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CUSAS 03, 0104 (P325173)
Administrative, Ur III, Garšana · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 03, 0104 |
|---|---|
| ID | P325173 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 50-09-003 |
| 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 | [n gurusz szitim lu2 ...] | n male laborers, builders, ... |
| 2 | [n] gurusz szitim | n male laborers, builders |
| 3 | 1(u) [5(disz)] gurusz gub-[ba] | 15 male workers stationed |
| 4 | 1(disz) gurusz sig4 en-nu# [ak] | 1 male laborer, bricks inspected |
| 5 | 1(disz) gurusz ninda du8-de3# | 1 male worker, flour poured out |
| 6 | 1(disz) gurusz i3-du8 | 1 male worker, doorkeeper, |
| 7 | 1(disz) e2-i3#-gara2# a2-ag2-ga2 szu-kab-ta-sze3 de6-a | 1 E-igara, to the order of Šu-kabta, delivered |
| 8 | [1(disz) gurusz] e-pe-[esz]-na-am-tu-ra | 1 man, for Epeš-namtura |
| 9 | ARAD2 e2-A-me-esz2 | servant of Ea-mēš. |
| 10 | 1(u) 4(disz) gurusz 4(u) 6(disz) geme2 ugula ba-zi | 14 workmen, 46 female laborers, foreman: Bazi |
| 11 | 1(u) 3(disz) gurusz 4(u) 4(disz) geme2 ugula me-e2-a | 13 male laborers, 44 female laborers foreman: Me-Ea |
| 12 | 1(u) gurusz 1(u) 1(disz) geme2 ugula za-la-a | 10 workmen, 11 female laborers, foreman: Zalaya |
| 13 | 1(u) gurusz 2(u) geme2 ugula szal2-mah | 10 workmen, 20 female laborers, foreman: Šalmaḫ; |
| 14 | lu2 hun-ga2-me-esz2 | hirelings |
| 15 | szunigin 6(disz) gurusz szitim | total: 6 male laborers, builders; |
| 16 | szunigin 1(gesz2) 7(disz) gurusz | total: 67 male laborers |
| 17 | szunigin 2(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz)! geme2 | total: 133 female laborers |
| 18 | sza3-bi-ta | therefrom: |
| 19 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim um-mi-a | 1 male laborer, builder of Ummiya, |
| 20 | 2(disz) gurusz szitim 2(disz) gurusz szu dim2 | 2 male laborers, builder, 2 men, šu-diŋ-workers, |
| 21 | [2(disz)] geme2 im gid2-me | 2 female laborers, long tablets |
| 22 | [2(disz)] geme2 [du]-u2-um ak | 2 female laborers — Duum acted |
| 23 | 1(u) geme2# im# ga6-ga2 | 10 female laborers, clay carried |
| 24 | u3 szub-<a> bad3# [ke4-de3] | and the foundation of the wall to be erected |
| 25 | [n] geme2 sig4 ga6-ga2 | n female laborers, bricks carried |
| 26 | [n] gurusz 5(disz) [geme2 ...] | n male laborers, 5 female laborers |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [iz]-zi# e2 szu-esz18-[dar ...]{ki#} x-[...] | Izzi, the temple of Shu-Ištar, ... |
| 2 | 3(disz) gurusz# 1(u) [geme2] | 3 male laborers, 10 female laborers |
| 3 | e2-a udu-a [du3-de3] | to build a sheep-pen in the temple |
| 4 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim 3(disz) gurusz [n geme2] | 1 male laborer, builder, 3 male laborers, n female laborers |
| 5 | ka2 bad3 da6-da6-[de3] | to make the gate of the wall tremble |
| 6 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim 1(u) gurusz 1(u) geme2 | 1 male laborer, builder, 10 male laborers, 10 female laborers |
| 7 | ki-sa2-a e2-bappir u3 e2-[kikken2] sahar se3-ga | on the ground, in the brewery and the mill heaped up soil |
| 8 | 1(u) gurusz im lu-a | 10 male laborers, ... clay |
| 9 | 2(disz) gurusz 2(disz) geme2 a-za-bu-um a im# sze-ga2 ba-al-de3# | 2 male laborers (and) 2 female laborers, Azabum, water and barley rations were carried away |
| 10 | 1(disz) gurusz a bala-a ki-sa2-a egir | 1 male laborer, water of the balaŋ in the courtyard after |
| 11 | 2(disz) gurusz 3(disz) geme2 im a ga2-ri-na gub-ba | 2 male laborers (and) 3 female laborers, water and ghee stationed, |
| 12 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim 1(u) gurusz 5(u) 6(disz) geme2 | 1 male laborer, builder, 10 male laborers, 56 female laborers |
| 13 | [sig4] ansze# ga2-ga2 | baked bricks for a donkey |
| 14 | 1(u) 2(disz)# gurusz sze kar?-ta ga2-nun-sze3 ga6-ga2 | 12 male laborers, barley from the quay to the granary carried |
| 15 | [1(disz)] gurusz sig4 en-nu ak | 1 male laborer, bricks inspected |
| 16 | [1(disz)] gurusz ninda du8-de3 | 1 male worker, baker |
| 17 | [1(disz)] gurusz i3-du8 | 1 male worker, doorkeeper |
| 18 | [1(disz) gurusz] ugula | 1 male laborer, foreman |
| 19 | [... puzur4-{d}]nin-kar-ke3 a2-ag2 ki [szu]-kab#-ta-sze3 de6-[a] | ... Puzriš-Ninkar decreed a decree for the place of the šulkab priesthood |
| 20 | [1(disz)] e-pe-[esz] na-am-tu#-[ra] | 1 workman: Namtura |
| 21 | [...] | |
| left | ||
| 1 | u4 2(u) [n?-kam] | 20th day |
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