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CUSAS 35, 005 (P252834)

Legal 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 3798

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) [uncertain]

Provenience

Adab (mod. Bismaya)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [n] ku3# 1/3(asz@c) [ma]-na#?
2. ur-zikum#-ra
3. ur-bara2-sag-ke4
4. in-la2
5. ur-{d}en-lil2
6. szesz ur-zikum
column 2
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. ensix(|GAR.PA.TE.SI|)
4. adab{ki}
5. di-bi in-ku5
6. lugal-agrig-zi
7. lu5-lu5
column 3
1. lu2-ki-inim-ma-me
2. ensix(|GAR.PA.TE.SI|)#
3. e2 {d#}nin#-isin2-sze3
4. szu in-ne-us2
5. ur-du6-ke4
6. igi-mu-NE
column 4
1. i3-du8-gal
2. ur-{sze3}szer7-da
3. lu2 ma2 kas4
4. e2-szu12
5. lu2 ma2 kas4
reverse
column 1
1. IM-ta
2. ugula
3. mu-NI-NI
CUSAS 35 reads: mu-ni-zal
4. ugula-e2
5. lu2-szu szitim
CUSAS 35 reads: lu2-szu-dim2
6. lu2-ki-inim-ma-me
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Consult previous versions and their differences
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): Legal
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: CUSAS 35, 5

[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 3798
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Adab (mod. Bismaya)
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Chronology

Period: ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) [uncertain]
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2019-10-14 at 11:25:53	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2019-10-13 at 17:35:52	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2017-09-27 at 22:58:25	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Atf	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI	approved
2004-12-15 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Bartash, Vitali; Dahl, Jacob L.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Johnson, J. Cale; Stadhouders, Henry	CDLI	approved

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Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 35, 005 Artifact Entry.” 2004. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 15, 2004. https://cdli.earth/P252834.

CUSAS 35, 005 artifact entry (No. P252834). (2004, December 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P252834

CUSAS 35, 005 artifact entry (2004) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P252834 (Accessed: December 21, 2025).

@misc{2004CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-21]},
	year = {2004},
	month = {dec 15},
	title = {CUSAS 35, 005 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P252834},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P252834},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2004/12/15/
PY  - 2004
ID  - P252834
LB  - CDLI:P252834
M1  - 2025/12/21/
TI  - CUSAS 35, 005 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P252834
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 35, 005 Artifact Entry.” 2004. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 15, 2004. https://cdli.earth/P252834.

CUSAS 35, 005 artifact entry (No. P252834). (2004, December 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P252834

CUSAS 35, 005 artifact entry (2004) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P252834 (Accessed: December 21, 2025).

@misc{2004CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-21]},
	year = {2004},
	month = {dec 15},
	title = {CUSAS 35, 005 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P252834},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P252834},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2004/12/15/
PY  - 2004
ID  - P252834
LB  - CDLI:P252834
M1  - 2025/12/21/
TI  - CUSAS 35, 005 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P252834
ER  -