CUSAS 11, 078 (P323694)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Adab (mod. Bismaya), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Museum Number

CUNES 49-11-007

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Adab (mod. Bismaya)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (sale contract Agreement of working of two individuals in a parcel of field with the name of the field (asza5 mu-szir nu-banda3).)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

72.0 mm × 65.0 mm × 27.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [n] 3(asz@c) GAN2 [sze]-mu2-a
2. [nig2]-sa10#-bi
3. [...] gin2
rest broken
column 2
1. lu5-lu5
2. ur-sag-ra
3. in-na-uru4
4. GAN2 mu-{nu}nu11-tur
5. lugal-an-ne2
6. lu2-ki-inim-ma#-bi
7. [...] GAN2 ki-duru5
8. [...] ku3#-a
9. [ur]-sag-e
rest broken
column 3
1. lu2 nibru{ki}-ra
2. in-na-szum2
3. ur-{d}en-lil2
4. engar
5. ur-sag-ra
6. nam-gu2-sze3 ba-ak

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal > Business / Contracts (sale contract Agreement of working of two individuals in a parcel of field with the name of the field (asza5 mu-szir nu-banda3).)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) Early Dynastic / Early Sargonic
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P323694
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P323694

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	72.0 mm × 65.0 mm × 27.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	50% (Surface: 60%) mostly broken away

Provenance

Provenience	Adab (mod. Bismaya)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Museum Number	CUNES 49-11-007
Accession Number

References

primary: CUSAS 11, 78

[Visicato2010CUSAS11] Visicato, Giuseppe, and Aage Westenholz. 2010. Early Dynastic and Early Sargonic Tablets from Adab in the Cornell University Collections. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 11. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

contract for the sale of a field

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2022-10-01 at 07:29:18	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31	Brumfield, Sara	Transliteration	Brumfield, Sara	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2011-11-15 at 13:41:31	Brumfield, Sara	Transliteration	Brumfield, Sara	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2006-04-06 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fitzgerald, Madeleine	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 11, 078 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.earth/P323694.

CUSAS 11, 078 artifact entry (No. P323694). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P323694 (Original work published 2006)

CUSAS 11, 078 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P323694 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).

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	year = {2022},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P323694},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P323694},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 11, 078 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.earth/P323694.

CUSAS 11, 078 artifact entry (No. P323694). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P323694 (Original work published 2006)

CUSAS 11, 078 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P323694 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).

@misc{2022CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-19]},
	year = {2022},
	month = {oct 1},
	title = {CUSAS 11, 078 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P323694},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P323694},
}

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M1  - 2026/10/19/
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