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CUSAS 03, 0028 (P329443)
Administrative, Ur III, Garšana · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 03, 0028 |
|---|---|
| ID | P329443 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 48-12-036 |
| 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' | 4(disz) gurusz# [...] | 4 male laborers |
| 2' | 2(disz) gurusz ugula hal#-[li2-a] | 2 male laborers, foreman: Haliya |
| 3' | 2(disz) gurusz ugula szal2-mah# | 2 male laborers, foreman: Šalmah |
| 4' | lu2 hun-ga2-me-esz2 | hirelings |
| 5' | [szunigin n] gurusz szitim | total: n male laborers, builders |
| 6' | [szunigin n] gurusz | total: n male workers |
| 7' | [szunigin n] geme2 | total: n female workers |
| 8' | [sza3]-bi-ta | within it |
| 9' | [n gurusz] szitim# iz-zi bad3 da6-da6-de3 gub-ba | n male laborers, builders of Izzi, stationed at the fortified wall |
| 10' | [n gurusz] szitim# sag bad3 im-sumur ke4#-de3 [gub]-ba | n male laborers, builder(s) of the front of the wall, stationed to guard |
| 11' | 3(disz) gurusz 1(u) 5(disz) geme2 im ga6-ga2 gub-ba | 3 male laborers, 15 female laborers stationed in the granary, |
| 12' | 2(disz) gurusz szitim 9(disz) gurusz gi-sal bad3# ga2-ga2-de3 gub-ba | 2 male laborers, builder; 9 male labourers, reed-bed workers, stationed at the wall stationing |
| 13' | 1(disz) gurusz szitim 3(disz) gurusz ag2-tab sza3 e2-gal-la-ke4-ne gub-ba | 1 male laborer, builder, 3 male laborers, laborers stationed in the palace, |
| 14' | 2(disz) gurusz szitim 1(u) 4(disz) gurusz ag2-tab sza3 e2-[gal]-la e2-usz-bar sahar zi-zi-de3 gub-ba | 2 male laborers, builder; 14 male laborer, load-bearer, in the palace, the E-ušbar stationed in the dust to be cleared; |
| 15' | 1(disz) gurusz szitim 7(disz) gurusz 1(u) 5(disz) geme2 | 1 laborer, builder, 7 laborers, 15 female laborers |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sig4-ansze im#-sumur ke4-de3# [gub-ba] | The brickwork of Imsumur stands in order to be erected |
| 2 | 6(disz) gurusz im lu-a sig4-ansze-sze3 | 6 male laborers, clay-carrying ... bricks, |
| 3 | 1(disz) gurusz gi#-sal# bad3 gi-ir ke4-de3 gub-ba | 1 male laborer, reed-bed attendant, stationed at the fortified wall |
| 4 | 1(u) gurusz im lu-de3 gub-ba | 10 male laborers stationed in the mud-bricks |
| 5 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim 5(disz) gurusz 2(u) geme2 | 1 male laborer, builder, 5 male laborers, 20 female laborers |
| 6 | sig4-ansze ga2-ga2-de3 gub-ba | standing ready to bring the bricks, |
| 7 | 1(u) 2(disz) gurusz in-u kar-ta ga2-nun-sze3 ib2-IL2 | 12 male laborers, from the quay to the granary carried; |
| 8 | 1(disz) gurusz sig4 en-nu ke4#-de3 tusz-a | 1 male laborer, in charge of the guarding of the bricks, sitting |
| 9 | 3(disz) gurusz ugula ARAD2-[e2]-a | 3 male laborers, foreman: ARAD-Ea |
| 10 | 2(disz) gurusz a bala-a {gesz}kiri6-{d}ba-ba6-da | 2 male laborers, watered, at the bala of the garden of Baba |
| 11 | 2(disz) gurusz za-al-[lum lu2 kin-gi4-a] lugal# zi3 ga2-ga2-de3 karkar{ki}-sze3 in-tum3!(NIM)-usz | 2 male laborers, Zallum the messenger of the king brought flour to Karkar. |
| 12 | 1(disz) gurusz ga2-nun-na tusz-a | 1 male laborer, sitting in the granary, |
| 13 | 1(disz) [hi]-lu-a a2-ag2 gir2-su{ki}-sze3 de6-a | 1 hilu’a, appointed to the service of Girsu |
| 14 | 1(disz) lu-ga-tu3-um ninda du8-de3 gub-ba | 1 Lu-gatum, the baker, stationed, |
| 15 | 1(disz) be-li2-a-zu tu-ra ugula i-ri-ib | 1 Bēlī-azu, Tura, foreman of Irib, |
| 16 | [1(disz)] geme2 tu-ra lu2-du6-lugal-pa-e3 | 1 female worker, tura, Lu-dulugal-pa'e |
| 17 | [szunigin n] gurusz szitim | total: n male laborers, builders |
| 18 | [szunigin n] 2(u) 2(disz) gurusz | total: n+22 male laborers |
| 19 | [szunigin n] geme2 | total: n female workers |
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