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CUSAS 23, 082 (P323288)

Administrative, ED IIIb, Adab · c. 2500 BCE–2340 BCE

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Designation	CUSAS 23, 082
ID	P323288
Museum no.	CUNES 49-02-123
Collection	Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Language	Sumerian
Period	ED IIIb · c. 2500 BCE–2340 BCE
Genre	Administrative
Find spot	Adab (mod. Bismaya)
Coordinates	31.9509, 45.6233

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 col 1
1	[n] sze [sa10] GAN2	n barley, purchase price of the field
2	[me]-unu#{ki}-ge-si	of Me-unugasi
3	e2-ki sze ku3 in-na-szum2	he gave to the house the silver barley,
4	1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) [(n)] nig2-sa10 siki-[(x)]-kam	1 aš-c-(worker), 1 barig n: buying of wool;
5	[...]-x-PA-[...]-sag	...-PA-Sag
6	[...]-ba	In its ...
7	[n gin2 ku3]-dim2	n shekels of agate
8	[n] 3(barig@c) sze gur	n gur 3 barig barley
obverse col 2
1	ur-{d}immax(\|GA2xSIG7.ME\|)	Ur-Imma
2	dam-gar3-ra i3-na-szum2	he gave to the merchant
3	4(asz@c) gin2 ku3-dim2	4 shekels of silver
4	2(barig@c) {d}szara2#-bad3	2 barig for Šara-bad
5	ur-{d}lum-ma-ba	Ur-Lumaba,
6	3(barig@c) u2-u2	3 barig, u₂;
7	1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) nig2-sa10 muszen	1 barig 2 ban2: bird-gift;
8	2(ban2@c) dam {d}immax(\|GA2xSIG7.ME\|)-bad3-kam	2 ban2 = the wife of Imma-bad,
9	1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) e2 umma{ki}-ka bar-ta	1 aš-c-(worker), 1 barig, from the house of Umma, outside
obverse col 3
1	i3-gal2-am6	are here.
2	me-unug#[{ki}-ge-si]	of Me-Unuga-gesi
3	ba-de6	were carried off.
4	1(asz@c) ur-{d}immax(\|GA2xSIG7.ME\|)	1 Ur-Imma
5	dam-gar3-ra	merchant
6	2(barig@c) me-unu{ki}-ge-si	2 barig Me-unu-gesi
7	<ur>-lu2-ra i3-na-szum2	he gave to a stranger
8	u4-ba ur-lu2-ra umma{ki} mu-ti	At that time, for Ur-lu, Umma was dead.
9	5(asz@c) sze gur	5 gur of barley,
10	ad-da [(x)]	the father
reverse col 1
1	szesz-ni-ra	for Šešnira
2	i3-na#-szum2#	he gave.
3	szu-nigin2-bi	totality
4	2(u@c) 5(asz@c) 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) sze gur	25 gur 1 barig 2 ban2 barley,
5	4(u@c)# 3(asz@c) 3(barig@c) sze gur	43 gur 3 barig barley
6	lugal#-KA	Lugal-KA
7	lu2-e2-duru5-ke4	Lu-eduru
8	me-unu{ki}-ra	of Mesunu,
9	mu-na-szum2	he gave.
10	1(u@c)# [n] sze gur	n gur of barley
reverse col 2
1	engar	farmer
2	szu-ni-dingir-ke4	Šuni-dingir
3	mu-na-szum2	he gave.
4	3(asz@c) sze dingir-i3-kusz2-kam	3 barley-corns for Dingir-ikuš,
5	NAM2-a-mu	my fate.
6	mu-na-szum2	he gave.
7	3(u@c) sze gur	30 gur of barley,
8	e2 iri bar-ta	from the house of the outer city
9	ba#-de6	was carried off.
reverse col 3
1	5(asz@c) sze gur	5 gur of barley,
2	ad-da	the father
3	ba-de6-a	were carried off.
4	me-unu{ki} [...] gur#	Me-unu, ... gur

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