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CUSAS 03, 0141 (P329369)
Administrative, Ur III, Garšana · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 03, 0141 |
|---|---|
| ID | P329369 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 48-07-051 |
| 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 | [3(disz)] gurusz szitim | 3 male laborers, builders |
| 5 | 1(u) 6(disz) gurusz gub-ba | 16 male laborers stationed |
| 6 | [3(disz)] gurusz sig4 en-nu ak | 3 male laborers, bricks inspected |
| 7 | [1(disz)] e-pe-esz-na-am-tu#-[ra] | 1 Epeshnamtura |
| 8 | ugula be-li2-i3-li2 | foreman: Beli-ilī, |
| 9 | ARAD2 e2-A-me-esz2 | servant of Ea-mēš. |
| 10 | 2(u) 7(disz) gurusz | 27 male laborers |
| 11 | ugula ba-zi | foreman: Bazi; |
| 12 | 5(u) 1(disz) gurusz 1(gesz2) 4(disz) geme2 | 51 male laborers, 64 female laborers |
| 13 | ugula me-e2-a | foreman: Me-Ea |
| 14 | 1(u) 6(disz) gurusz 6(disz) geme2 | 16 male laborers, 6 female laborers |
| 15 | ugula za-la-a | foreman: Zalaya |
| 16 | 1(disz) gurusz ugula ib-ni-dingir | 1 male laborer, foreman: Ibni-dingir, |
| 17 | 1(disz) gurusz ugula szal2-mah | 1 male laborer, foreman: Šalmaḫ |
| 18 | lu2 hun-ga2-me-esz2 | hirelings |
| 19 | szunigin 1(u) gurusz szitim | total: 10 male laborers, builders; |
| 20 | szunigin 1(gesz2) 5(u) 5(disz)# gurusz | total: 105 male laborers |
| 21 | szunigin 1(gesz2) 1(u) geme2 | total: 70 female laborers, |
| 22 | sza3-bi#-ta | therefrom: |
| 23 | 1(disz) [gurusz szitim] um#-mi-a | 1 male laborer, builder of Ummiya |
| 24 | [n gurusz szitim] 2(u) gurusz 1(u) la2 1(disz) geme2# | n laborers, builders; 20 laborers; 9 female laborers |
| 25 | [...] | |
| 26 | [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [n] gurusz# 2(u) [geme2] | n male laborers, 20 female laborers |
| 2 | [n gurusz n] geme2 im ga6-ga2# | n male laborers n female laborers, clay carried |
| 3 | [gesz ur3] kesz2-ra2 | threshing floor |
| 4 | [n gurusz n] geme2 sig4 da-iz-zi [ga2-ga2] | n male laborers and n female laborers, bricks to be poured out |
| 5 | al-[tar] e2-bappir e2-muhaldim [u3] e2-kikken2 | After the Ebappur, the kitchen and the mill |
| 6 | 6(disz) [gurusz] 5(disz) geme2# [nig2 u2] ba# a-|ZI&ZI| sur-de3 [gub-ba] | 6 male laborers (and) 5 female laborers, rations of grass-fed ..., stationed at the watering place |
| 7 | 5(disz) gurusz# [2(disz)? geme2 ...] | 5 male laborers, 2 female laborers |
| 8 | 2(u) 5(disz) [...] | 25 ... |
| 9 | 2(u) gurusz ur3 e2-kiszib3-ba til zi-li2-de3 | 20 male laborers, base of the sealed house, finished, to be repaid |
| 10 | 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz ka-sahar-ra{ki}-sze3# gi tum3-de3# | 15 workmen to Kasahara brought reeds |
| 11 | [n] gurusz gir esir2 u3-ru-de3 | n male laborers, cutters of bitumen for the road |
| 12 | [n] gurusz sig4 en-nu ak | n male laborers, bricks inspected |
| 13 | [1(disz)] gurusz tu-ra | 1 male worker, sick |
| 14 | [szunigin 1(u)] gurusz szitim | total: 10 male laborers, builders |
| 15 | [szunigin] 1(gesz2) 5(u) 5(disz) gurusz | total: 105 male laborers |
| 16 | szunigin 1(gesz2) 1(u) geme2 | total: 70 female laborers, |
| 17 | zi-ga-am3 gurum2 ak | booked out, inspections performed; |
| 18 | giri3 puzur4-{d}nin-kar-ke3 | via Puzur-Ninkar, |
| 19 | [u3 {d}iszkur]-illat szabra# | and Adad-tillati, the household manager |
| 20 | [sza3 gar-sza-an-na{ki}] | in Garšana |
| 21 | [iti ...] | Month ..., |
| 22 | [mu ...] | year ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | u4 2(u) la2 1(disz)-kam | the 19th day, |
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