 17 | 3(disz) gurusz 2(disz) geme2 ugula me-{d}nanna | 3 male laborers, 2 female laborers foreman: Me-Nanna |
| 18 | 6(disz) gurusz ugula ib-ni-dingir | 6 male laborers, foreman: Ibni-dingir |
| 19 | lu2 hun-ga2-me-esz2 | hirelings |
| 20 | szunigin 1(u) gurusz szitim | total: 10 male laborers, builders; |
| 21 | szunigin 1(gesz2) 1(u) 4(disz) gurusz | total: 104 male laborers |
| 22 | szunigin 1(gesz2) geme2 | total: 60 female laborers |
| 23 | sza3-bi-ta | therefrom: |
| 24 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim um-mi-a | 1 male laborer, builder of Ummiya, |
| 25 | 2(disz) gurusz szitim 1(u) 7(disz) gurusz szu dim2 | 2 male laborers, builder, 17 male laborer, šu dim, |
| 26 | 1(disz) geme2 du-u2-um ak | 1 female worker, Duum, acted |
| 27 | [n geme2] im#-gid2 | n female workers, regular offering |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [n geme2] im ga6-ga2 | n female laborers, clay carried |
| 2 | [... e2]-bappir u3 e2-kikken2 | ... the brewery and the mill |
| 3 | 2(disz) gurusz szitim [7(disz)] gurusz szu dim2 | 2 male laborers, builder; 7 male labourers, hand-carrying, |
| 4 | 1(u) geme2 im ga6-ga2 | 10 female laborers, clay carried, |
| 5 | e2-zu-zu-tum du3-a | built the Ezuzutum |
| 6 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim gir esir2 du3-a | 1 male laborer, builder of the šitam-wood, ..., |
| 7 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim 3(disz) gurusz 1(u) 1(disz) geme2 | 1 male laborer, builder, 3 male laborers, 11 female laborers |
| 8 | e2-szah2 du3-a | built house, |
| 9 | 1(u) 3(disz) gurusz im lu-a | 13 male laborers, clay ..., |
| 10 | 3(disz) gurusz 3(disz) geme2 sahar zi-ga e2 bu-ta-nu-um | 3 male laborers (and) 3 female laborers, dust collected from the house of Butanum |
| 11 | 1(u) 2(disz) gurusz sahar zi-ga GIN2-bala a-sza3 {gesz}kiri6 gar-sza-an-na{ki} | 12 male laborers, dust lifted, transferred, field Garšanana; |
| 12 | 1(disz) gurusz ziz2-us2-sa | 1 male laborer, herdsman of emmer |
| 13 | 8(disz) gurusz {u2}kiszi17 ku5-ra2 | 8 male laborers, cut juniper |
| 14 | 4(disz) gurusz siki e2 {d}szu-{d}suen-ka-<sze3> gen-na | 4 male laborers, wool for the house of Šu-Suen, went |
| 15 | 2(disz) gurusz sig4 en-nu ak | 2 male laborers, bricks inspected, |
| 16 | 2(disz) gurusz a2-ag2 de6-a | 2 male laborers, wages collected, |
| 17 | 1(disz) gurusz ugula# | 1 male laborer, foreman |
| 18 | 1(disz) gurusz# tu-ra | 1 male worker, tura |
| 19 | szunigin [1(u)] gurusz szitim | total: 10 male laborers, builders |
| 20 | szunigin 1(gesz2) 1(u) 4(disz) gurusz | total: 104 male laborers |
| 21 | szunigin 1(gesz2) [geme2] | total: 60 female laborers |
| 22 | zi-ga-[am3] | booked out |
| 23 | gurum2 [ak] | inspections performed |
| 24 | giri3 [puzur4-{d}nin-kar-ke3] | via Puzur-Ninkar |
| 25 | u3 {d}[iszkur-illat] | and Iškur-tillati |
| 26 | iti ezem-{d}nin-[a]-zu | month: “Festival of Ninazu,’ |
| 27 | mu ma-da za-ab-sza-li[{ki} mu]-hul | year: “The land of Zabšali was destroyed. |
| left | ||
| 1 | u4 2(u) 3(disz)-kam | 23rd day, |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.