CUSAS 43, 38 (P251564)

Business / Contracts prism excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway

Museum Collection(s)

Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway

Museum Number

MS 2341

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Prism

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (model contract)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

132.0 mm × 73.0 mm × 73.0 mm

Text

object prism
surface a
column 1
  section 1
1. [1(disz) sag]-munus
2. [{disz}a]-na-isz8-tar2-tak2#-la-ku
3. mu#-ni-im
4. sa10 til-la-ni-sze3
5. 1/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
6. in-na-la2
7. gesz-gan-na
8. ib2-ta-bala
9. ki lu2-{d}nanna-ta
10. dumu lu2-{d}utu
11. lu2-{d}nu-musz-da
12. in-szi-sa10
13. {disz}szu-{d}iszkur simug
14. ku3 la2-bi
15. {disz}i3-li2-asz-ra-ni
16. lu2-gi-na-ab-tum3-ma-bi
17. u4 kur2 lu2 lu2
18. nu-mu-un-gi4-gi4-dam
19. mu# lugal#-bi# [in]-pa3#
20. [igi ...]-{d}utu
21. [igi] hal#-hal#-lum
22. [igi] nu-ur2-ia
23. dub-sar
24. kiszib lu2-inim-ma-a#-bi-me-esz
25. ib2-ra-asz
26. iti bara2-za3-gar
27-29. mu bad3-<u>-gul-la2{ki} {gesz}tukul ba-gul bad3 ba-an-hul
column 2
  section 2
1. 1(disz) sag-nita2
2. dingir-ma-lik
3. mu-ni-im
4. sa10 til-la-bi-sze3
5. 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
6. in-na-la2
7. ki nu-ru-um-li-s,i2-ta
8. {disz}ba-gi?-na-tum2?
9. in-szi-sa10
10. inim gar-ra sag-nita2#
11. lugal-a-ni <<x>>
12. ba-ab-gi4#-gi4
13. u4 kur2-sze3
14. inim nu-ga2-ga2-a
15. mu lugal-bi in-pa3
16. igi# nu-uh2#-e2-a dumu x-x-x-x
17. igti# x x x x
18. dub-sar
19. iti gu4-si-sa2
20. mu bad3 nu-kar2{ki} ba-gul
  section 3
21. 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
22. ku3-ta-asz gub-ba
23. {disz}la-lu-u2-um
24. ib2-ta-gub
25. hub2-ni szu luh?
26. {gesz}kesz2-da
column 3
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. tug2# [an-ni-ib2]-mu4-mu4#?
4. u4 ki# x [...]
5. na-[...]
6. ku3 szu ba-te#-[ga2]
7. e2-ta ib2-ta-e3#
8. tukum-bi#
9. ba-zah3 ba-usz2
10. u2-gu [ba-an-de2]
11. ku3 i3-la2-[e]
12. tukum#-[bi]
13. ga2-la ba-[an-dag]
14. x x [...]
  8 lines traces
  section 4
23. 2(disz) ma-na# ku3#-[babbar]
24. masz2#? [...]
25. ki [...-ta]
26. {d}en-[...]
27. szu ba-an#-[ti]
28. u4 buru14-[ka]
29. ku3# i3#-la2#-[e]
30. igi x-[...]
31. x [...]
  rest broken
surface b
column 1
  section 5
  beginning broken
1'. UN? ki-tusz ad#?-[x]
2'. UN? ki-tusz ad#?-da#?
3'. da#? x |URUxMIN|? x-[x]
4'. x ma#-ni-nu-um
5'. [a-sza3] ma#-ni-nu-um
6'. [...] x-x
7'. ]...\-la
8'. [...]-ni?-ma
9'. [ki ma]-ni-nu-um-ta
10'. [{disz}] ni#?-id#?-na-tum
11'. [dumu? nu]-ur2#-isz8-tar2
12'. [in]-szi#-sa10
13'. [sa10 til]-la-bi-sze3
14'. [n ma]-na ku3-babbar
column 2
1. [in-na]-la2
2. [lugal] a-sza3-ga
3. [inim nu]-um-ga2-ga2
4. [u3?] a#-sza3#-ga nu-gi4-gi4
5. [u4 kur2] lu2 lu2
6. [nu-mu-un]-gi4#-gi4-dam
7. [mu] lugal-bi
8. in#-pa3-de3-esz
9. igi# a-la?-ma-nu-um
10. igi# ma-nu-um-ba-lum-dingir
11. [igi] szu#-{d}nin-kar-ra-ak
12. dub-sar
13. iti# szu-numun-a
14. mu# {gesz}gigir ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar
15. [e2] an-nu-ni-tum
16. [x x] x x a#
17. [mu]-na#-dim2#
  section 6
18. [n] GAN2# [a]sza3
19. x x x x
20. x x x x x
21. [...] x x
22. [...] x x x
23. x x [...]
24. sa10# [til-la-bi-sze3]
25. 1/2(disz) ma-na [ku3]-babbar#
26. in-na-la2#
27. ki an-na-tum#-ta
28. i-din-{d}suen
29. in-szi-sa10
30. u4# [kur2] lu2# lu2
31. nu-mu-un-gi4-gi4-dam
32. mu lugal-bi in-pa3#-[de3-esz]
33. iti NE-NE-[gar]
34. mu# i7# kun#-x [...]
column 3
  section 7
1. 1/2 ma-na ku3-babbar
2. sa10 sze-sze3
3. ki szu-dingir-ta
4. {<d>}sze-rum-ik-ri-bi
5. szu ba-an-ti
6. u4 buru14-ka
7. ganba SIG7 TI
8. i3-du#-a-gin7
9. sze i3-ag2-e
10. igi nu-ur2-dingir dub-sar
11. iti kin-{d}inanna
12. mu ugnim tin-tir{ki}
13. {gesz}tukul ba-sig3
  section 8
14. sila4 hi-a
15. udu hi-a
16. {gesz}kiri6 hi-a
17. {na4}na hi-a
18. x x hi-a
19. szim#? hi-a
20. zabar-ra hi#-[a]
21. ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar hi-a#
22. sze hi-[a]
23. sze-gesz-i3 hi-a
24. x x hi-a
25. u3 {gesz}szu-kara2 hi-a
26. {gesz}ir#? ig-bi
27. x [x] x x x
28. 1(disz) sar e2# du3#-[a]
29. u3 x x
30. ha-la# [...]
31. i3-ba-[e-ne]
32 x [...]
  rest broken
surface c
column 1
  section 9
1. 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sar e2 du3-a
2. {gesz}kesz2-da
3. {gesz}ig
4. u3 {gesz}sag-kul
5. gub-ba
6. mu-bi-sze3
7. 1(disz) sar e2 du3-a
8. 3(disz) sar e2 ki-gal2
9. e2 szu-{d}ha-ri?-ma-ke4?
10. e2 e2-sze3
11. in-na-an-szi-gar
12. tug2-bi al-ur3#-ra
13. inim-bi al-til
14. mu lugal tesz2{esz} sig3-bi in-pa3
  CUSAS 43: variant of tesz2-a sig10-ga-bi ?
15. nam#? inim# ur#-dun#
16. x x x UD
17. [x] inim-bi
18. in#-gar
19. e2#-mu bi2-in-du11
20. lu2-inim#-ma#-bi-mesz
21. in#-da-ne-esz
22. in-gin6-ne-esz
23. gesz in ta ba-an-tuku
24. [x]-ta szu bala-de3?
25. [{disz}]ur#-szul
26. [n] ma#-na ku3-babbar
27. [sa10 til]-la#-ni-sze3
28. [...] ra#?
29. [...] x
  rest broken
column 2
  section 10
1. 1(bur3) GAN2 a#-sza3# x x x
2. nam-apin-la2-sze3
3. igi-4(disz)-gal2-ta
4. sze mu 3(disz)-kam
5. i3-ag2-e
6. a-sza3 UD-UD-GA
7. nam-sukkal-mah# u3 nam-szabra
8. zig3-ga-bi
9. a-sza3 <<disz>> kab2-du11-ga#
10. ugu lugal a-sza3-ga
11. in-tuku
12. igi bur-nu-nu dumu szu-isz8-tar2
13. igi kur{+um}-a-bi
14. iti du6-ku3
15-17. mu szita2#? ku3-sig17 sur-ra dingir-re-e-ne-ra mu-na?-dim2
  section 11
18. {disz}dingir-a-bi
19. dumu szesz-du10-ga
20. a-sza3 {d}en-lil2-<al>-sa6
21. a-sza3-ga-ni-sze3
22. a bi2-in-du11
23. tukum-bi
24. a-sza3 a de2-a
25. sze ma2 si-ga-ta
26. u4 kur2-sze3
27. pa6 a du11-ga-<mu>
28. nu-ub-be2-a
29. mu lugal-bi in-pa3
30. igi# a-mu-ru-um
31. igi dingir-ma-an-szum2 dub-sar-tur
32. [iti gan]-gan-e3
33. [mu] us2#-sa i7 kun ba#-ba-al
column 3
  section 12
1. 1(disz)# [dumu-nita2 gaba?]
2. ub-ta pa3#-[da]
3. sila-ta# ba#?-da#-[kur2-ra]
4. ka ur-gi7-ra#-[ta kar]
5. {disz}i3-li2-en#-[nam]
6. nam-dumu-ni-sze3 [...]
7. nam-ibila-ni-sze3#
8. in-gar
9. u4 kur2-sze3
10. tukum-bi
11. {disz}i3-li2-en-nam
12. dam ba-an-tuku
13. u3 dumu nig2-nam-me-a
14. u3-tu
15. {disz}la#-ma-dingir
16. ibila# szesz#-gal#-am3#?
17. ha-la szu ba#-te#?-[ge26]
18. a-ne-ne-am#
19. i3-ba-e-esz!
20. tukum-bi
21. ad-da-mu
22. nu-me-en bi2-in-du11
23. gu2-ni in-na-ga2-ga2
24. ku3-sze3 ba-ab-szum2-mu-usz
25. tukum-bi
26. {disz}i3-li2-en-nam
27. la-ma-dingir-sze3
28. ibila-mu
29. nu-me-en bi2-in-du11
30. e2 [...]
31. ib2-ta#-[an-sar-re]
surface d
column 1
  4 lines broken
5. [...] dam?-a#-[ni]
6. [...]-x-ne#?
7. mu# lugal#-bi
8. in#-pa3-de3-esz
9. igi a-na-ku-dingir{la#-ma}
10. igi mu-tum-dingir
11. dub-sar
12. iti du6-[ku3]
13-14. mu ib-ra-at#{[ki]} u3 iri{ki} didli# [...]
  section 13
15. 2(disz)# sar# {gesz}kiri6#
16. da# [...]
17. gu2 i7 [...]
18. da a-za3 ku?-x
19. da a-sza3 hi-lum
20. sa-dur2-bi a-sza3 szu-nu-nu
21. sa10 til-la-bi-sze3
22. 3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
23. in-na-la2
24. ki i-lu-su2-na-da-ta
25. [{disz}]dingir#-na#-da
26. in#-szi-sa10
27. [u4 kur2] lu2 lu2
28. [nu-mu]-un#-gi4-gi4-dam
29. [mu] lugal-bi
30. [in]-pa3#-de3-esz
column 2
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. [...]
4-6. [mu ...] x [...]-bi#?-da-ra [mu]-na-dim2
  section 14
7. [n] gin2 ku3-babbar
8. mu# sze sag11-ku5-sze3
9. ki a-wi-il-i3-li2-ta
10. [{disz}nu]-ur2-{d}isz-ha-ra
11. [szu] ba-an-ti
12. u4# buru14-ka
13. lu2# sze sag11-ku5 us2-sa
14. tukum-bi
15. [nu]-us2-sa-ta
16. [n] ma-na ku3-babbar
17. i3-la2-e
18. [igi x]-la-i3-gin7?
19. [igi x]-la-ak-i3-gin7?
20. [dub]-sar
21. iti [sze-sag11]-ku5
22-24. mu [...] dingir-re-e-[ne-ra] mu-na-[dim2]
  section 15
25. {disz}{d}szul-gi-ad-lal3#
26. szandana dam dingir
27. nin-he2-gal2 dam-a-ni
28. ba-usz2
29. egir dam-a-ni-ta
30. {d}nin-lil2-ama-mu geme2-ni#
31. nam-dam-sze3 ba-an-tuku
32. igi di-ku5-bi-me-esz
33. u3 ab-ba iri{ki}-me-esz
34. dug nam-geme2-a-ni in-gaz
column 3
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. sag#? ku? e ne?
4. RI-RI-ga
5. u4 kur2-sze3
6. dumu nin-he2-gal2
7. dumu {d}nin-lil2-ama-mu-sze3
8. geme2 arad-me-esz
9. nu-ub-be2-a
10. ha-la tesz2 igi-3(u)-gal2-bi
11. i3-ba-e-esz
12. mu lugal-bi
13. in-pa3-de3-esz
14. igi ha-ma-ti-il?
15. igi be-di-lum
16. dub-sar
17. iti diri sze-sag11-ku5
18. mu {i7}buranun{ki} ba-ba-al
  section 16
19. 3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
20. nam#-tab#-ba#
21. [...]
22. [...]
23. [...]
24. [...]
25. [...]
26. [...]
27. [...]
28. x x x [...]
29. kar e2#-{d}suen?{ki}-sze3
30. gi4-gi4-dam
31. ku3-bi
32. libir bi2-gal2-la
 en: that silver which is the outstanding debt
33. ma-na ku3-[babbar]
34. e2 um-mi-a-sze3#?
35. x x x
surface e
1. ib2-gi4-gi4#-ne#?
2. u3 szu-la2
3. nu-mu-un-ne#?-szum2#?
4. igi lu2-{d}utu dub-sar
5. iti ab-e3-a
6-8. mu ugnim tin-tir{ki} {gesz}tukul ba-sig3
  section 17
9. 3(iku) GAN2 {gesz}kiri6
10. gu2 {i7}me-{d}en-lil2-la2
11. da e {d}szul-gi
12. da ESZ x us2-sa
13. {i7}ma-e-[x]
14. sa-dur2-bi 5(disz)? [x]
15. {disz}ki?-szi-im-x-[x]
16. sa10 til-la-[bi-sze3]
17. nig2-nam-ma x [x x]
18. in#-na#-[la2]

Text content

Genre(s) Legal > Business / Contracts (model contract) School text
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P251564

Physical information

Artifact type Prism
Dimensions 132.0 mm × 73.0 mm × 73.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway
Museum Number MS 2341
Accession Number

External resources

References

  • primary: CUSAS 43, 38

    [George2019CUSAS43] George, Andrew R., and Gabriella Spada. 2019. Old Babylonian Texts in the Schøyen Collection, Part Two: School Letters, Model Contracts, and Related Texts. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS) 43. University Park, Pennsylvania: Eisenbrauns.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-01 at 18:47:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2020-09-12 at 11:52:13 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2004-12-15 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Bartash, Vitali; Dahl, Jacob L.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Johnson, J. Cale; Stadhouders, Henry CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 43, 38 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P251564.
CUSAS 43, 38 artifact entry (No. P251564). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P251564 (Original work published 2004)
CUSAS 43, 38 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P251564 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
@misc{2023CUSAS,
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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {CUSAS 43, 38 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P251564},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P251564},
}

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TI  - CUSAS 43, 38 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 43, 38 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P251564.
CUSAS 43, 38 artifact entry (No. P251564). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P251564 (Original work published 2004)
CUSAS 43, 38 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P251564 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
@misc{2023CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {CUSAS 43, 38 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P251564},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P251564},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P251564
LB  - CDLI:P251564
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - CUSAS 43, 38 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P251564
ER  - 
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