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CUSAS 23, 017 (P326083)
Administrative, ED IIIb, Umma · c. 2500 BCE–2340 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 23, 017 |
|---|---|
| ID | P326083 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 52-08-037 |
| Collection | Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | ED IIIb · c. 2500 BCE–2340 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) |
| Coordinates | 31.6669, 45.8861 |
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 col 1 | ||
| 1 | 2(asz@c) sze gur sa2-du11 e2-gal | 2 gur of barley, regular offerings of the palace |
| 2 | 1(asz@c) e2-u2#-sakar# | 1 E-usakar |
| 3 | 1(asz@c) maszkim-iti | 1: Aškim-iti; |
| 4 | 1(ban2@c) a-sze3-tag | 1 ban2 of ašetag-flour, |
| 5 | 2(ban2@c) sze tu7 | 2 ban2 soup |
| 6 | e2-u4-sakar | E-usakar |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | 1(asz@c) la2 4(ban2@c) kiri6 gu-la | 1 aš-c-(worker), less 4 ban2: Gula's garden; |
| 2 | mah-gesz-sza3 | the supreme, |
| 3 | 2(barig@c) kiri6 an-ti | 2 barig, the Antu garden; |
| 4 | 3(asz@c) NIMx(|NIMxDISZ|)#? | 3 NIM-(?) |
| 5 | 3(asz@c) lu2 en e2-RU-a#? | 3: the man of the en-priestess of the ERUa temple |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | [n] ha-ma-ti | n female lambs |
| 2 | [n] udu ur5-ra kiri6 an-ti ur4-ra | n fattened sheep in the orchard of Antu, fatted |
| 3 | 4(ban2@c) udu ur5#-ra gesz-kin-ti ur4-ra | 4 ban2 “cutting-of-the-throat> sheep, cutting of the work assignment |
| 4 | 1(barig@c) x [...] x | 60 litres (for) |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | 2(ban2@c) zi3@t x [x] gesz-hum | 2 ban2 flour ... ḫašhum plant |
| 2 | 1(barig@c) zi3@t 2(barig@c) sze en-eden-ne2 | 1 barig flour, 2 barig barley of the high steppe |
| 3 | 4(ban2@c) zi3@t ki-gub-ba-ni | 40 liters of flour for Ki-gubbani |
| 4 | 2(barig@c) dub-sar-mah umma{KI} | 2 barig, the scribe of Umma; |
| 5 | 4(ban2@c) a-tu | 4 ban2 Atu |
| 6 | 2(ban2@c) zi3 nar# sanga# | 2 ban2 flour, the singer, the temple administrator |
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