CUSAS 35, 158 (P252794)

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 3790/71

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

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) zi3 [x? gur]
2. 4(asz@c) BARA2 dug
3. GAN2 bar-kas4
4. nu-banda3
5. an-da-de6
6. x x [...]
column 2
1. [...]
2. 8(gesz2@c) ninda# [x]
3. 1(ban2@c) 2(u@c) du8#
4. e2-gal#-[x] x [...]
5. [...]
reverse
column 1
1. 1(barig@c) [...]
2. 1(asz@c) sze gur#
3. ba#-ba
4. x-dab5
5. x x x
6. ur-e2 [x?]
column 2
1. maszkim-bi
  blank space
2. e2-dumu#
3. zi3 zi-ga
4. igi-si4-kam
5. iti ga2-udu-ur4

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Consult word list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: CUSAS 35, 158

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: MS 3790/71
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  • Provenience: Adab (mod. Bismaya)
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  • Period: ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
  • Period Comments:

    Early Dynastic / Early Sargonic

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2022-10-01 at 07:29:18 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2017-11-03 at 01:36:38 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

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Cite this Artifacts

“CUSAS 35, 158 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.earth/P252794.
CUSAS 35, 158 artifact entry (No. P252794). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P252794 (Original work published 2004)
CUSAS 35, 158 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P252794 (Accessed: January 31, 2026).
@misc{2022CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-31]},
	year = {2022},
	month = {oct 1},
	title = {CUSAS 35, 158 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P252794},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P252794},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2022/10/1/
PY  - 2022
ID  - P252794
LB  - CDLI:P252794
M1  - 2026/1/31/
TI  - CUSAS 35, 158 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P252794
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“CUSAS 35, 158 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.earth/P252794.
CUSAS 35, 158 artifact entry (No. P252794). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P252794 (Original work published 2004)
CUSAS 35, 158 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P252794 (Accessed: January 31, 2026).
@misc{2022CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-31]},
	year = {2022},
	month = {oct 1},
	title = {CUSAS 35, 158 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P252794},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P252794},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2022/10/1/
PY  - 2022
ID  - P252794
LB  - CDLI:P252794
M1  - 2026/1/31/
TI  - CUSAS 35, 158 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P252794
ER  - 
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