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CUSAS 03, 0043 (P325943)
Administrative, Ur III, Garšana · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 03, 0043 |
|---|---|
| ID | P325943 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 52-04-119 |
| 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 | [5(disz) gurusz szitim] lu2-i3-si#-in#{ki} | 5 male laborers, builders: Lu-Isin |
| 2 | 2(disz) [gurusz szitim lu2] nig2-{d}ba-ba6 | 2 male laborers, builders, men of Nig-Baba |
| 3 | 3(disz) gurusz szitim | 3 male laborers, builders, |
| 4 | 1(u) 8(disz) gurusz ugula be-li2-i3-li2 | 18 male laborers, foreman: Beli-ilī, |
| 5 | 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz ugula i-ri-ib | 15 male laborers, foreman: Irib; |
| 6 | ARAD2 e2-A-me-esz2 | servant of Ea-mēš. |
| 7 | 5(disz) gurusz 1(disz) geme2 lu2-du6-lugal-pa-e3{ki} | 5 male laborers, 1 female laborer: Lu-dulugal-pa’e |
| 8 | [n] gurusz# 6(disz) geme2 | n male laborers, 6 female laborers |
| 9 | ugula# ba-zi | foreman: Bazi |
| 10 | 1(u) 2(disz) gurusz 7(disz) geme2 | 12 male laborers, 7 female laborers |
| 11 | ugula me-e2-a | foreman: Me-Ea |
| 12 | 5(disz) gurusz 2(u) geme2 ugula za-la-a | 5 workmen, 20 female laborers, foreman: Zalaya |
| 13 | 3(disz) gurusz 5(disz) geme2 ugula szal2-mah | 3 workmen, 5 female laborers, foreman: Šalmaḫ; |
| 14 | 2(disz) gurusz# ugula hal-li2-a | 2 laborers, foreman: Halliya |
| 15 | 3(disz) gurusz ugula szu#-{d}dumu-zi | 3 male laborers, foreman: Šu-Dumuzi |
| 16 | lu2 hun-ga2-me-esz2 | hirelings |
| 17 | szunigin 1(u) [gurusz szitim] | total: 10 male laborers, builders |
| 18 | [szunigin 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz] | total: 115 male laborers |
| 19 | [szunigin 2(gesz2) 1(u) 4(disz) geme2] | total: 114 female laborers |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | [...] | |
| 4 | 2(u) 5(disz) geme2 [...]-de3 [gub-ba] | 25 female workers stationed in ... |
| 5 | u3-ru-a bad3-sze3 | to the city wall, |
| 6 | 3(disz) gurusz gub#-[ba] | 3 male workers stationed |
| 7 | 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz szitim#? | 15 male laborers, builder(?) |
| 8 | 6(disz) gurusz du-u2-um gub-ba | 6 male laborers, Duum stationed, |
| 9 | 2(disz) gurusz im gid2-de3 gub-ba | 2 male laborers, stretched out with clay, stationed, |
| 10 | 1(u) 8(disz) geme2 im ga6-ga2-de3 gub#-ba# | 18 female laborers, clay carried, stationed |
| 11 | 5(disz) gurusz im i3-li#-de9 gub-ba | 5 male laborers, clay poured for Ilī-de stationed |
| 12 | ki-sa2-a e2-usz-bar-sze3 | to the courtyard of the E’ušbar, |
| 13 | 2(disz) gurusz im [a-ga2]-ri#-na lu-de3 gub-ba | 2 male laborers, clay of Agadina, stationed, |
| 14 | [n gurusz a] bala#-a gub#-ba | n male laborers stationed in bala, |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1' | du3-a-ta ga2-nun#-[na ...] | After you have built the Ganuna ... |
| 2' | ib2-IL2 | carried off. |
| 3' | 4(disz) gurusz nig2 u2-ba a-|ZI&ZI|-sze3 sur#-de3 gub-ba | 4 male laborers, ..., stationed at the watering place |
| 4' | 2(disz) gurusz sig4 en-nu ke4-de3 gub-ba | 2 brickwork workers stationed at the watch, |
| 5' | 1(disz) gurusz ga2-nun-na tusz-a | 1 male laborer, sitting in the granary, |
| 6' | 2(disz) gurusz ugula ARAD2 e2-A | 2 male laborers, foreman: ARAD of Ea |
| 7' | 1(disz) i-t,ib-si-na-at | 1 Iṭib-sinat |
| 8' | 1(disz) e2-i3-gara2 | 1 E-igara, |
| 9' | a2-ag2 ki szu-kab-ta2-sze3 de6-a | to the command of the place of šukab, |
| 10' | 1(disz) a-li2-ah | 1 Ali-aḫ |
| 11' | sze e3 gir2-su{ki}-sze3# gen-na | The barley that came out to Girsu went |
| 12' | [1(disz)] hi-lu-a a2-ag2#-[ga2] ki# szu#-esz18-dar u3-dag-ga[{ki}-sze3 de6-a] | 1 (piece of) ḫilû-wood, wages, brought to Udaga from Shu-Ištar. |
| 13' | 1(disz) ur-sza-lu-[hi] szitim# tu-[ra] | 1 Ur-šaluhi, the builder of Tura |
| 14' | 1(disz) {d}[utu-di-in szitim tu-ra] | 1: Utu-din, builder of the tura (temple) |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | zah3 ku-du-du-u2 | a kind of bird |
| 2' | lu2-du6-lugal-pa-e3{ki} | Ludlugalpa’e |
| 3' | szunigin 1(u) gurusz szitim | total: 10 male laborers, builders; |
| 4' | szunigin 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz | total: 115 male laborers |
| 5' | szunigin 2(gesz2) 1(u) 4(disz) geme2 | total: 114 female laborers |
| 6' | zi-ga-am3 | booked out, |
| 7' | gurum2 ak | inspections performed |
| 8' | giri3 {d}iszkur-illat szabra | via Adad-tillati, chief household administrator; |
| 9' | u3 puzur4-{d}nin-kar-ke3 dub-sar | and Puzur-Ninkarke, the scribe, |
| 10' | sza3 gar-sza-an-na{ki} | in Garšana |
| 11' | iti a2-ki-ti | month: “Akitu,’ |
| 12' | mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 <<ki>> [na]-ru2#-a-mah [{d}en-lil2 {d}]nin#-lil2#-ra mu-ne-du3 | year: “Šū-Suen, king of Ur, Great-stele for Enlil and Ninlil erected. |
| left | ||
| 1 | u4 6(disz)-kam | the 6th day |
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