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CUSAS 14, 243 (P325088)

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

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DesignationCUSAS 14, 243
IDP325088
Museum no.CUNES 50-08-005
CollectionDepartment of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
LanguageSumerian
PeriodED IIIb · c. 2500 BCE–2340 BCE
GenreAdministrative
Find spotZabalam (mod. Tall Ibzaīykh)
Coordinates31.7436, 45.8749

Transliteration (ATF)

From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)

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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
obverse col 1
1[...]
2[...] sze tu7(|HIxDISZ|)... barley, soup
37(asz@c) 2(barig@c) ziz2 kasz7 (gur) 2 barig emmer, beer
42(barig@c) ziz2 ninda-i32 barig emmer, bread
52(barig@c) ziz2 gu72 barig emmer, ate
62(barig@c) ziz2 ezem2 barig emmer, festival;
75(asz@c) gig ninda5 loaves of bread,
81(barig@c) 1(ban2@c) 5(disz@t) sila3 gig1 barig 1 ban2 5 sila3 wheat
9{d}ku3-|SAL+HUB2|Kusalḫu
obverse col 2
1[...]
2[...] gig alam... bitter ...
3di-utuIutu,
41(asz@c) 1(barig@c) sze bappir1 aš-c-(worker), 1 barig beer,
51(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) sze tu71 barig 3 ban2 soup
67(asz@c) 2(barig@c) ziz2 kasz7 (gur) 2 barig emmer, beer
72(barig@c) ziz2 ninda-i32 barig emmer, bread
82(barig@c) ziz2 gu72 barig emmer, ate
92(barig@c) ziz2 ezem2 barig emmer, festival;
105(asz@c) gig ninda5 loaves of bread,
111(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) 5(disz@t) sila3 gig1 barig 2 ban2 5 sila3 wheat
obverse col 3
1ku3-|SAL+HUB2|(a kind of ornament)
2{d}isztaranIštaran
32(barig@c) gig alam2 barig wheat, alam
4ur#-sag-utuhero
51(asz@c) 1(barig@c) 4(ban2@c) ziz2 a-x-li1 aš-c-(worker), 1 barig 4 ban2 emmer
63(asz@c) 4(ban2@c) [sze] 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) ziz2 ur-sag-utu3 gur 4 ban2 barley, 1 gur 2 barig emmer, Ursag-Utu
73(asz@c) 4(ban2@c) sze 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) ziz2 ur-abzu3 gur 4 ban2 barley, 1 gur 2 barig emmer, Ur-abzu
81(asz@c) 1(barig@c) sze1 (gur) 1 barig of barley
95(asz@c) la2 1(barig@c) ziz25 less 1 barig emmer
104(asz@c) la2 (barig@c) gig4 (gur) less barig wheat,
obverse col 4
11(barig@c) sze tu7(|HIxDISZ|) ildu31 barig barley, soup, ildu-flour
24(asz@c) 1(barig@c) sze 4(asz@c) la2 1(barig@c) ziz2 4(asz@c) la2 1(barig@c) [...]4 (gur) 1 barig barley, 4 gur not1 barig emmer, 4 [(gur)] less 1 ban2 ...
3{d}uraszUraš
42(barig@c) sze bappir 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) ziz2 1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) gig# 3(ban2@c) sze# tu7 {d}en-[ki]2 barig of beer, 1 aš-c-(worker), 2 pānu of emmer, 1 (workman), 1 barig flour, 3 ban2 of soup for Enki
51(asz@c) 1(barig@c) gig# 3(ban2@c) sze tu7 {[d]}dumu-zi urua#-ma#1 aš-c-(worker), 1 barig 3 ban2 of barley, soup for Dumuzi in the city
62(barig@c) 1(ban2@c) gig# 4(ban2@c) sze tu72 barig 1 ban2 wheat, 4 ban2 soup
obverse col 5
1{d}{u2}-nunuz{nu}-u8“O Buznunuznu,
21(asz@c) gig {d}ku3-nun#1 wheat (for) Kugnun
31(asz@c) 1(barig@c) gig# 3(ban2@c) sze tu7# {d}ku3-su3#1 aš-c-(worker), 1 barig 3 ban2 barley soup for Kusu
45(asz@c) ziz2# munu4-[mu2]5 emmer-flour
51(u@c) 2(barig@c) sze# [...] gid2# [...]12 barig barley ... length
61(asz@c) 1(barig@c) [sze] 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) gig 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) sze tu7 sa2-du11 e2-gal1 aš-c-(worker), 1 barig of barley, 1 (gur) 2 barig flour, [1 barig] 2 ban2 soup, regular offerings of the palace,
71(u@c) sze gur 1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) sze tu710 gur barley, 1 gur 1 barig soup,
obverse col 6
1'[...] x [...]
2'3(u) la2 2(disz@t) [suluhu2] 4(disz@t) gukkal x 1(u) masz2 4(ban2) 1(u) masz2 HAR-NAGAR30 less 2 suluhu-plants, 4 fat-tailed sheep, 10 billy goats, 40 ban2 10 gazelles
reverse col 1
18(asz@c) 4(ban2@c) ba-gar38 aš-c-(workers), 4 ban2: Bagar
23(u) la2 3(disz@t) udu zulumhi(|SIKI.BU|) 1(disz@t) udu-gur 1(barig@c) 1(disz@t) sila4 4(ban2@c) 2(disz@t) masz2 4(ban2@c) 2(disz@t) masz2 HAR-nagar33 rams, dates, 1 sheep, 1 barig 1 lamb, 4 ban2 2 billy goats, 4ban2 2 gazelles, Harnagar
34(asz@c)#? [...]4 ...
reverse col 2
12(disz@t) gukkal 1(disz@t) 2(ban2)?2 fat-tailed sheep, 1 (shekel) 2 ban2 (?)
22(disz@t) u8 3(ban2)2 ewes, 3 ban2,
3[n] 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) x-x... 1 barig 2 ban2 ...
44(disz@t) gu4 gigir 5(disz@t) sila34 oxen, suckling, 5 sila3
52(asz@c) 2(barig@c) sze ur-{d}nin-ildu32 (gur) 2 barig barley (for) Ur-Ninildu
65(disz@t) ansze surx(ERIM) 3(ban2)5 donkey teams of 3 ban2,
72(u@c) la2 1(disz@t) 1(barig@c) sze-gar gur20 gur less 1 barig barley,
86(disz@t) mar-ku7 surx(ERIM) 2(ban2@c)#6 suckling mar-fish, 2 ban2 (= 20 sila3)
reverse col 3
11(u@c) 5(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) sze sila4# SIG715 gur 2 barig 2 ban2 barley, lambs, yellow-green
2gu-laGreat
31(disz@t) udu zulumhi(|SIKI.BU|) 1(barig@c)1 sheep, dates, 1 barig
4e2-kur-nu-siEkurnusi
reverse col 4
1gu2-an-sze3 2(gesz2@c) 4(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) sze gur sag-gal3to Gu-an; 64 gur 2 barig 3 ban2 barley, capital,
25(u@c) la2 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) ziz2 gur50 gur less 1 barig 2 ban2 emmer,
32(u@c) 6(asz@c) la2 3(ban2@c) gig gur26 gur less 3 ban2 wheat,
4sze-gar iti 1(u) {d}inannabarley rations: 10 months; for Inanna;
reverse col 5
1uszurx(|LAL2xTUG2|)-du10 ensi2 |GESZ+KUSZU2|-|KI.ESZ2|Ušur-dug, ruler of the “skin-of-a-thousand’
21(disz@t) mu# 1(u)#? iti#1 year 10?, month

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