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CUSAS 03, 0021 (P323245)
Administrative, Ur III, Garšana · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 03, 0021 |
|---|---|
| ID | P323245 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 49-02-022 + CUNES 49-02-099 |
| 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 | [2(disz) gurusz szitim lu2-i3]-si-in[{ki}] | 2 male laborers, builders: Lu-Isin |
| 2 | [5(disz) gurusz szitim lu2] nig2#-{d}ba-ba6 | 5 male laborers, builders, men of Nig-Baba |
| 3 | [3(disz)] gurusz szitim | 3 male laborers, builders |
| 4 | [n] gurusz# ugula i-[re]-eb | n male laborers, foreman: Ireb |
| 5 | [n] gurusz# ugula be-li2-i3-li2 | n male laborers, foreman: Beli-ili |
| 6 | [ARAD2] e2-A-me-esz2 | servant of Ea-mēš. |
| 7 | [n] gurusz ugula dingir-dan | n male laborers, foreman: Dingir-dan |
| 8 | [n] gurusz# [n] geme2 ugula ba-zi | n male laborers n female laborers, foreman: Bazi |
| 9 | [n] gurusz# 1(u) 6(disz) geme2 ugula me-e2-a | n male laborers 16 female laborers, foreman: Me-Ea |
| 10 | [n] gurusz# ugula za-la-[a] | n male laborers, foreman: Zalaya |
| 11 | [n] gurusz# ugula hal-li2-[a] | n male laborers, foreman: Halliya |
| 12 | [n] gurusz# 1(disz) geme2 ugula szal2-mah# | n male laborers, 1 female laborer, foreman: Šalmah |
| 13 | [ARAD2 e2]-A-me-[esz2] | servant of Ea-mesh. |
| 14 | szunigin 1(u) [gurusz szitim] | total: 10 male laborers, builders |
| 15 | szunigin# 1(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz) [gurusz] | total: 96 male laborers |
| 16 | [szunigin] 3(u) la2 1(disz) geme2 | total: 29 female laborers |
| 17 | sza3-bi-ta | therefrom: |
| 18 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim iz-zi bad3 da6-da6-de3 gub-ba | 1 male laborer, builder of Izzi, stationed at the wall of Da-Dade, |
| 19 | 5(disz) gurusz szitim sig4 bad3 tab-be2-de3 gub-ba | 5 male laborers, builder of bricks, stationed in the wall, |
| 20 | [n] gurusz# im gid2-me | n male laborers, long tablets |
| 21 | [n gurusz] sig4 szu dim2-ma szum2-mu-de3 gub-ba | n brick-workers, to be given as a gift, stationed |
| 22 | [n gurusz im a] ga2-ri-na [zal-le]-de9 gub-[ba] | n young men, watered and ready to go, stationed |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...]-x-[...]-de3 gub#-[ba] | ... stationed |
| 2' | 3(disz) gurusz szitim 3(disz) gurusz 3(disz) geme2 | 3 male laborers, millers, 3 men, 3 female laborers |
| 3' | 2(disz) gurusz sza3 e2-gal-la ke4-de3 gub-ba | 2 male laborers stationed in the midst of the palace |
| 4' | 2(disz) gurusz lu2 kin#-gi4-a szu-kab-ta sze karkar{ki}-ta nibru{ki}-sze3 ba-an-tum3!(NIM) | 2 male laborers, messengers from Šukab brought barley from Karkar to Nippur |
| 5' | 1(disz) gurusz a2-ag2 ki szu-kab-ta-sze3 de6-a | 1 male laborer, assigned to the place of šukabtu, |
| 6' | 1(disz) gurusz tu-ra ugula be-li2-i3-li2 | 1 male laborer, foreman: Beli-ilī, |
| 7' | [n] gurusz# nig2-gur11 a x-x im lu-a sig4-ansze-sze3 du | n male laborers, possessions ... ... for the brick-carrying of donkeys |
| 8' | [szunigin 1(u)] gurusz#-[szitim] | total: 10 male laborers |
| 9' | [szunigin 1(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz)] gurusz# | total: 96 male laborers |
| 10' | [szunigin 3(u) la2 1(disz)] geme2 | total: 29 female laborers |
| 11' | [zi-ga]-am3 | booked out |
| 12' | [gurum2 ak] bad3 gub-ba | inspection of the wall stationed |
| 13' | [giri3 {d}iszkur]-illat# szabra | via Adad-tillati, chief household administrator |
| 14' | [u3 puzur4-{d}]nin#-kar-ke3 dub-sar | and Puzur-Ninkarke, the scribe |
| 15' | [sza3 gar-sza-an]-na{ki} | in Garšana |
| 16' | [iti ezem-{d}]nin#-a-[zu] | month: “Festival-of-Ninazu,’ |
| 17' | [mu {d}szu-{d}suen ... {d}en-lil2 {d}]nin-lil2-x mu-ne-x | year: “Šu-Suen, Enlil and Ninlil |
| left | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
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