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CUSAS 33, 233 (P499415)
Legal, ED IIIb, Umma · c. 2500 BCE–2340 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 33, 233 |
|---|---|
| ID | P499415 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 50-01-004bis |
| Collection | Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | ED IIIb · c. 2500 BCE–2340 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) |
| Coordinates | 31.6669, 45.8861 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 col 1 | ||
| 1 | 1(asz@c) 2(ban2@c) sze gur | 1 gur 2 ban2 barley, |
| 2 | 1(asz@c) i3 sila3 szah2 <<sila3>> | 1 sila3 of pig oil, |
| 3 | a-UL4-gal | A-UL-gal |
| 4 | ur-e2 dub-[sar] maszkim-bi | Ur-e, the scribe, its enforcer |
| 5 | 1(asz@c) bar-dul5 1(asz@c) i3 sila3# | 1 outer garment, 1 sila3 oil |
| 6 | a-UL4-gal | A-UL-gal |
| 7 | inim-ku3 dub#-sar# [maszkim]-bi# | Inimku, the scribe, its enforcer |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | gan-il2 | Gan-il |
| 2 | 1(asz@c) bar-dul5 1(asz@c) i3 sila3 | 1 outer garment, 1 sila3 oil, |
| 3 | 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) la2 1(ban2@c) sze gur | 1 gur 2 barig less 1 ban2 barley, |
| 4 | men4#-mu | menmu |
| 5 | [x]-ildu3 [dub]-sar | x-ildu, scribe |
| 6 | [maszkim]-bi | its enforcer |
| 7 | 1(asz@c)# la2 1/4(disz@c)#? [ku3] gin2# | 1 less 1/4 shekels silver |
| 8 | [x]-a-ki-x-[x] lu2#-esz2-[gid2] | ..., the ešgid official |
| 9 | e#-x-[...] | ... ... |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1' | lugal-du6# dub#-sar maszkim-bi | Lugaldu, scribe, responsible official |
| 2' | lugal-nig2-ba#-iri-da | Lugal-nigba-irida |
| 3' | lugal-an-da e-da-tuku | Lugalanda has acquired. |
| 4' | 1/2(disz@c) ku3 gin2 gada bar-dul5 | 1/2 shekel silver, linen, hemmed, |
| 5' | 1(asz@c) 1/3(disz@c) ku3 gin2 tug2 | 1 1/3 shekels silver for a garment |
| 6' | 4(asz@c)# 1(barig@c)# sze gur | 4 gur 1 barig barley |
| 7' | sa10 a#-sza3# gala# | the purchase price of the field of the gala priest |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | [...]-ke4 | ... ... |
| 2 | [x]-DU | ...-DU |
| 3 | lugal-an-da-kamx(|HIxMASZ|) | Lugalandakam |
| 4 | en-na-num2 ensi2 | Ennanum, the governor |
| 5 | 5(disz@t) | (total:) 5. |
Sources & licences
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- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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