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CUSAS 03, 0143 (P325177)
Administrative, Ur III, Garšana · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 03, 0143 |
|---|---|
| ID | P325177 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 50-09-007 |
| 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 | 3(disz) gurusz szitim lu2 [nig2-{d}ba-ba6] | 3 male laborers, builders, men of Nig-Baba |
| 2 | [2(disz)] gurusz szitim [lu2 di3-ma-at kal2-bu-um{ki}] | 2 male laborers, builders, people of Kalbum |
| 3 | [2(disz) gurusz szitim lu2 ur-{d}szul-pa-e3] | 2 male laborers, builders, men of Ur-Šulpa’e |
| 4 | [3(disz) gurusz szitim] | 3 male laborers, builders |
| 5 | 1(u) 6(disz) gurusz <gub-ba> | 16 male workers stationed |
| 6 | 2(disz) gurusz sig4 en#-[nu ak] | 2 male laborers, bricks inspected, |
| 7 | [1(disz)] e-[pe]-esz na-am-[tu-ra] | 1 workman: Namtura |
| 8 | ugula be-li2-i3-[li2] | foreman: Beli-ili |
| 9 | [ARAD2] e2-A-me-[esz2] | servant of Ea-mēš. |
| 10 | [n] gurusz 4(u) 1(disz) geme2 ugula ba-zi# | n male laborers 41 female laborers, foreman: Bazi |
| 11 | [n] gurusz 3(u) 4(disz) geme2 ugula me-e2-[a] | n male laborers 34 female laborers, foreman: Me-Ea |
| 12 | [n] gurusz 1(u) 5(disz) geme2 ugula za-la-[a] | n male laborers 15 female laborers, foreman: Zalaya |
| 13 | 2(disz) gurusz ugula [...] | 2 male laborers, foreman: |
| 14 | [n] gurusz ugula szal2-[mah] | n male laborers, foreman: Šalmah |
| 15 | [n] gurusz 1(u) 7(disz) geme2 ugula sza-at-[er3-ra] | n male laborers 17 female laborers, foreman: Šat-Erra |
| 16 | [n] gurusz 7(disz) geme2 ugula ba-ba-[ti-a] | n male laborers 7 female laborers, foreman: Babatiya |
| 17 | [n] gurusz ugula szu-{d}[dumu-zi] | n male laborers, foreman: Šu-Dumuzi |
| 18 | [n] gurusz# 3(disz) geme2 ugula li#-[la-a] | n workmen, 3 female laborers, foreman: Lilâ |
| 19 | [lu2] hun-ga2-[me-esz2] | hirelings |
| 20 | [szunigin 1(u)] gurusz [szitim] | total: 10 male laborers, builders |
| 21 | [szunigin 1(gesz2)] 5(u) 7(disz)# [gurusz] | total: 77 male laborers |
| 22 | [szunigin n] 7(disz) [geme2] | total: n+7 female workers |
| 23 | [sza3-bi]-ta | from there |
| 24 | [1(disz) gurusz] szitim# um-mi-[a] | 1 male laborer, builder of Ummiya |
| 25 | [n gurusz szitim] 1(u) 6(disz) gurusz szu [dim2] | n laborers, builders, 16 laborers “hand-of-a-smith’, |
| 26 | [n gurusz] sig4 szu dim2-ma | n male laborers, bricks fashioned |
| 27 | [n] geme2# du-u2-[um ak] | n female laborers, Duum acted |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [n] geme2 im gid2# | n female laborers, long tablets |
| 2 | [n gurusz ... n] geme2 im ga6#-[ga2] | n male laborers ... n female laborers, clay carried |
| 3 | [n gurusz] 1(u) 5(disz) [geme2] | n male laborers, 15 female laborers |
| 4 | [...] kesz2-ra2# | ... bound |
| 5 | [n] geme2 gi-sal gul-[de3] | n female workers to destroy the reed screen |
| 6 | [... e2]-bappir# e2-muhaldim [u3 e2-kikken2] | ... the brewery, the kitchen, and the mill |
| 7 | [n] gurusz# sig4 al-urx(BAHAR2)?-ra# gir4-ta i7-sze3 ga6-[ga2] | n male laborers, bricks piled up, from the foot of the river carried |
| 8 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim 4(disz) gurusz 4(disz) geme2 | 1 male laborer, builder, 4 male laborers, 4 female laborers |
| 9 | e2-zu-zu-tum du3-a | built the Ezuzutum |
| 10 | [n] gurusz gi-sig e2-bappir sumun e2#?-a | n male laborers, reed bundles of the old brewery, in the house(?) |
| 11 | [n] gurusz [...] | n male laborers |
| 12 | [n] gurusz ka-sahar-ra{ki}-sze3 gi tum3-de3# | n young men to Kasahara brought reeds |
| 13 | [n] gurusz {gesz}{u2}kiszi17 iri{ki#}-[sze] gid2-[da-sze3 de6-a] | n male laborers carrying juniper to the city for the length |
| 14 | [n] gurusz x-[...] | n male workers ... |
| 15 | [n] gurusz x-[...] | n male workers ... |
| 16 | [n] gurusz tu#-[ra] | n young men |
| 17 | [szunigin] 1(u) gurusz# [szitim] | total: 10 male laborers, builders |
| 18 | [szunigin 1(gesz2)] 5(u) 7(disz) gurusz# | total: 77 male laborers |
| 19 | [szunigin n] 7(disz) [geme2] | total: n+7 female workers |
| 20 | [zi]-ga#-[am3] | is booked out |
| 21 | [...] | |
| 22 | [...] | |
| 23 | [mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal ma-da za-ab]-sza-li[{ki} mu-hul] | year: “Šū-Suen, king of the land of Zabšali destroyed. |
| left | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
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