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CUSAS 03, 0331 (P322926)
Administrative, Ur III, Garšana · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 03, 0331 |
|---|---|
| ID | P322926 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 48-09-014 |
| 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 | 1/2(disz) ninda 2(disz) kusz3 ib2-sa2 1(disz) 1/2(disz) [kusz3 bur3] | 1/2 ninda 2 cubits square side: 1 1/2 cubit depth |
| 2 | sahar-bi 2/3(disz) [kusz3 bur3] | its soil: 2/3 cubit, depth |
| 3 | 7(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 sahar [...] | 7 1/2 shekels earth |
| 4 | 1/2(disz) ninda 2(disz) kusz3 gid2 1/2(disz) ninda dagal 1/2(disz) [gin2] | 1/2 rod, 2 cubits the length, 1/2 rod the width, 1/2 shekel |
| 5 | sahar-bi 1(u) gin2 | its soil: 10 shekels; |
| 6 | 1(disz) ninda gid2 1/2(disz) ninda dagal 1/2(disz) [gin2] | 1 ninda the length, 1/2 rod the width, 1/2 shekel |
| 7 | sahar-bi 2/3(disz) sar [1(disz)] 4(disz) gin2# | its soil: 2/3 sar 1 4 shekels |
| 8 | [1(disz)] 1/2(disz) ninda ib2-sa2 [1(disz)] 1/2(disz) kusz3 bur3 | 1 1/2 ninda squared: 1 1/2 cubits depth |
| 9 | sahar-bi 1/3(disz) sar [2(disz)] 1/2(disz) gin2 | its soil: 1/3 sar 2 1/2 shekels |
| 10 | 1(disz) 1/2(disz) ninda 4(disz) kusz3 gid2 1/2(disz) ninda dagal 1(disz) 1/2(disz) [kusz3 bur3] | 1 1/2 rods 4 cubits the length, 1/2 rod the width, 1 1/2 cubit the depth |
| 11 | sahar-bi 1(disz) 1/3(disz) sar 2(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 | its soil: 1 1/3 sar 2 1/2 shekels; |
| 12 | 1(disz) ninda gid2 1/2(disz) ninda [2(disz)] kusz3 dagal 1(disz) kusz3 bur3 | 1 ninda the length, 1/2 rod, 2 cubits the width, 1 cubit the depth |
| 13 | sahar-bi 2/3(disz) sar | its soil: 2/3 sar; |
| 14 | 1/2(disz) ninda ib2-sa2 1(disz) kusz3 bur3 | 1/2 ninda squared: 1 cubit |
| 15 | sahar-bi 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 | its soil: 15 shekels; |
| 16 | 1/2(disz) ninda 2(disz) kusz3 ib2-sa2 2(disz) 1/2(disz) kusz3 bur3 | 1/2 ninda 2 cubits square side: 2 1/2 cubit depth; |
| 17 | sahar-bi 1(disz) sar 6(disz)# 2/3(disz) gin2 | its soil: 1 sar 6 2/3 shekels |
| 18 | 1(disz) ninda#-gid2# 1/2(disz) ninda# [n] kusz3 [dagal ...] | 1 ninda-gid2 1/2 šanda n cubits the width |
| 19 | [sahar]-bi 1(disz) [n sar ...] | its soil: 1 sar ...; |
| 20 | [...] | |
| 21 | sahar#-bi [n sar ...] | its soil: n sar ... |
| 22 | [n] ninda# ib2-sa2 [n kusz3 bur3] | n breads squared: n cubits depth |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] 1/2(disz) [...] | ... 1/2 ... |
| 2 | [...] 1(disz) [...] | ... 1 ... |
| 3 | 1/2(disz) ninda 3(disz) kusz3 gid2 3(disz) kusz3 dagal# | 1/2 ninda 3 cubits the long side, 3 [cubits] the wide side |
| 4 | sahar-bi 2/3(disz) sar 5(disz) gin2# | its soil: 2/3 sar 5 shekels |
| 5 | szunigin 9(disz) 1/2(disz) sar 4(disz) gin2 igi-6(disz)-gal2 | total: 9 1/2 sar 4 1/6 shekels |
| 6 | us2-bi 3(u) ninda | its length is 30 rods |
| 7 | a2 gurusz-a 6(disz) gin2-ta | labor of the male laborers: 6 shekels each |
| 8 | gurusz-bi 1(gesz2) 3(u) 5(disz) 2/3(disz) 1(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2 u4 1(disz)-sze3 | its labor: 105 2/3 workdays, 1 2/3 shekels |
| 9 | sze 6(disz) sila3-ta ba-hun | barley, 6 sila3 each, received; |
| 10 | sze-bi 1(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 1(u) gin2 gur | its barley: 1 gur 4 barig 3 ban2 4 sila3 10 shekels; |
| 11 | sahar zi-ga du5-[la2] da-bad3 se3-ga | piled up dust, shovels, and ditches |
| 12 | a2 im-AGA | labor of Im-AGA |
| 13 | mu-kux(DU) ba-zi ugula lu2 hun-ga2 | delivery of Bazi, foreman of hirelings; |
| 14 | giri3 {d}iszkur-illat szabra | via Adad-tillati, chief household administrator; |
| 15 | u3 puzur4-{d}nin-kar-ke3 dub-sar | and Puzur-Ninkarke, the scribe, |
| 16 | sza3 gar-sza-an-na{ki} | in Garšana |
| 17 | iti ezem-{d}szul-[gi] | month: “Festival-of-Šulgi,’ |
| 18 | mu {d}szu-{d}suen [lugal] uri5#{ki}-ma-ke4 na-[ru2-a-mah] {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2#-[ra] mu-ne#-[du3] | year: “Šū-Suen, king of Ur, Great-stele for Enlil and Ninlil erected. |
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| 1 | [...] | |
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