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CUSAS 03, 0102 (P322758)
Administrative, Ur III, Garšana · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 03, 0102 |
|---|---|
| ID | P322758 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 48-07-030 |
| 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 nig2#-[{d}ba-ba6] | 3 male laborers, builders, men of Nig-Baba |
| 2 | 3(disz) gurusz szitim ARAD2 e2#-[A] | 3 male laborers, builder, servant of Ea |
| 3 | 1(u) 7(disz) gurusz gub-ba | 17 male laborers stationed |
| 4 | 2(disz) gurusz sig4 en-nu ak | 2 male laborers, bricks inspected, |
| 5 | 1(disz) e2-[...] da#-bad3 umma{ki#} szu#-kab-ta2-sze3 de6-a | 1 E-..., the dabad of Umma, delivered to Šu-kabta |
| 6 | ugula be-li2-i3-li2 | foreman: Beli-ilī, |
| 7 | 1(u) 4(disz) gurusz 3(u) 2(disz) geme2 ugula ba-zi | 14 workmen, 32 female laborers, foreman: Bazi |
| 8 | 1(u) gurusz 4(u) 1(disz) geme2 ugula me-e2-a | 10 male laborers 41 female laborers, foreman: Me-ea |
| 9 | 2(disz) gurusz 1(u) 5(disz) geme2 ugula za-la-a | 2 male laborers 15 female laborers, foreman: Zalaya |
| 10 | 4(disz) gurusz 1(u) 4(disz) geme2 ugula sal-mah | 4 workmen, 14 female laborers, foreman: Salmaḫ; |
| 11 | szunigin [6(disz)] gurusz szitim | total: 6 male laborers, builders |
| 12 | [szunigin 5(u) 9(disz)] gurusz# | total: 49 male laborers |
| 13 | [szunigin 1(gesz2) 4(u) 2(disz) geme2] | total: 122 female laborers |
| 14 | sza3-bi-[ta] | from there |
| 15 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim um-mi-[a] | 1 male laborer, builder of Ummiya |
| 16 | 2(disz) gurusz szitim | 2 male laborers, builders, |
| 17 | 1(u) la2 1(disz) gurusz szu dim2-ma | 9 male laborers, hand fashioned, |
| 18 | 2(u) geme2 im ga6-ga2 | 20 female laborers, clay carried, |
| 19 | 1(u) geme2 sig4 da-bad3 ga2-ga2-de3 | 10 female laborers, brick-carrying workmen, to be set up, |
| 20 | 2(disz) geme2 im gid2-de3 | 2 female laborers, long tablets, |
| 21 | 1(disz) geme2 du-u2-um ke4-de3 | 1 female worker, Duum ke-de, |
| 22 | al-tar bad3 gub-ba | The altar of the wall stationed |
| 23 | 6(disz) gurusz im lu-a | 6 male laborers, clay ..., |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim 2(disz) gurusz 6(disz) geme2 | 1 male laborer, builder, 2 male laborers, 6 female laborers |
| 2 | e2-a-lu-a gub-ba | stationed in the Ea-lua |
| 3 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim 3(u) gurusz | 1 male laborer, builder, 30 male laborers |
| 4 | 1(gesz2) 1(disz) geme2 | 61 female laborers, |
| 5 | sig4-ansze ga2-ga2-de3 gub-ba | standing ready to bring the bricks, |
| 6 | 1(u) 6(disz) gurusz {gesz}{u2}kiszi17 ku5-[ra2 gub]-ba# | 16 male laborers, cut dates, stationed |
| 7 | 2(disz) gurusz sig4 en-nu ak# [gub-ba] | 2 male laborers, bricks checked, stationed |
| 8 | 1(disz) gurusz a2-ag2-ga2 de6-[a] | 1 male laborer, appointed by Ea |
| 9 | 2(disz) gurusz 2(disz) geme2 gi-sal-[la gub-ba] | 2 male laborers (and) 2 female laborers stationed in the reed screen |
| 10 | 1(disz) gurusz [ugula] | 1 male laborer, foreman |
| 11 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim tu#-[ra] | 1 male laborer, builder of the turra-house |
| 12 | szunigin 6(disz) gurusz szitim | total: 6 male laborers, builders; |
| 13 | szunigin 5(u) 9(disz) gurusz | total: 59 male laborers |
| 14 | szunigin 1(gesz2) 4(u) 2(disz) geme2 | total: 122 female laborers, |
| 15 | zi-ga-am3 | booked out, |
| 16 | gurum2 ak | inspections performed |
| 17 | giri3 {d}iszkur-illat szabra | via Adad-tillati, chief household administrator; |
| 18 | u3 puzur4-{d}nin-<kar>-ra-ak# | and Puzur-Ninkarrak |
| 19 | iti ki-siki-{d}nin-a-zu | month: “ki-siki of Ninazu,’ |
| 20 | mu ma-da za-ab-sza-[li{ki}] mu-hul# | year: “The land of Zabšali was destroyed. |
| left | ||
| 1 | u4 1(u) 7(disz)-kam | 17th day, |
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