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CUSAS 03, 0140 (P322767)
Administrative, Ur III, Garšana · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 03, 0140 |
|---|---|
| ID | P322767 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 48-07-039 |
| 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, builders, men of Ur-Šulpa’e, |
| 4 | 3(disz) gurusz szitim | 3 male laborers, builders, |
| 5 | 1(u) 6(disz) gurusz gub-ba | 16 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-meš. |
| 10 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim 1(gesz2) 3(u) gurusz 6(disz) geme2 [ugula ...] | 1 male laborer, builder; 190 male laborers, 6 female laborers: foreman: ; |
| 11 | 5(u) 3(disz) gurusz 4(u) la2 1(disz) geme2 ugula# [...] | 53 male laborers, 40 less 1 female laborers foreman: ... |
| 12 | [3(u) 7(disz) gurusz] 1(u) 8(disz) geme2 ugula za-la-[a] | 37 male laborers and 18 female laborers, foreman: Zalaya |
| 13 | [1(disz) gurusz] szitim ugula ib-ni-dingir | 1 male laborer, builder, foreman: Ibni-dingir |
| 14 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim ugula szal2-mah | 1 male laborer, builder, foreman: Šalmaḫ; |
| 15 | 3(disz) gurusz 1(u) 7(disz) geme2 ugula ba-ba-ti | 3 male laborers and 17 female laborers, foreman: Babati |
| 16 | 1(disz) gurusz 1(u) 4(disz) geme2 ugula sza-at-[er3-ra] | 1 male laborer, 14 female laborers, foreman: Šat-Erra |
| 17 | 6(disz) gurusz 4(disz) geme2 ugula li-la-[a] | 6 workmen, 4 female laborers, foreman: Lila’a |
| 18 | 2(disz) gurusz 1(u) 5(disz) geme2 la-te-ni-isz# | 2 male laborers (and) 15 female laborers have been laid low |
| 19 | lu2 hun-ga2-me-esz2 | hirelings |
| 20 | szunigin 1(u) 3(disz) gurusz szitim | total: 13 laborers, builders; |
| 21 | szunigin 3(gesz2) 3(u) gurusz | total: 190 male laborers |
| 22 | szunigin 1(gesz2) 5(u) 3(disz) geme2 | total: 93 female laborers |
| 23 | sza3-bi-ta | therefrom: |
| 24 | 1(disz) gurusz um-mi-a | 1 male laborer, Ummiya |
| 25 | [n] gurusz szitim 2(u) 7(disz) gurusz 1(u) la2 1(disz) geme2 szu dim2-ma | n laborers, builder; 27 laborers; 9 female laborers requisitioned |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 4(u) 4(disz) geme2 im# ga6#-ga2 | 44 female laborers, clay carried |
| 2 | iz-zi im-sumur ak | Izzi, he made a clay cone. |
| 3 | 2(disz) gurusz szitim 1(u) 2(disz) gurusz szu dim2 | 2 male laborers, builder; 12 male labourers, šu dim, |
| 4 | 1(u) 1(disz) geme2 im ga6-ga2 | 11 female laborers, clay carried, |
| 5 | gesz-ur3 kesz2-ra2 | a threshing floor |
| 6 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim 8(disz) gurusz szu dim2 | 1 male laborer, builder, 8 male laborers, šu dim, |
| 7 | 1(disz) geme2 du-u2-um ak | 1 female worker, Duum, acted |
| 8 | 1(disz) geme2 im gid2 | 1 female worker, long clay nails, |
| 9 | 2(u) geme2 im ga6-ga2 | 20 female laborers, clay carried, |
| 10 | al-tar gub-ba | who is stationed, |
| 11 | 1(u) geme2 sig4-da iz-zi ga2-ga2 | 10 brick-work female laborers, izzi deliveries, |
| 12 | 1(u) 1(disz) gurusz 1(u) 1(disz) geme2 im ga6-ga2 | 11 male laborers, 11 female laborers of clay carried, |
| 13 | e2-bappir e2-muhaldim u3 [e2]-kikken2 | the brewery, the kitchen and the mill |
| 14 | [n] gurusz# ur3 e2-kiszib3-ba [sumun] zi-li2-de3# [gub-ba] | n male laborers stationed at the base of the storehouse, in order to raise the righteous wild cow |
| 15 | 1(gesz2) 4(u) 3(disz) [gurusz] im lu-[a] | 93 male laborers, clay ... |
| 16 | 6(disz) gurusz 6(disz) geme2 sig4 al-urx(BAHAR2)?#-ra# [gub-ba] | 6 male laborers (and) 6 female laborers, bricks stationed |
| 17 | 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz ka-sahar-ra{ki}-sze3 [gi tum3]-de3 gen#-[na] | 15 workmen to Kasahara brought reeds |
| 18 | 1(disz) gurusz gir esir2 u3-ru#-[de3] | 1 male worker, “cutting a ...-finger’s splinter |
| 19 | 2(disz) gurusz sig4 en-un [ak] | 2 male laborers, bricks done by Enun |
| 20 | 1(disz) gurusz tu-[ra] | 1 male worker, sick |
| 21 | szunigin 1(u) 3(disz) gurusz szitim | total: 13 laborers, builders; |
| 22 | szunigin 3(gesz2) 3(u) gurusz | total: 190 male laborers |
| 23 | szunigin 1(gesz2) 5(u) 3(disz) geme2 | total: 93 female laborers |
| 24 | zi-ga-am3 gurum2 ak | booked out, inspections performed; |
| 25 | giri3 puzur4-{d}nin-kar-ke3 | via Puzur-Ninkar, |
| 26 | u3 {d}iszkur-illat | and Adad-tillati |
| 27 | [iti] a2-ki-[ti] | month: "Akitu," |
| 28 | 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 [n-kam] | the nth day |
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