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CUSAS 03, 0032 (P322734)
Administrative, Ur III, Garšana · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 03, 0032 |
|---|---|
| ID | P322734 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 48-07-006 |
| 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 | 2(disz) gurusz szitim lu2-i3-[si-in{ki}] | 2 male laborers, builders: Lu-Isin |
| 2 | 5(disz) gurusz szitim lu2-nig2-[ba-ba6] | 5 male laborers, builder: Lu-nigbaba |
| 3 | [3(disz)] gurusz szitim | 3 male laborers, builders |
| 4 | 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz ugula i-ri-ib# | 15 male laborers, foreman: Irib |
| 5 | 1(u) 7(disz) gurusz ugula be-li2-i3-li2# | 17 male laborers, foreman: Beli-ili |
| 6 | ARAD2 e2-A-me-esz2 | servant of Ea-mēš. |
| 7 | 1(u) 7(disz) gurusz szitim ugula dingir-dan | 17 male laborers, builders, foreman: Dingir-dan |
| 8 | 5(disz) gurusz [1(disz)] geme2 lu2-du6-lugal#-[pa-e3{ki}] | 5 male laborers (and) 1 female laborer, Lu-dulugal-pa’e |
| 9 | 9(disz) gurusz 4(u) geme2 ugula ba-[zi] | 9 male laborers 40 female laborers, foreman: Bazi |
| 10 | 7(disz) gurusz 4(u) geme2 ugula me-e2-[a] | 7 male laborers, 40 female laborers foreman: Me-ea |
| 11 | 3(disz) gurusz 7(disz) geme2 ugula za-la-[a] | 3 male laborers 7 female laborers, foreman: Zala’a |
| 12 | 2(disz) gurusz 2(disz) geme2 ugula szal2-mah | 2 male laborers and 2 female laborers, foreman: Šalmaḫ; |
| 13 | lu2 hun-ga2-me-esz2 | hirelings |
| 14 | szunigin 1(u) gurusz szitim | total: 10 male laborers, builders; |
| 15 | szunigin 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz | total: 115 male laborers |
| 16 | szunigin 1(gesz2) 3(u) 1(disz) geme2 | total: 91 female laborers |
| 17 | sza3-bi-ta# | from there |
| 18 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim iz-zi bad3 da6-[da6]-de3# [gub-ba] | 1 male laborer, builder of the Izzi wall stationed |
| 19 | 2(disz) gurusz szitim sig4 bad3 tab-be2#-[de3 gub-ba] | 2 male laborers, builder of bricks, stationed at the perimeter of the wall |
| 20 | 6(disz) gurusz sig4 szu dim2-ma szum2#-[mu]-de3# [gub-ba] | 6 male laborers, bricks fashioned, to be given, stationed |
| 21 | 1(disz) gurusz du-u2-um# [gub-ba] | 1 male laborer, Duum stationed |
| 22 | 2(disz) gurusz im gid2-de3# [gub-ba] | 2 male laborers waiting for clay to be poured, stationed |
| 23 | 2(disz) gurusz im a ga2-ri-na# [i3-li-de9 gub-ba] | 2 male laborers, watered, poured for me, stationed at Ilī-de. |
| 24 | 1(u) 5(disz) geme2 im ga6-ga2-[de3] gub-ba | 15 female laborers, clay carried, stationed |
| 25 | 6(disz) gurusz im lu-de3 [gub]-ba | 6 male laborers stationed in the clay of the lu’de plant |
| 26 | 2(disz) gurusz 2(disz) geme2 gi-sal [gi-ir] bad3# ke4-de3 gub#-ba | 2 male laborers (and) 2 female laborers, reed-bed attendants, “to guard the wall’, stationed |
| 27 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim 3(disz) gurusz 1(u) geme2 sag bad3 im#-sumur# ke4#-de3# gub#-ba | 1 male laborer, builder, 3 male laborers, 10 female laborers “head of the wall's foundations, standing at the keel |
| 28 | 3(disz) gurusz szitim 1(u) gurusz 2(u) 8(disz) geme2 | 3 male laborers, millers, 10 male labourers, 28 female laborers |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [ki]-sa2-a e2-usz-bar sig4 tab-be2-de3 gub-ba | stationed at the threshing floor of the E’ušbar temple in order to pile bricks |
| 2 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim 9(disz) gurusz 1(u) 5(disz) geme2 sig4 im-sumur ke4-de3 gub-ba | 1 male laborer, builder; 9 male laborers, 15 female laborers “Bricks made of imsumur-stones, stationed, |
| 3 | 6(disz) gurusz im lu-a sig4-ansze-sze3 | 6 male laborers, clay-carrying ... bricks, |
| 4 | 1(u) 1(disz) gurusz in-u qar-da#-hi-sze3 gen-na-me-esz2 | 11 male laborers went to the qardaḫi service |
| 5 | 2(disz) gurusz sig4 en-nu ke4-de3 tusz-a | 2 male laborers, entrusted with the guard, sitting |
| 6 | 1(disz) gurusz ga2-nun-na tusz-a | 1 male laborer, sitting in the granary, |
| 7 | 3(disz) gurusz ugula ARAD2 e2-A | 3 male laborers, foreman: ARAD of Ea; |
| 8 | 1(disz) ta-tu3-ri u3 a-li2-ah sze e3-de3 gir2-su{ki}-sze3 gen-na giri3 za-al-lum lu2 kin-[gi4-a lugal] | Taturri and Ali-ah to bring the barley to Girsu went via Zallum the messenger of the king |
| 9 | [1(disz) gurusz a bala-a] {gesz}kiri6-{d}ba-[ba6-da] | 1 male laborer, water of the bala, garden of Babada |
| 10 | [1(disz)] e2-i3-gara2 a2-[ag2] nibru{ki}-sze3# ki szu-kab-ta-sze3 de6-a | 1 E-igara, the command of Nippur, taken to the place Šu-kabta |
| 11 | [1(disz) lu]-ga-tum ninda du8-de3 gub-ba | 1 Lugatum, who stands ready to bake bread |
| 12 | [1(disz)] be-li2-a-zu tu-ra ugula i-ri-ib | 1 Bēlī-azu of Tura, foreman of Irib |
| 13 | 1(asz@c) u#-ma-ma# szitim tu-ra | 1 aš-c-(worker), Umama, the builder of Tura |
| 14 | 1(disz) ku-ru-ub#-[{d}iszkur ugula dingir]-dan# | 1 Kurub-Adad, foreman: Dingir-dan |
| 15 | 1(disz) geme2 tu-[ra] lu2#-du6-lugal-pa-e3#[{ki}] | 1 female worker, tura, Lu-dulugal-pa’e |
| 16 | szunigin 1(u) gurusz szitim | total: 10 male laborers, builders; |
| 17 | szunigin 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz | total: 15 male laborers |
| 18 | szunigin 1(gesz2) 3(u) 1(disz) geme2 | total: 91 female laborers |
| 19 | zi-ga-am3 | booked out, |
| 20 | gurum2 ak <erin2> al-tar bad3 u3 e2-usz-bar gub#-[ba] | inspection of the cedar, altar of the wall and the E’ušbar stationed |
| 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-na[{ki}] | in Garšana |
| 24 | iti ezem-{d}nin-a-[zu] | month: “Festival-of-Ninazu,’ |
| 25 | mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-[e] na-ru2-a-mah {d}en-lil2 [{d}nin-lil2-ra] mu-ne#-[du3] | year: “Šu-Suen, the king, the great stele for Enlil and Ninlil erected. |
| left | ||
| 1 | u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam | 21st day, |
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