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CUSAS 03, 0031 (P324901)
Administrative, Ur III, Garšana · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 03, 0031 |
|---|---|
| ID | P324901 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 50-04-022 |
| 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-ri-ib | n male laborers, foreman: Irib |
| 5 | [n gurusz] ugula be-li2-i3-li2 | n male laborers, foreman: Beli-ilī |
| 6 | [ARAD2 e2]-A-me-esz2 | servant of Ea-meš. |
| 7 | [n gurusz] ugula dingir-dan | n male laborers, foreman: Dingir-dan |
| 8 | [n gurusz szitim] lu2-du6-lugal-[pa-e3]{ki} | n male laborers, builders: Lu-dulugal-pa’e |
| 9 | [n gurusz n] geme2 ugula ba-zi# | n male laborers n female laborers, foreman: Bazi |
| 10 | [n gurusz n] geme2 ugula me-e2-a | n male laborers n female laborers, foreman: Me-Ea |
| 11 | [n gurusz n] geme2 ugula za-la-a | n male laborers n female laborers, foreman: Zalâ |
| 12 | [n gurusz n] geme2 ugula szal2-mah | n male laborers n female laborers, foreman: Šalmah; |
| 13 | [lu2 hun]-ga2-me-esz2 | hirelings |
| 14 | [szunigin 1(u)] gurusz szitim | total: 10 male laborers, builders |
| 15 | [szunigin n] gurusz | total: n male workers |
| 16 | [szunigin n] geme2 | total: n female workers |
| 17 | [sza3-bi]-ta | from there |
| 18 | [1(disz) gurusz szitim] iz-zi bad3 da6-da6-de3 gub-ba | 1 male laborer, builder of Izzi, stationed at the side of the wall |
| 19 | [n gurusz szitim sig4] bad3 tab-be2-de3 gub-ba | n male laborers, builder of bricks, stationed in the fortified wall |
| 20 | [n gurusz] sig4 szu dim2-ma szum2-mu-de3 gub-ba | n brick-workers, to be given as a gift, stationed |
| 21 | [n gurusz du]-u2-um ke4-de3 gub-ba# | n full-grown male laborers stationed in the quay |
| 22 | [n gurusz] im gid2-de3 gub-ba | n male laborers, waiting for clay to be poured out |
| 23 | [n gurusz] im# a ga2-ri-na i3-li-de9 gub-ba | n male laborers, water and ..., stationed before Ilī |
| 24 | [n gurusz] im ga6-ga2-de3 gub-ba | n male laborers, loaded with clay, stationed |
| 25 | [n gurusz] im lu-de3 gub-ba | n male laborers stationed in the clay for making clay |
| 26 | [n gurusz] gi-sal gi-ir-bad3 ke4-de3 gub-ba | n male laborers stationed at the reed screen of the ŋirbad canal |
| 27 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim 1(disz) gurusz 1(u) geme2 sag bad3 im-sumur ke4-de3 gub-ba | 1 male laborer, builder, 1 male labourer, 10 female laborers, the head of the wall, imsumur-stone, stationed at the ke’de station, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [n gurusz] 4(u) 8(disz) geme2 | n male laborers, 48 female laborers |
| 2 | [n gurusz szitim] sig4 tab-be2-de3 gub-ba | n male laborers, brick-workers, stationed to work |
| 3 | [n gurusz] szitim 8(disz) gurusz 1(u) 5(disz) geme2 sig4-ansze im-sumur ke4-de3 gub-ba | n laborers, builder; 8 laborers 15 female laborers of brick-carrying workmen stationed in the keel |
| 4 | [n gurusz] im# lu-a sig4-ansze-sze3 | n male laborers, clay-carrying baskets for the donkeys |
| 5 | [n gurusz in]-u qar-da-hi-sze3 gen-na-me | ... young man, he went to the qardaḫi. |
| 6 | [n gurusz] sig4 en-nu ke4-de3 tusz-a | n male laborers, in charge of the guarding of the bricks, sitting |
| 7 | [n gurusz] ga2-nun-na tusz#-[a] | n male laborers sitting in the granary |
| 8 | [...] ugula ARAD2 e2-[A] | ... foreman, servant of the temple |
| 9 | [1(disz) ta]-tu3-ri 1(disz) a-li2-[ah sze] e3#-de3 gir2-su{ki}-sze3 gen#-[na] | 1 taturi (and) 1 ali-ah barley to bring to Girsu went |
| 10 | [giri3 za]-al-lum lu2 kin-gi4#-[a] lugal# | via Zallum, royal messenger |
| 11 | [n gurusz a] bala-a {gesz}kiri6-[{d}ba-ba6]{ki}-sze3 | n male laborers, a bala, to the orchard of Baba |
| 12 | [1(disz) e2-i3]-gara2 a2-ag2-ga2 [nibru{ki}]-sze3# szu-kab-ta-sze3 [de6]-a | 1 E-igara, the command of Nippur to Šu-kabta brought |
| 13 | [1(disz) lu-ga-tu3]-um ninda du8-de3 gub#-ba | 1 Lu-gatum, the baker, stationed there, |
| 14 | [1(disz) geme2] tu-ra# [...] | 1 female worker, ..., |
| 15 | [1(disz) gurusz] szitim tu#-[ra] | 1 male laborer, builder of the turra-house |
| 16 | [1(disz) zah3 ku-ru-ub]-{d}iszkur ugula dingir-dan# | 1 billy goat: Kurub-Addu, foreman: Dingir-dan |
| 17 | [1(disz) gurusz] tu-ra lu2-du6-lugal-pa#-e3#{ki} | 1 male worker, tura, Lu-dulugal-pa’e |
| 18 | [szunigin n] gurusz szitim | total: n male laborers, builders |
| 19 | [szunigin n] 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz | total: n+15 male laborers |
| 20 | [szunigin n] 2(u) 1(disz) geme2# | total: n+21 female laborers |
| 21 | [zi-ga]-am3# | booked out |
| 22 | [gurum2 ak] al-tar bad3 u3# ki-sa2 e2-usz-[bar] | inspections of the city wall and the site of the weavers' house |
| 23 | [giri3 {d}iszkur]-illat# szabra# [u3 puzur4-{d}nin-kar-ke3 dub-sar] | via Adad-tillati the chief household administrator and Puzur-Ninkarke the scribe |
| 24 | [sza3 gar-sza-an]-na{ki} | in Garšana |
| 25 | [iti ...] | Month ..., |
| 26 | [mu {d}szu-{d}]suen# lugal uri5#{ki} [...] | year: “Šu-Suen, king of Ur, ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | [u4 2(u)?-kam] | 20th day |
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