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CUSAS 03, 0129 (P325876)
Administrative, Ur III, Garšana · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 03, 0129 |
|---|---|
| ID | P325876 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 52-04-050 |
| 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, artisans of Kalbum |
| 3 | [2(disz)] gurusz# szitim lu2 ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 | 2 male laborers, builders, men of Ur-Šulpa’e |
| 4 | 2(disz)! gurusz szitim | 2 male laborers, builders, |
| 5 | 1(u) 7(disz) gurusz nig2-gu2-na kar-ta e2-kiszib3-ba-sze3 ga6-ga2 | 17 male laborers, grain-heaps, from the quay to the sealed house carried; |
| 6 | 2(disz) gurusz sig4 en-nu ak | 2 male laborers, bricks inspected, |
| 7 | 1(disz) e-pe-esz-na-am-tu-ra | 1 Epeš-namtura |
| 8 | [ugula] be-li2-i3-li2 | foreman: Beli-ili |
| 9 | ARAD2# e2-A-me-esz2 | servant of Ea-mēš. |
| 10 | 2(u) 6(disz) gurusz 3(u) la2 1(disz) geme2 ugula ba-zi | 26 male laborers, 30 less 1 female laborers: foreman Bazi; |
| 11 | 3(u) 6(disz)? gurusz 2(u) geme2 ugula me-e2-a | 36(?) male laborers, 20 female laborers foreman: Me-Ea |
| 12 | 2(u) 2(disz) gurusz 1(u) 6(disz) geme2 ugula za-la-a | 22 workmen, 16 female laborers, foreman: Zalaya |
| 13 | 1(u) 3(disz) gurusz ugula ib-ni-dingir | 13 male laborers, foreman: Ibni-dingir |
| 14 | 4(disz) geme2 ugula li-[la-a] | 4 female laborers, foreman: Lilaya |
| 15 | 1(u) 1(disz) geme2 ugula sza-at-er3-ra | 11 female laborers, foreman: Šat-Erra |
| 16 | lu2 hun-ga2-me-esz2 | hirelings |
| 17 | szunigin 1(u) gurusz szitim | total: 10 male laborers, builders; |
| 18 | szunigin 1(gesz2) 5(u) 5(disz) gurusz | total: 105 male laborers |
| 19 | szunigin 1(gesz2) 2(u) 2(disz) geme2 | total: 122 female laborers, |
| 20 | sza3-bi-ta | therefrom: |
| 21 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim um-mi-a | 1 male laborer, builder of Ummiya, |
| 22 | 7(disz) gurusz szitim 1(u) 2(disz) gurusz szu dim2 | 7 laborers, builders, 12 laborers requisitioned |
| 23 | 7(disz) geme2 du-u2-um ak | 7 female laborers, Duum, acted |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 7(disz) geme2 im gid2 | 7 female laborers, long tablets, |
| 2 | 5(u) la2 1(disz) geme2 im ga6-ga2 | 50 less 1 female laborers, clay carried, |
| 3 | 7(disz) gurusz 7(disz) geme2 gi-sal gul-la | 7 male laborers, 7 female laborers of the destroyed reed-beds, |
| 4 | 7(disz) gurusz gi-sal ga6-ga2 | 7 male laborers, reed bundles carried, |
| 5 | al-tar e2-bappir e2-muhaldim u3 e2-kikken2 | “Alas, the brewery, the kitchen, and the mill, |
| 6 | [n] gurusz szitim 3(disz) gurusz 1(u) geme2 | n laborers, builder; 3 laborers: 10 female laborers |
| 7 | e2-ba-ha-a du3-a | built the Ebaḫa |
| 8 | [n] gurusz [iz]-zi e2-al-lu-a gul-la | n male laborers, izzu-offerings of the destroyed Eallua temple |
| 9 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim [n] gurusz | 1 male laborer, builder, n male laborers |
| 10 | GIN2-bala sza3 {gesz}kiri6 gar-sza-an#-na{ki} du3-a | ... in the garden of Garšana built |
| 11 | 1(u) 7(disz) gurusz im lu-a | 17 male laborers, clay ... |
| 12 | 1(u) 2(disz) gurusz {gesz}{u2}kiszi17 iri{ki} gid2-da-sze3 gen-na | 12 male laborers carrying juniper to the city for the length |
| 13 | [2(disz) gurusz esir2] had2 la2-e-de3# | 2 male laborers, tanned, |
| 14 | [n gurusz nig2]-gu2#-na kar-ta e2-kiszib3-ba-sze3 ga6-ga2 | n male laborers from the quay to the sealed house carried |
| 15 | [n gurusz sig4 en]-nu ak | n male laborers, bricks inspected |
| 16 | [1(disz)] gurusz tu-ra | 1 male worker, sick |
| 17 | [szunigin 1(u)] gurusz szitim | total: 10 male laborers, builders |
| 18 | [szunigin 1(gesz2) 5(u) 5(disz)] gurusz | total: 105 male laborers |
| 19 | [szunigin 1(gesz2) 2(u) 2(disz)] geme2 | total: 122 female laborers |
| 20 | [zi-ga-am3 gurum2] ak | booked out, inspection performed |
| 21 | [giri3 puzur4-{d}nin-kar]-ke3# dub#-[sar] | via Puzur-Ninkarke, the scribe |
| 22 | [u3 {d}iszkur]-illat [iti] a2#-ki-ti | and Adad-tillati the month of Akītu |
| 23 | mu# za-ab-sza-li{ki} mu-hul | year: “Zabšali was destroyed. |
| left | ||
| 1 | u4 6(disz)-kam | the 6th day |
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