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CUSAS 03, 0016 (P329377)
Administrative, Ur III, Garšana · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 03, 0016 |
|---|---|
| ID | P329377 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 48-07-059 |
| 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 | 2(disz) gurusz szitim [lu2-i3-si-in{ki}] | 2 male laborers, builders of Lu-Isin |
| 2 | 5(disz) gurusz szitim [lu2 nig2-{d}ba-ba6] | 5 male laborers, builders, men of Nig-Baba |
| 3 | [2(disz)] gurusz szitim 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz | 2 male laborers, builder, 15 male labourers |
| 4 | [ugula] i-ri-ib | foreman: Irib |
| 5 | ARAD2 e2-A-me-esz2 | servant of Ea-mēš. |
| 6 | 1(u) gurusz ugula [...] | 10 male laborers, foreman: |
| 7 | 4(disz) gurusz 2(u) 2(disz) geme2 ugula ba-[zi] | 4 male laborers 22 female laborers, foreman: Bazi |
| 8 | 1(u) gurusz 2(u) 8(disz) geme2 ugula me-e2-[a] | 10 male laborers, 28 female laborers foreman: Me-ea |
| 9 | 2(disz) gurusz ugula hal-li2-a | 2 male laborers, foreman: Halliya |
| 10 | lu2 hun-ga2-me-esz2 | hirelings |
| 11 | szunigin 1(u) gurusz szitim | total: 10 male laborers, builders; |
| 12 | szunigin 4(u) 1(disz) gurusz | total: 41 male laborers |
| 13 | szunigin 5(u) geme2 | total: 50 female laborers |
| 14 | sza3-bi-ta | therefrom: |
| 15 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim iz-zi bad3 da6-da6-de3 gub-ba | 1 male laborer, builder of Izzi, stationed at the wall of Da-Dade, |
| 16 | 9(disz) gurusz szitim 1(u) 4(disz) gurusz 1(u) 8(disz) geme2 | 9 laborers, builder; 14 laborers; 18 female laborers |
| 17 | sig4 szu dim2-ma szum2-mu-de3 gub-ba | to give the bricks, to set them in order, |
| 18 | 2(disz) gurusz 2(disz) geme2 im a ga2-ri-na i3-li-de9 gub-ba | 2 male laborers (and) 2 female laborers “Woe, I want to stand at the water-vessel of Ilī-de. |
| 19 | 2(u) geme2 im ga6-ga2-de3 gub-ba | 20 female laborers, clay carried, stationed, |
| 20 | 3(disz) gurusz 3(disz) geme2 im lu-de3 gub-ba | 3 male laborers (and) 3 female laborers, clay-carvers stationed, |
| 21 | 1(disz) gurusz in-u ga6-ga2 im lu-a | 1 male laborer, inu, carried, clay ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 7(disz) geme2 sig4 da#-bad3# [ga2-ga2-de3 gub-ba] | 7 brickwork female laborers stationed at the border of the city |
| 2 | 2(disz) gurusz du-<u2>-um# ... [gub]-ba | 2 male laborers, Du<um ... stationed |
| 3 | 2(u)? gurusz gu2 i7-da-ta ga2-nun-sze3 in-u ga6-ga2 | 20(?) male laborers from the bank of the Ida canal to the granary carried; |
| 4 | 1(disz) gurusz# sig4 en-nu ke4-de3 gub-ba | 1 laborer, brickwork supervisor, at the watch stationed |
| 5 | [1(u) 7(disz) gurusz] a bala-a {gesz}kiri6-{d}ba-ba6-da | 17 male laborers, water of the bala of the garden of Baba |
| 6 | 1(disz) gurusz a bala-a {gesz}kiri6 zabala3?{ki} | 1 male laborer, water of the bala, garden of Zabala |
| 7 | 1(disz) gurusz zah3 ugula dingir-dan | 1 male laborer, zaḫ, foreman: Dingir-dan |
| 8 | [szunigin 1(u)] gurusz szitim | total: 10 male laborers, builders |
| 9 | [szunigin] 4(u) 1(disz) gurusz | total: 41 male laborers |
| 10 | szunigin 5(u) geme2 | total: 50 female laborers |
| 11 | zi-ga-am3 | booked out, |
| 12 | gurum2 ak erin2 al-tar bad3 gub-ba | inspections performed, troops assigned to the wall stationed, |
| 13 | giri3 {d}iszkur-illat szabra# | via Adad-tillati, chief household administrator |
| 14 | u3 puzur4-{d}nin#-[kar-ke3 dub-sar] | and Puzur-Ninkarke, the scribe |
| 15 | [sza3] gar-sza-an-na{ki} | in Garšana |
| 16 | [iti ki-siki-{d}]nin-a-zu | month: “ki-siki of Ninazu,’ |
| 17 | [mu {d}szu-{d}suen] lugal uri5[{ki}-ma-ke4 ...] | year: “Šu-Suen, king of Ur, |
| left | ||
| 1 | [u4] 2(u) 7(disz)-kam | 27th day |
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