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CUSAS 03, 0121 (P322762)
Administrative, Ur III, Garšana · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 03, 0121 |
|---|---|
| ID | P322762 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 48-07-034 |
| 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 | [2(disz) gurusz szitim lu2] di3#-ma-at kal2-bu-um{ki} | 2 male laborers, builders, artisans of Kalbum |
| 3 | [2(disz)] gurusz# szitim lu2-[ur-{d}]szul#-pa-e3 | 2 male laborers, builder: Lu-ur-Šulpa’e |
| 4 | 3(disz) gurusz szitim | 3 male laborers, builders, |
| 5 | 1(u) 7(disz) gurusz gub-ba | 17 male laborers stationed |
| 6 | 2(disz) gurusz sig4 en-nu ak | 2 male laborers, bricks inspected, |
| 7 | 1(disz) e-pe-esz-na-am-tu-ra | 1 Epeš-namtura |
| 8 | ugula be-li2-i3-li2 | foreman: Beli-ilī, |
| 9 | ARAD2 e2-A-me-esz2 | servant of Ea-mēš. |
| 10 | 1(u) la2 1(disz) [gurusz] ugula ba-zi | 9 male laborers, foreman: Bazi |
| 11 | 3(disz) gurusz 1(u) 3(disz) geme2 ugula me-e2-a | 3 male laborers, 13 female laborers foreman: Me-Ea |
| 12 | 2(disz) gurusz 7(disz) geme2 ugula za-la-a | 2 male laborers (and) 7 female laborers, foreman: Zalaya |
| 13 | 3(disz) gurusz ugula me-{d}nanna | 3 male laborers, foreman: Me-Nanna |
| 14 | 4(disz) gurusz ugula ib-ni-dingir | 4 male laborers, foreman: Ibni-dingir |
| 15 | lu2 hun-ga2-me-esz2 | hirelings |
| 16 | szunigin 1(u) gurusz szitim | total: 10 male laborers, builders; |
| 17 | szunigin 4(u) 1(disz) [gurusz] | total: 41 male laborers |
| 18 | szunigin 4(u)! [geme2] | total: 40 female laborers |
| 19 | [sza3]-bi#-[ta] | from there |
| 20 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim [um]-mi-[a] | 1 male laborer, builder of Ummiya |
| 21 | 3(disz) gurusz szitim# 1(u) gurusz [szu]-dim2# | 3 laborers, builders, 10 laborers of šudim workmen |
| 22 | 2(disz) geme2 du-u2#-um# ak | 2 female laborers, Duum, acted |
| 23 | 2(disz) geme2 im gid2 | 2 female laborers, long tablets, |
| 24 | 6(disz) geme2 im ga6-ga2 | 6 female laborers, clay carried, |
| 25 | al-tar e2 bu-ta-nu-um | the one who inherited the house of Budanum, |
| 26 | 2(disz) gurusz szitim 1(u) 1(disz) gurusz szu dim2 | 2 male laborers, builder; 11 male laborer, šu dim, |
| 27 | 2(disz) geme2 du-u2-um ak | 2 female laborers, Duum, acted |
| 28 | 2(disz) geme2 im gid2 | 2 female laborers, long tablets, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [6(disz)] geme2 im ga6-ga2 | 6 female laborers, clay carried |
| 2 | al#-tar ki-sa2-a e2-bappir u3 e2-kikken2 | “I want to go to the quay, the brewery, and the mill. |
| 3 | [n] gurusz szitim a-za-bu-um a im sze-ga2 du3-a | n male laborers, builders of the Zabum canal, water and barley poured out |
| 4 | 2(disz) gurusz szitim ur3 e2-gal-a ga2-ga2 | 2 male laborers, builder of the roof of the palace; |
| 5 | 4(disz) [gurusz] ziz2#-us2-sa | 4 male laborers, herdsman of emmer |
| 6 | 1(u) 3(disz) gurusz# [sig4] al#-urx(BAHAR2)?-ra u3-szub | 13 male laborers, bricks piled up |
| 7 | 2(disz) gurusz sig4 en#-[nu ak] | 2 male laborers, bricks inspected, |
| 8 | 1(disz) gurusz tu-ra | 1 male worker, sick, |
| 9 | szunigin 1(u) [gurusz szitim] | total: 10 male laborers, builders |
| 10 | szunigin 4(u) 1(disz) [gurusz] | total: 41 male laborers |
| 11 | szunigin 2(u) geme2# | total: 20 female laborers |
| 12 | zi-ga-[am3] | booked out |
| 13 | giri3 puzur4-[{d}nin-kar-ke3] dub-sar | via Puzur-Ninkarke, the scribe |
| 14 | u3 {d}iszkur-illat szabra | and Adad-tillati, the household manager |
| 15 | iti ezem-{d}nin-a-zu | month: “Festival-of-Ninazu,’ |
| 16 | mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e ma-da [za]-ab-sza-li{ki} mu-hul | year: “Šū-Suen, the king, the land of Zabšali destroyed. |
| left | ||
| 1 | u4 2(u) la2 1(disz)-kam | the 19th day, |
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