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CUSAS 03, 0029 (P329871)
Administrative, Ur III, Garšana · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 03, 0029 |
|---|---|
| ID | P329871 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 51-04-002 (CUNES 51-05-025 ?) |
| 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 | 1(u)# 5(disz)# [...] | 15 ... |
| 3 | 1(u) 7(disz) [gurusz ...] | 17 male laborers ... |
| 4 | ARAD2#-[e2]-a-me-esz2 | ARAD-Ea-meš |
| 5 | 1(u) 7(disz) gurusz ugula dingir-kal | 17 male laborers, foreman: Dingir-kal |
| 6 | 5(disz) gurusz 1(disz) geme2 lu2-du6-lugal-pa-e3{ki} | 5 male laborers, 1 female laborer: Lu-dulugal-pa’e |
| 7 | 1(u) 3(disz) gurusz 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) geme2 ugula ba-zi | 13 workmen, 9 female laborers, foreman: Bazi; |
| 8 | 7(disz) gurusz 2(u) geme2 ugula me-e2-a | 7 male laborers, 20 female laborers foreman: Me-Ea |
| 9 | 4(disz) gurusz ugula za-la-a | 4 male laborers, foreman: Zalaya |
| 10 | 2(disz) gurusz ugula hal-li2-a | 2 male laborers, foreman: Halliya |
| 11 | 1(disz) gurusz ugula szal2-mah | 1 male laborer, foreman: Šalmaḫ |
| 12 | lu2 hun-ga2-me-esz2 | hirelings |
| 13 | szunigin 1(u) gurusz szitim | total: 10 male laborers, builders; |
| 14 | szunigin 1(gesz2) 2(u) 1(disz) gurusz | total: 81 male laborers |
| 15 | szunigin 3(u) geme2 | total: 30 female laborers, |
| 16 | sza3-bi-ta | therefrom: |
| 17 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim iz-zi bad3 gub-ba | 1 male laborer, builder of the Izzi wall stationed, |
| 18 | 4(disz) gurusz szitim sag bad3# im-sumur kid-de3 gub-ba | 4 male laborers, builders, head of the wall, imsumur, stationed at the kid-departure |
| 19 | 1(disz) gurusz 1(u) geme2 im# ga6-ga2 szu dim2-ma gub-ba | 1 male laborer, 10 female laborers, clay carried, hand fashioned, stationed |
| 20 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim 4(disz) gurusz gi sal bad3 ga2-ga2-de3 gub-ba | 1 male laborer, builder, 4 male laborers, reeds salved, stationed in the wall, |
| 21 | [n] gurusz# gi sal bad3 gul-de3 gub-ba | n young men, decorated with reeds, stationed to destroy the wall |
| 22 | 2(disz) gurusz im lu-de3 gub-ba | 2 male laborers stationed in the clay of the lu’de-house, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [n gurusz] szitim e-tab sza3 e2-gal-la kid-de3 gub-ba | n male laborers, builders of the Etab, stationed in the center of the palace |
| 2 | [n gurusz] im ga6#-ga2 szu dim2 gub-ba | n male laborers, clay carried, hand-measured, stationed |
| 3 | [n gurusz] szitim# 7(disz) gurusz 7(disz) geme2 | n laborers, builder; 7 laborers: 7 female laborers |
| 4 | [n] gurusz# im-sumur kid-de3 gub-ba | n male laborers, imsumur-offerings, stationed at the kid's quarters |
| 5 | [n gurusz] im lu-a sig4 ansze gub-ba | n male laborers, clay ..., bricks, donkeys stationed |
| 6 | [n gurusz] szitim iz-zi ga2-nun-na du3-de3 gub-ba | n male laborers, builders of the Izzi, stationed in the granary |
| 7 | [n] gurusz# 1(u) geme2 im ga6-ga2 szu dim2-ma gub#-ba | n workmen, 10 female laborers, clay carried, hand fashioned, stationed |
| 8 | 1(u) 1(disz) gurusz in-u gar3-da#-[hi]-sze3# gen-na | 11 male laborers, he went to the gardaḫi station |
| 9 | 2(disz) gurusz a bala-[a] {gesz}kiri6-{d}ba-ba6-da | 2 male laborers, water for the bala of the garden of Baba |
| 10 | 3(disz) gurusz ugula ARAD2-e2-a | 3 male laborers, foreman: ARAD-Ea |
| 11 | 1(disz) gurusz ga2-nun-na tusz-a | 1 male laborer, sitting in the granary, |
| 12 | 1(disz) gurusz sig4 en-nu kid-de3 gub-ba | 1 male laborer, brickwork guard, stationed at the kid-dead; |
| 13 | 1(disz) hi-lu-a a2-ag2 gir2-su{ki}-sze3 de6-a | 1 (piece of) ḫilû-wood, a gift for Girsu, delivered |
| 14 | 1(disz) lu-ga-du-um ninda du8-de3 gub-ba | 1 Lu-ga-dum, the baker, stationed, |
| 15 | [1(disz)] be-li2-a-zu tu-ra ugula i?-re-eb | 1 Bēlī-azu of Tura, foreman of Ireb |
| 16 | [1(disz)] geme2#-tu#-ra lu2-du6-lugal-pa-e3{ki} | 1 female worker, Lu-dulugal-pa’e |
| 17 | szunigin [1(u)] gurusz szitim | total: 10 male laborers, builders |
| 18 | szunigin 1(gesz2) 2(u) 1(disz) gurusz | total: 81 male laborers |
| 19 | szunigin 3(u) [geme2] | total: 30 female laborers |
| 20 | zi#-[ga-am3] | booked out |
| 21 | [...] | |
| left | ||
| 1 | u4 1(u) 7(disz)-kam gaba-ri | 17th day, copy. |
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