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CUSAS 14, 252 (P326958)
Administrative, ED IIIb, Zabalam · c. 2500 BCE–2340 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 14, 252 |
|---|---|
| ID | P326958 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 52-18-063 |
| 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 | Zabalam (mod. Tall Ibzaīykh) |
| Coordinates | 31.7436, 45.8749 |
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 | 3(gesz2) ninda 3(disz@t) kasz | 180 loaves of bread, 3 jars of beer, |
| 2 | dam sanga zabala6# | spouse of the temple administrator of Zabalam |
| 3 | 4(gesz2) ninda 4(disz@t) kasz# du-gu-na | 240 loaves of bread, 4 jars of duguna beer |
| 4 | 2(gesz2) ninda 2(disz@t) kasz# me-musz3 nu-gig | 120 loaves of bread, 2 jars of Memusz, the nugig priestess |
| 5 | 2(gesz2) ninda 2(disz@t) kasz dam sa12-du5 | 120 loaves of bread and 2 jars of beer for the wife of Sadu, |
| 6 | 1(gesz2) ninda 2(disz@t) kasz me-an-ne2 | 60 ninda 2 (shekels of) beer: Me-ane |
| 7 | 1(gesz2) ninda 2(disz@t) kasz me-nigar-ta | 60 breads, 2 (jars of) menigar beer each, |
| 8 | 1(gesz2) ninda 2(disz@t) kasz dam ab-[ba] iri | 60 ninda 2 (disz-t) beer for the wife of the city elder |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | 1(gesz2) ninda 2(disz@t) kasz dam inim#-{d}szara2-zi | 60 ninda 2 (disz)-t beer for the wife of Inim-Šaraza |
| 2 | 1(gesz2) ninda 2(disz@t) kasz dam lugal-ezem ugula | 60 breads, 2 jars of beer for the wife of Lugal-ezem, foreman. |
| 3 | 1(gesz2) ninda 2(disz@t) kasz dam ukken#-ne2# | 60 ninda 2 (disz-t) beer for the wife of Ukkene |
| 4 | 1(gesz2) ninda 2(disz@t) kasz dam ugula# nu-banda3 e2-gal | 60 ninda 2 (disz-t) beer for the wife of the foreman, overseer of the palace |
| 5 | 1(gesz2) ninda 2(disz@t) kasz dam dub-sar-mah | 60 breads, 2 (jars of) beer for the wife of the chief scribe |
| 6 | 3(u) ninda 1(disz@t) kasz zi-mu | 30 ninda 1 (jar of) zimu beer |
| obverse col 3 | ||
| 1 | 3(u) ninda 1(disz@t) kasz nin-kur-diri | 30 ninda 1 beer for Nin-kurdiri, |
| 2 | 3(u) ninda 1(disz@t) kasz um-me-da ib2 | 30 ninda 1 sila of ummeda beer |
| 3 | 3(u) ninda 1(disz@t) kasz um-me-da x-mah | 30 ninda 1 (jar of) ummeda-beer, |
| 4 | 1(gesz2) ninda 2(disz@t) kasz dam szesz-a-mu | 60 ninda 2 (disz-t) beer for the wife of Šešamu |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | 1(gesz2) 1(u) lal2-du6-du6 | 70, Laldudu; |
| 2 | 1(gesz2) 1(u) me-musz3 nu-gig | 70 (gur) Memuš, the nugig |
| 3 | 1(gesz2) 1(u) lugal-a-nun | 70, Lugal-anun; |
| 4 | 1(gesz2) 1(u) igi-{d}szara2-sze3 | 70 for Igi-Šara, |
| 5 | 1(gesz2) 1(u) me-ib2-ta | 90 (shekels of silver) each |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | szum#-sza3-la il2 | Šumšala raised |
| 2 | bara2-ir-nun | Bara-irnun |
| 3 | zabala6 dam gesz-sza3-ki-du10 ensi2 4(disz@t) mu iti 1(u) 2(disz@t) | Zabala, wife of geššakidu, the governor, 4 years, 12 months |
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