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CUSAS 03, 0142 (P322770)
Administrative, Ur III, Garšana · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 03, 0142 |
|---|---|
| ID | P322770 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 48-07-042 |
| 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: Epeshnamtura |
| 8 | ugula be-li2-i3-li2 | foreman: Beli-ilī, |
| 9 | [ARAD2 e2]-A-me-esz2? | servant of Ea-mēš. |
| 10 | [n gurusz] ugula ba-zi | n male laborers, foreman: Bazi |
| 11 | [n gurusz] 4(disz) geme2 ugula me#-[e2-a] | n workmen, 4 female laborers, foreman: Me-Ea |
| 12 | [n gurusz n] geme2 ugula za-la#-[a] | n male laborers n female laborers, foreman: Zalâ |
| 13 | [n gurusz? ugula] ib-ni-dingir | n male laborers, foreman: Ibni-dingir |
| 14 | [n gurusz? ugula ...] | n male laborers, foreman: |
| 15 | [lu2 hun]-ga2-[me-esz2] | hirelings |
| 16 | [szunigin 1(u) gurusz szitim] | total: 10 male laborers, builders |
| 17 | [szunigin 1(gesz2)] 4(u) 5(disz) gurusz# | total: 105 male laborers |
| 18 | [szunigin] 1(gesz2) 1(u) geme2 | total: 70 female laborers |
| 19 | sza3#-bi-ta | therefrom: |
| 20 | [1(disz)] gurusz szitim um-mi-a | 1 laborer, builder of Ummiya |
| 21 | 7(disz) gurusz <szitim> 1(u) gurusz 1(u) la2 1(disz) geme2 szu dim2? | 7 laborers, <builder> 10 laborers 9 female laborers |
| 22 | 2(u) 7(disz) geme2 im ga6-ga2 | 27 female laborers, clay carried, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | iz-zi im-[sumur ak] | he stood, he washed his hands |
| 2 | 2(disz) gurusz szitim 2(u) gurusz# szu dim2 | 2 laborers, builder, 20 laborers requisitioned |
| 3 | 1(u) 6(disz) geme2 im ga6-ga2 | 16 female laborers, clay carried, |
| 4 | [n] geme2 sig4 da-iz-zi ga2-ga2 | n female laborers, bricks for daišzi delivery |
| 5 | al#-tar e2-bappir e2-muhaldim u3 e2-kikken2 | I have returned to the brewery, the kitchen, and the mill. |
| 6 | [n] gurusz 5(disz) geme2 nig2 u2 ba |ZI&ZI| [x sur-de3 gub-ba] | n male laborers (and) 5 female laborers, grain-fed, ..., stationed |
| 7 | [n?] 5(disz) gurusz 5(disz) geme2# [iz]-zi# iri[{ki}-sze3 gid2-da gen-na] | n+5 male laborers (and) 5 female laborers, Izzi, who went to the city long ago |
| 8 | 2(u) 5(disz) [...] | 25 ... |
| 9 | 2(u) gurusz# ... [...] | 20 male laborers |
| 10 | x [...] | |
| 11 | [1(disz)] gurusz gir esir2 [u3-ru-de3] | 1 male worker, cutter of bitumen for weaving |
| 12 | [1(disz)] gurusz sig4 en#-[nu ak] | 1 male laborer, bricks inspected, |
| 13 | [1(disz)] gurusz [tu-ra] | 1 male worker, sick, |
| 14 | szunigin# 1(u) gurusz szitim# | total: 10 male laborers, builders |
| 15 | [szunigin] 1(gesz2) 5(u) 5(disz) gurusz | total: 105 male laborers |
| 16 | [szunigin] 1(gesz2) 1(u) geme2 | total: 70 female laborers |
| 17 | zi#-ga-am3 gurum2 ak | booked out, inspection performed |
| 18 | giri3# puzur4-{d}nin-kar-ke3 dub#-[sar] | via Puzur-Ninkarke, the scribe |
| 19 | [u3] {d}iszkur-illat szabra | and Adad-tillati, the household manager |
| 20 | [iti] a2-ki-ti | month: “Akitu,’ |
| 21 | [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] | day n |
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