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CUNES 52-04-056bis (P332473)

Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE

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Designation	CUNES 52-04-056bis
ID	P332473
Museum no.	CUNES 52-04-056bis
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	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Coordinates	31.6669, 45.8861

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'	[...]
3'	[...]
4'	[... n?] 3(disz) gurusz	... 3 male laborers
5'	[...] ugula [...]	... foreman
6'	[n] gurusz 1(u) [geme2 ugula ...]	n male laborers 10 female laborers, foreman: ...
7'	2(disz) gurusz szitim 1(disz) gurusz# [ugula ...]	2 male laborers, millers, 1 male laborer, foreman: ...
8'	1(disz) gurusz szitim ugula szu-{d}dumu#-[zi]	1 male laborer, builder, foreman: Šu-Dumuzi
9'	5(disz) gurusz 1(u) la2 1(disz) geme2 ugula ba#-[ba]-ti#-a	5 workmen, 9 female laborers, foreman: Babatiya
10'	[n gurusz n] geme2# ugula li#-[la]-a	n male laborers n female laborers, foreman: Lilâ
11'	[n gurusz n] geme2 ugula sza-[at]-er3-ra	n male laborers n female laborers, foreman: Šat-Erra
12'	[lu2] hun-ga2-me-esz2	hirelings
13'	szunigin [1(u)] gurusz szitim	total: 10 male laborers, builders
14'	szunigin 2(gesz2) 4(disz) gurusz	total: 184 male laborers
15'	szunigin 2(gesz2) 5(disz) geme2	total: 165 female laborers
16'	sza3-bi-ta	therefrom:
17'	1(disz) gurusz szitim um-mi-a	1 male laborer, builder of Ummiya,
18'	1(disz) gurusz szitim tak2-si-ru-um sza3 e2-gal-ka# [gub]-ba#	1 male laborer, builder of Taksirum, stationed in the palace
19'	[n] gurusz szitim 2(disz) gurusz 4(u) geme2	n laborers, builder; 2 laborers: 40 female laborers
20'	[ur3] a ga2-ga2	watered-out roof
reverse
1	[1(disz)] gurusz szitim 1(u) 2(disz) gurusz [1(u) geme2]	1 laborer, builder, 12 laborers, 10 female laborers
2	gir4 du3-a	a built-up knife
3	[1(disz)] gurusz szitim 1(u) 2(disz) gurusz 3(disz) geme2#	1 male laborer, builder, 12 male laborers, 3 female laborers
4	ra-t,um-bi du3-a	built anew,
5	1(disz) gurusz szitim 4(disz) gurusz 7(disz) geme2	1 male laborer, builder, 4 male laborers, 7 female laborers
6	gurusz im-sumur ak	The young man ...
7	5(disz) gurusz szitim 7(disz) gurusz 2(u) geme2#	5 laborers, builder; 7 laborers: 20 female laborers
8	[bi2]-ni-[tum] im-sumur# [ak]	he covered his head with a cloth.
9	[1(disz)] gurusz szitim 4(disz) gurusz 1(u) geme2#	1 male laborer, builder, 4 male laborers, 10 female laborers
10	al-[tar] du3-[a]	built Altar
11	e2-bappir# [e2-muhaldim u3 e2-kikken2]	the brewery, the kitchen and the mill
12	1(disz) gurusz szitim 2(disz) gurusz 2(u) [n? geme2]	1 male laborer, builder, 2 male laborers, 20+ female laborers
13	e2-udu-niga [du3-a]	built a sheep-pen
14	5(u) 7(disz) gurusz im [gid2]	57 male laborers, long tablet
15	8(disz) gurusz# [a2-ag2 ki-sze3 de6-a]	8 male laborers, paid to the ground
16	[...]
17	[...]
18	[...]
19	[...]
20	[...]
left
1	[...]

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