CUSAS 11, 099 (P324957)

Administrative 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

Photo (detail)

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

CUNES 50-04-078

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Adab (mod. Bismaya)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (list of groups of men among whom there couriers (lu2-kas4) and “residents in the city” (uru-a dur2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

50.0 mm × 51.0 mm × 21.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
beginning broken
1'. x lu2# kaskal#?
2'. x lu2# iri-[a] tusz-a
3'. [...]-ta#-szub
4'. [...]-na-[...]
5'. [aga3]-us2 nu-banda3
6'. [n] 2(asz@c) lu2 kaskal
7'. 6(asz@c) [1(asz@c)?] iri-a tusz-[a]
column 2
1. [...]
2. 6(asz@c) lu2# [kaskal]
3. 7(asz@c) lu2 [iri]-a tusz-[a]
4. aga3#-us2 [nu]-banda3
5. 2(u@c) 1(asz@c) lu2 kaskal
6. 1(u@c) iri-a tusz-[a]
7. gala-[...]
8. 1(u@c) la2 1(asz@c) lu2 [kaskal]
reverse
column 1
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. ur-[...]
4. 1(u@c) 2(asz@c) lu2 kaskal
5. 5(asz@c) iri-a tusz-a
6. NI-ba#-ba
7. [...] lu2 kaskal
rest broken
column 2
1. lu2#? gesz#? [...]
2. nu-[...]
3. szu-nigin2-bi 1(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) 3(asz@c) lu2 kaskal
4. [n] 2(u@c) 1(asz@c) lu2 iri-a tusz-a

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)	Administrative (list of groups of men among whom there couriers (lu2-kas4) and “residents in the city” (uru-a dur2))
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P324957
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P324957

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	50.0 mm × 51.0 mm × 21.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	50% (Surface: 70%)

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 50-04-078
Accession Number

References

primary: CUSAS 11, 99

[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.

messengers and people enrolled in the city

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 13:41:39	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, 099 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.earth/P324957.

CUSAS 11, 099 artifact entry (No. P324957). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P324957 (Original work published 2006)

CUSAS 11, 099 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P324957 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-30]},
	year = {2022},
	month = {oct 1},
	title = {CUSAS 11, 099 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P324957},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P324957},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 11, 099 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.earth/P324957.

CUSAS 11, 099 artifact entry (No. P324957). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P324957 (Original work published 2006)

CUSAS 11, 099 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P324957 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).

@misc{2022CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-30]},
	year = {2022},
	month = {oct 1},
	title = {CUSAS 11, 099 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P324957},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P324957},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2022/10/1/
PY  - 2022
ID  - P324957
LB  - CDLI:P324957
M1  - 2026/10/30/
TI  - CUSAS 11, 099 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P324957
ER  -