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CUSAS 13, 078 (P323698)

Administrative, Old Akkadian, Adab · c. 2340 BCE–2200 BCE

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Designation	CUSAS 13, 078
ID	P323698
Museum no.	CUNES 49-11-012
Collection	Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Language	Akkadian
Period	Old Akkadian · c. 2340 BCE–2200 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	7(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) la2# 2(asz@c)# sze# gur#	720 less 2 gur of barley
2	sag-bi 3(u@c) 2(asz@c) gur#	its head: 32 gur
3	da-di3 sanga#	Dadi, the temple administrator
4	3(gesz2@c) la2 1(u@c) 2(asz@c) sze gur	192 gur barley,
5	sag-bi 1(u@c) 2(asz@c) gur	its head: 12 gur
6	[...] sag-mu-de3	... to make the head grow
7	[...] addir? ma2-kam	... is the boat captain
8	2(gesz2@c) la2 1(u@c) 2(asz@c) sze gur	122 gur of barley
9	sag-bi 1(u@c) 2(asz@c) gur	its head: 12 gur
10	lu2-banda3{da}	Lu-banda
11	i3-ra2-ra2	he shall strike.
12	2(gesz2@c) la2 8(asz@c) sze gur	188 gur of barley,
13	sag-bi 8(asz@c) gur	its head: 8 gur
obverse col 2
1	[...] LUL#	... evil
2	3(gesz2@c) sze gur	180 gur of barley,
3	i3-li2-li2	Ililī
4	szagina	general
5	1(gesz2@c) sze gur	60 gur of barley
6	su-nu-gal-zu	Sūnugalzu
7	sagi	cupbearer
8	4(u@c) 5(asz@c) be-li2-abzu	45 for Beli-abzu
9	6(gesz2@c) 4(u@c) sze gur	420 gur of barley
10	a-ga-de3{ki}-sze3	to Agade
11	ma2-a ab-si	barge moored
12	en-ne2-lu dub-sar#	Ennelu, the scribe
13	1(u@c) dam lugal-ezem	10 wives of Lugal-ezem
14	5(gesz2@c) 4(u@c) 4(asz@c) lugal-KU	184, Lugal-KU;
15	dam-gar3	merchant
reverse col 1
1	3(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) la2 3(asz@c) lugal-iri# ku3-dim2#	180 less 3, Lugal-iri, the silversmith
2	5(gesz2@c) ur-PA dam-gar3	450, Ur-PA, the merchant;
3	2(u@c) sipa-iri-na	20, Sipa-irina;
4	aga3-us2 lugal	royal soldier
5	3(u@c) ur-nu x	30 Urnu ,
6	2(gesz2@c) la2 8(asz@c) sze gur	188 gur of barley,
7	im2-ta2-lik	he went.
8	lu2-igi	Lu-igi,
9	1(gesz'u@c) la2 1(gesz2@c) lugal-nig2	690, Lugal-nig;
10	dam-gar3	merchant
11	3(gesz2@c) 7(asz@c) 2(barig@c) sze-numun	177 (gur) 2 barig seed barley
12	3(u@c) nam-ti-e2-mah-ta	30 (for) Namti-Emaḫ
13	2(gesz2@c) ma2 gu4 udu	120 oxen and sheep
14	e2-GAN2-ix(A) dub-sar	E-GAN-ix, scribe
15	2(gesz2@c) 4(u@c) 2(asz@c) sze gur	122 gur of barley
16	dumu {d}utu-ba-ta-e3	son of Utu-bata’e
reverse col 2
3'	[...] x-BI	... ...
4'	[dub?]-sar	scribe
5'	[...] x gu2-si-ka-sze3	... to Gusi
6'	[a-ga]-de3#{ki}-sze3	to Agade
7'	[ma2-a] ab-si	boat skipper
8'	[n] 2(gesz2@c) lugal-iti-da	n+ 120, Lugal-itida
9'	[...]-me#	... are
10'	[n sze?] gur	n gur(?) of barley
11'	[n] sze gur	n gur of barley
12'	lugal#-kas4-e	Lugal-kase
13'	nu-banda3# ma2-gid2	captain of the barge
14'	2(u@c) [1(u@c)?] sze gur	20? gur of barley
15'	a-mur#-um	Amurrum
16'	szunigin 1(gesz2@c) guru7 3(gesz'u@c) 7(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) sze gur	total: 62 gur 2 barig barley

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