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CUSAS 40, 1524 (P516308)
Administrative, Ur III, Garšana · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 40, 1524 |
|---|---|
| ID | P516308 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| 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 | 5(u)? gurusz szitim lu2 nig2-{d}ba-ba6 | 50(?) male laborers, builders, men of Nig-Baba |
| 2 | 2(disz) gurusz szitim lu2 di3-ma-at-kal2-bu-um{ki} | 2 male laborers, builders, men of Damascus |
| 3 | 2(disz) gurusz szitim lu2 ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 | 2 male laborers, builders, men of Ur-Šulpa’e, |
| 4 | 3(disz) gurusz szitim | 3 male laborers, builders, |
| 5 | 1(u) 7(disz) gurusz nig2-gu2-na ga2-ga2 e2-da-na{ki}-sze3 gen-na | 17 male laborers, entrusted to the Edana, went. |
| 6 | 2(disz)! gurusz [sig4 en]-nu-ak | 2 male laborers, brickwork supervisor |
| 7 | [1(disz) gurusz e]-pe-esz na-am-tu#-[ra] | 1 laborer, to do the namtuŋar ritual |
| 8 | ugula be-li2-i3-li2 | foreman: Beli-ilī, |
| 9 | [ARAD2] e2-a-me-esz2 | servant of Ea-mēš. |
| 10 | 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) gurusz 2(u) 7(disz) geme2 ugula ba-zi | 9 male laborers 27 female laborers, foreman: Bazi |
| 11 | 2(u) 7(disz) gurusz 2(u) 5(disz) geme2 ugula me-e2-a | 27 male laborers 25 female laborers, foreman: Me-Ea |
| 12 | 2(u)# gurusz# 1(u) [9(disz)] geme2# ugula za-la-a | 20 workmen, 19 female laborers, foreman: Zalaya |
| 13 | 1(u) [1(disz)] gurusz# ugula ib-ni-dingir | 11 male laborers, foreman: Ibni-dingir |
| 14 | [3(disz)] geme2 ugula li-la-a | 3 female laborers, foreman: Lilaya |
| 15 | lu2 hun-ga2-me-esz | they are hired men |
| 16 | szunigin 1(u) gurusz szitim | total: 10 male laborers, builders; |
| 17 | szunigin 1(gesz2) 3(u) gurusz | total: 90 male laborers, |
| 18 | szunigin 1(gesz2) 1(u) 1(disz) geme2 | total: 91 female laborers, |
| 19 | sza3-bi-ta | therefrom: |
| 20 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim um-mi-a | 1 male laborer, builder of Ummiya, |
| 21 | 5(disz)? gurusz szitim 2(u) gurusz hun-<ga2> szitim | 5(?) laborers, builder; 20 laborers (and) hirelings: builder |
| 22 | 5(disz) geme2 du-u2-um ak | 5 female laborers, Duum, acted |
| 23 | [...] geme2 im gid2# | ... female laborers, long tablets |
| 24 | x 2(u) 1(disz) geme2 im ga6#-[ga2] | 21 female laborers, clay carried |
| 25 | 6(disz)? gurusz 6(disz) geme2 gi-sal gul-la | 6(?) male laborers, 6 female laborers of the destroyed reed-beds |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | al-tar e2 [lunga3 e2-muhaldim u3 e2 kikken2] | the rent of the brewery, the brewer's house and the millhouse |
| 2 | 3(disz) gurusz szitim 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz | 3 male laborers, builder, 15 male laborer, |
| 3 | sahar zi-ga gin2 bala sza3 {gesz}kiri6 gar-sza-an-na{ki} | the dust lifted, the bala of the garden of Garšana |
| 4 | 1(u) 6(disz) gurusz im lu-a | 16 male laborers, clay ..., |
| 5 | [...] 1(disz) gurusz {gesz}kiszi17 ku5-ra2 | ... 1 male worker cut a date palm |
| 6 | [...] gurusz nig2-gu2-na ga2-ga2 e2-da-na{ki}-sze3 gen-na | ... the young man bringing his property to Edana went |
| 7 | [...] gurusz sig4 en-nu-ak | ... young man, guarding bricks |
| 8 | [...] gurusz tu-ra | ... young man |
| 9 | szunigin [...] gurusz szitim | Total: ... young man, builder |
| 10 | szunigin 1(gesz2) 3(u) [gurusz] | total: 90 male laborers |
| 11 | szunigin 1(gesz2) 1(u) 1(disz) geme2 | total: 91 female laborers, |
| 12 | zi-ga-am3 | booked out, |
| 13 | gurumx(|IGI.ERIM|)-ak | inspections |
| 14 | giri3 puzur4-{d}nin-kar-kid3 dub-sar | via Puzur-Ninkarkid, the scribe; |
| 15 | u3 {d}iszkur-illat szabra | and Adad-tillati, the household manager |
| 16 | iti a2-ki-ti | month: “Akitu,’ |
| 17 | mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 ma-da za-ab-sza-li{ki} mu-hul | year: “Šū-Suen, king of Ur, the land of Zabšali destroyed. |
| left | ||
| 1 | u4 2(disz)-kam | 2nd day, |
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