CUSAS 14, 004 (P325086)
Administrative, ED IIIb, Zabalam · c. 2500 BCE–2340 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 14, 004 |
|---|---|
| ID | P325086 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 50-08-003 |
| 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 | Zabalam (mod. Tall Ibzaīykh) |
| Coordinates | 31.7436, 45.8749 |
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 | 2(u@c) la2 1(disz@t) 3(barig@c) sze gurusz | 20 less 1 3 barig barley (for) the lad |
| 2 | lugal-{[d]}suen-da | with Lugal-Suen |
| 3 | 2(u@c)# 1(asz@c) gurusz ri-ri# | 21 male laborers, sucklings |
| 4 | 2(u@c) 6(asz@c) lugal-me-lam2-musz | 26, Lugal-melammuš; |
| 5 | 1(u@c) 6(asz@c) 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) ur-{d}ildu3 | 16 (gur) 1 barig 2 ban2 (for) Ur-Ištar |
| 6 | 1(u@c) 2(asz@c) lugal-a2-mah | 12, Lugal-amah; |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | 1(u@c) 3(asz@c) amar-sumun2 | 13 wild bulls, |
| 2 | 1(u@c) 6(asz@c) amar-{gesz}pesz3 | 16, Amar-peš; |
| 3 | 4(u@c) 2(barig@c) la2 4(ban@c) lugal-asila3 | 40 (gur) 2 barig less 4 ban, Lugal-asila |
| 4 | 1(u@c)# 1(asz@c)# igi-nu-du8 ur-{d}nin-pirig | 11: Iginudu, Ur-Ninpirig |
| 5 | 2(u@c) 4(asz@c) u3-mu-ne2-ne2 | 24: Umunene |
| 6 | 3(u@c) la2 1(disz@t) lugal-nig2-{ba}bara3-du10 | 30 less 1, Lugal-nig2-baradu |
| obverse col 3 | ||
| 1 | 1(u@c) 2(asz@c) lugal-ildu3 | 12, Lugal-ildu; |
| 2 | 1(u@c) 6(asz@c) nita | 16 male kids, |
| 3 | 1(u@c) lugal-mu-dib!(LAK780) | 10: Lugal-mudib |
| 4 | 1(u@c) <e2>-ur2#-bi#-du10 | 10 (for) E’urbidu |
| 5 | 1(u@c) 3(asz@c) ab-ba-sa6 | 13 Abbasa, |
| 6 | 1(u@c) du3-a-ku5 2(barig@c) | 10: Duaku; 2 barig; |
| 7 | 5(asz@c) du3-a-ku5 4(ban2) | 5 aš-c-(workers), Duaku, 4 ban2 |
| 8 | 7(asz@c) du3-a-ku5 1(barig@c) | 7 Duaku, 1 barig |
| 9 | 1(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) la2 1(disz@t) <geme2> 4(ban2@c) 5(u@c) 5(asz@c) dumu | 90 less 1 female laborers, 4 ban2 505 children |
| obverse col 4 | ||
| 1 | ki-siki | |
| 2 | 4(u@c) 1(asz@c) geme2 2(u) 3(disz@t) dumu | 41 female laborers, 23 children |
| 3 | lugal-bu3-du10 | Lugal-budu |
| 4 | 1(u@c) 1(asz@c) geme2 2(u) 4(disz@t) dumu lugal-ildu3# | 11 female laborers, 24 children of Lugal-ildu |
| 5 | 2(u@c) [...] geme2 3(u@c) 2(disz@t) dumu sag-ab-tuku | 20 ... female laborers, 32 children of Sag-abtuku |
| 6 | 3(u@c) la2 2(disz@t)# geme2 2(u) 1(disz@t) dumu sag-ab-tuku | 29 female laborers, 21 children of Sag-abtuku |
| obverse col 5 | ||
| 1 | 1(gesz2@c)# [n geme2] 3(u) 6(disz@t)# dumu edin-bar-dul5! | n female laborers, 36 children of E-bardul |
| 2 | 2(u@c) la2 3(disz@t) geme2 2(u) 5(disz@t) dumu# | 19 female laborers, 25 children |
| 3 | 2(u@c) la2 1(disz@t) geme2 1(u) 5(disz@t) dumu lugal-igi-nim-sze3 | 20 less 1 female laborers, 15 children of Lugal-iginim, |
| 4 | 4(u@c)# la2# 2(disz@t)# geme2 1(u) dumu | 40 less 2 female laborers, 10 children |
| 5 | HE2-ba:ba6 | Ḫubaba |
| 6 | 4(u@c) 1(asz@c) geme2 4(disz@t) dumu sim-tur | 41 female laborers, 4 children of Simtur, |
| obverse col 6 | ||
| 1 | [...] he2#-abzu | ... may he know |
| 2 | 1(u@c) la2 1(disz@t) geme2 4(disz@t) dumu {d}igi | 9 female laborers, 4 sons of Igi |
| 3 | 3(u@c) 6(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c) szesz-hi-li | 36 female workers, 4 ban2 Šeš-hili |
| 4 | 4(asz@c) ad-kup4 2(barig@c) | 4 ad-kup4-tools, 2 barig |
| 5 | 2(barig@c)# lugal#-szesz | 2 barig: Lugal-šesz |
| 6 | 2(barig@c) 5(disz@t) egir-re-du10 | 2 barig 5 egir-redu |
| 7 | 2(barig@c) szubur-an-dul3 | 2 barig, Šubur-andul |
| 8 | 2(barig@c) e2-szu12-bi-du10 | 2 barig, Ešubidu |
| obverse col 7 | ||
| 1 | [2(barig@c)] x-gid2# | 2 barig x-gig2 |
| 2 | 2(barig@c) x-[...] | 2 barig |
| 3 | 2(barig@c) za3#-mu | 2 barig, zamu |
| 4 | 2(barig@c) amar#-x | 2 barig ... |
| 5 | 2(barig@c) ri#-[ri] | 2 barig riri |
| 6 | 2(barig@c) x-sag-[...] | 2 barig, ...; |
| 7 | 2(barig@c) x-[...] | 2 barig |
| 8 | 2(barig@c) lu2#-[...] | 2 barig Lu-... |
| 9 | 2(barig@c) x-[...] | 2 barig |
| 10 | 2(barig@c) {d}igi#-[...] | 2 barig Igi- |
| 11 | 1(u@c) 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c)# gab2-ra# | 11 (gur) 2 barig, left |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | 2(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) lugal-ezem# | 2 barig 2 ban2: Lugal-ezem |
| 2 | 2(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) lugal-sipa-x | 2 barig 2 ban2: Lugal-sipa-; |
| 3 | 4(asz@c) [...] | 4 ... |
| 4 | 2(asz@c) [...] | 2 ... |
| 5 | 3(asz@c) [...] | 3 ... |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | 8(asz@c) muhaldim 1(barig@c) | 8 cooks, 1 barig |
| 2 | 2(asz@c) nar 1(barig@c) | 2 musicians, 1 barig |
| 3 | 1(barig@c) tun3-ab | 1 barig Tun-ab |
| 4 | 1(barig@c) a-zu-na | 60 litres (of barley for) Azuna |
| 5 | 1(barig@c) dingir-szesz-mu | 60 litres (of barley for) Ilī-šeme |
| 6 | 1(barig@c) nun-AN-gal2 | 1 barig, Nun-ANgal |
| 7 | 1(barig@c) ga-il2 | 60 litres (of barley for) Gail |
| 8 | 1(barig@c) amar-szuba3# | 1 barig, Amar-šuba |
| 9 | 3(ban2@c) [...] | 3 ban2 ... |
| 10 | 1(barig@c) [...] | 1 barig ... |
| 11 | [...] | |
| reverse col 3 | ||
| 1 | 1(barig@c) iti2(|ITI@sxBAD|) | 60 litres (of barley) |
| 2 | 1(barig@c) di-utu | 60 litres (of barley for) Iutu |
| 3 | 1(barig@c) a2-ag2-ni-du10 | 60 litres (of barley for) A’aganidu |
| 4 | 1(barig@c) ama-[...] | 60 litres (of barley for) Ama- |
| 5 | 1(barig@c) {d}dumu-zi-an-dul3 | 60 litres (of barley for) Dumuzidul |
| 6 | 1(barig@c) lugal-an-dul3 | 1 barig Lugal-andul |
| 7 | 1(barig@c) lugal-ildu3 | 1 barig Lugal-ildu |
| 8 | 1(barig@c) nita-ki-tusz | 60 litres (of barley for) Nita-kituš |
| 9 | 1(barig@c) 2(ban2) a-ne-da | 1 barig 2 ban2: Aneda |
| 10 | [...] | |
| reverse col 4 | ||
| 1 | 1(barig@c) i3-du8 urasz | 60 litres (of barley for) the doorkeeper of Uraš |
| 2 | 1(barig@c) su4-su4 | 60 litres (of barley for) Susa |
| 3 | 1(barig@c) za3-mu | 60 litres (of barley for) Zamu |
| 4 | 1(barig@c) a-na-da-ak# | 60 litres (of barley for) Ana-dak |
| 5 | 3(ban2@c) ki-ni#-mu-zu | 3 ban2: Kinimuzu |
| 6 | 3(ban2@c) e2-me-te | 3 ban2 Emete |
| 7 | 3(ban2@c) ha-ma-ti | 3 ban2: Hamati; |
| 8 | 1(barig@c)# edin-ki-du10 | 60 litres (of barley for) Edin-kidu |
| 9 | 1(barig@c) i3-du8 e2-gal# | 60 litres (of barley) 1 unit (for) the doorkeeper of the palace |
| reverse col 5 | ||
| 1 | 1(u@c) 1(asz@c) sagi | 11 cupbearers |
| 2 | 1(barig@c) lugal-sa6-ga | 60 litres (of barley for) Lugal-saga |
| 3 | 2(asz@c) i3-du8-e2 ur-e2 1(barig@c) | 2: doorkeepers; Ur-E; 1 barig; |
| 4 | 1(barig@c) nin#-agrig-zi | 60 litres (of barley for) Nin-agrigzi |
| 5 | 1(barig@c) lugal-A-MIR-nu2 | 60 litres (of barley) 1 unit (for) Lugal-a-MIRnu |
| reverse col 6 | ||
| 1 | gu2-an-sze3 5(gesz2@c) 7(asz@c) 2(ban2@c) sze gur sag-gal2 | to Gu-anše: 57 gur 2 ban2 barley, capital, |
| 2 | gurusz#? geme2 dumu il2 [igi]-nu#-du8 gurusz#-bar ganun sza3 iri szum2-ma | Young man, female laborer, son of Il, eye-lifter, young man of the market, given in the inner city |
| reverse col 7 | ||
| 1 | {d}inanna zabalax(|UNUG.MUSZ3|) | Inanna of Zabalam |
| 2 | 1(disz@t) mu 1(u) 2(disz@t) iti | 1 year 12 of month |
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