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CUSAS 03, 0015 (P322731)
Administrative, Ur III, Garšana · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 03, 0015 |
|---|---|
| ID | P322731 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 48-07-003 |
| 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)
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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 | ||
| 1 | [3(disz) gurusz] szitim# lu2-i3-si-in{ki}-me | 3 male laborers, builders: Lu-Isin |
| 2 | 4(disz) gurusz szitim lu2 nig2-{d}ba-ba6 | 4 male laborers, builders, men of Nig-Baba, |
| 3 | 3(disz) gurusz szitim 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz | 3 male laborers, builder, 15 male laborer, |
| 4 | ugula i-ri-ib | foreman: Irib; |
| 5 | ARAD2 e2-A-me-esz2 | servant of Ea-mēš. |
| 6 | 1(u) gurusz ugula dingir-dan | 10 male laborers, foreman: Dingir-dan |
| 7 | 6(disz) gurusz 1(u) 7(disz) geme2 | 6 male laborers, 17 female laborers |
| 8 | ugula ba-zi | foreman: Bazi; |
| 9 | 4(disz) gurusz 1(u) 7(disz) geme2 | 4 male laborers, 17 female laborers |
| 10 | ugula me-e2-a | foreman: Me-Ea |
| 11 | 1(disz) gurusz ugula szal2-mah | 1 male laborer, foreman: Šalmaḫ |
| 12 | 2(disz) gurusz ugula hal#-li2-a | 2 male laborers, foreman: Haliya |
| 13 | lu2 hun-ga2-me-esz2 | hirelings |
| 14 | szunigin 1(u) gurusz szitim | total: 10 male laborers, builders; |
| 15 | szunigin 3(u) 8(disz) gurusz | total: 38 male laborers |
| 16 | szunigin 3(u) 4(disz) geme2 | total: 34 female laborers, |
| 17 | sza3-bi-ta | therefrom: |
| 18 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim 8(disz) gurusz gi-sal bad3# gul-de3 gub-ba | 1 male laborer, builder, 8 male laborers, reed-bed workers, stationed at the wall to be destroyed |
| 19 | 3(disz) geme2 gi-sal ga6-ga2-de3# [gub-ba] | 3 female workers, reed baskets carried, stationed |
| 20 | 3(disz) gurusz szitim 1(disz) gurusz 3(disz) [geme2] | 3 male laborers, builders, 1 male laborer, 3 female laborers |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {gesz}ig sza3 e2-a [bu-ra] | the door of the heart of the house that is torn out |
| 2 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim 1(disz) gurusz 3(disz) geme2 | 1 male laborer, builder, 1 male labourer, 3 female laborers, |
| 3 | gaba-tab e2-ur3-ra ku6 al#-[us2]-sa# du3-de3 gub#-[ba] | The breast of the urra-house, where fish are seated, is set up to be fed. |
| 4 | 4(disz) gurusz szitim 5(disz) gurusz [n geme2] | 4 male laborers, millers, 5 male labourers, n female laborers |
| 5 | szu dim2-ma [gub-ba] | set up as a statue |
| 6 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim iz-zi bad3 da6-[da6]-de3# [gub-ba] | 1 male laborer, builder of the Izzi wall stationed |
| 7 | 3(disz) gurusz im ga2-ri2-na# [lu-de3 gub-ba] | 3 male laborers, clay poured out for a man, stationed |
| 8 | 1(u) geme2 im ga6-ga2-de3 [gub-ba] | 10 female laborers, clay carried, stationed |
| 9 | 1(u) geme2 sig4 da-bad3 ga2-ga2-de3# gub-[ba] | 10 brick-work female laborers stationed at the border |
| 10 | [n gurusz?] im [...]-de3 gub-ba | n young men(?) stationed in ... |
| 11 | [...]-de3# gub-[ba] | ... stationed |
| 12 | [...] ga6-ga2 | ... carried. |
| 13 | 1(disz) [...] | 1 ... |
| 14 | 1(disz) [...] | 1 ... |
| 15 | 1(disz) [gurusz tu-ra] | 1 male worker, sick |
| 16 | szunigin 1(u) gurusz [szitim] | total: 10 male laborers, builders |
| 17 | szunigin 3(u) 8(disz) [gurusz] | total: 38 male laborers |
| 18 | szunigin 3(u) 4(disz) geme2 | total: 34 female laborers, |
| 19 | zi#-ga-am3 | booked out |
| 20 | [gurum2] ak al-tar bad3 gub-ba | inspections of the altar-officials stationed on the wall |
| 21 | giri3 {d}iszkur-illat szabra | via Adad-tillati, chief household administrator; |
| 22 | u3 puzur4-{d}nin-kar-ke3 dub-sar | and Puzur-Ninkarke, the scribe, |
| 23 | [sza3 gar]-sza-an{ki}-na! | in Garšan |
| 24 | [iti] ki-siki {d}nin-a-zu | month: “kisiki of Ninazu,’ |
| 25 | [mu] {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-[ma]-ke4 na-ru2-a-mah {d}en-lil2 [{d}]nin-lil2-ka mu-ne-du3 | year: “Šū-Suen, king of Ur, Great-stele of Enlil and Ninlil erected. |
| left | ||
| 1 | u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam | 24th day; |
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