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CUSAS 35, 140 (P252759)

Administrative tablet excavated in Adab (mod. Bismaya), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway

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Museum Collection(s)

Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway

Museum Number

MS 3790/36

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Adab (mod. Bismaya)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [...] x x
2. [...]-si
3. [n a]-zu#-zu
4. [n ...]-men
5. [n i3]-la#-la
6. 2(barig@c) ur-ab-ba szu-ku6
7. 2(barig@c) sa-DISZ-ri engar
8. 2(barig@c) ur-ga2 engar
9. 3(barig@c) gala
10. dumu a-ne-da
11. lugal-ra ugula
12. 2(barig@c) nam-x-ga-ni
13. ad-da-sila-si
column 2
1. 2(barig@c) uszur4-re2
2. amar-HA ad-kup4
3. 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)! ur-lum-ma
4. muszen-du3 giri3
5. 2(barig@c) lugal-sag
6. e2-igi-nim
7. 2(barig@c) ad#-da# engar 2(barig@c)
8. 2(barig@c) ga#?-x
9. lugal#-x 2(barig@c)
10. x-x-ki# 2(barig@c)
11. mu-ni-lal3? 2(barig@c)
12. sag#-ku5 dumu szitim
13. an-na-szum2
14. ur-{d}nin-x x [x?] x
15. igi-[...]
column 3
1. a-na-na-x
2. gala#
3. a-zu-zu ugula
4. sza3 e2-gal
5. sag-zi 2(barig@c)
6. ur-szubur 2(barig@c)
7. im#-ta# [2(barig@c)]
8. ur-{d#}asz8-[gi4]
9. e2-gudux(AH)
10. x x x
11. x x
12. amar#-{d}en-lil2
13. gal-zu [x?]
14. x-LUM-[...]
15. [...]
reverse
column 1
1. muszen-du3 giri3
2. lugal-ma-tum2
3. ur-x-x
4. x-um
5. [x] x x
6. [...]
7. nig2?-[x]-bi?
8. sag-bi
9. an-na-szum2
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Consult sign list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Consult word list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Collections

Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: CUSAS 35, 140

[Bartash2017CUSAS35] Bartash, Vitali. 2017. Sumerian Administrative and Legal Documents ca. 2900-2200 BC in the Schøyen Collection. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 35. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: MS 3790/36
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Adab (mod. Bismaya)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Period Comments:
Early Dynastic / Early Sargonic
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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
2017-10-23 at 15:31:30	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI	Approved
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

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Cite this Artifacts

“CUSAS 35, 140 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.earth/P252759.

CUSAS 35, 140 artifact entry (No. P252759). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P252759 (Original work published 2004)

CUSAS 35, 140 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P252759 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).

@misc{2022CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-30]},
	year = {2022},
	month = {oct 1},
	title = {CUSAS 35, 140 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P252759},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P252759},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CUSAS 35, 140 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.earth/P252759.

CUSAS 35, 140 artifact entry (No. P252759). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P252759 (Original work published 2004)

CUSAS 35, 140 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P252759 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).

@misc{2022CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-30]},
	year = {2022},
	month = {oct 1},
	title = {CUSAS 35, 140 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P252759},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P252759},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2022/10/1/
PY  - 2022
ID  - P252759
LB  - CDLI:P252759
M1  - 2026/1/30/
TI  - CUSAS 35, 140 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P252759
ER  -