CUSAS 35, 006 (P252847)

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 3811

Period

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

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'
  beginning broken
1'. [n] ninda
2'. [n] tu7# sila3
3'. [n] ku6# gurdub2
4'. IM-ki
5'. [n] ninda
6'. [n] tu7 sila3
7'. IM-ta
8'. [...] 1(u)#? 5(disz@t)
  rest broken
column 2'
  beginning broken
1'. 2(u@c) ninda
2'. 1(asz@c) tu7 sila3
3'. sahar-ra-ni
4'. 2(u@c) ninda
5'. 1(asz@c) tu7 sila3
6'. lugal-a-gi6
7'. dumu
8'. en-DU-DU
9'. bahar2-me
10'. 2(u@c) ninda
11'. 1(asz@c) tu7 sila3
12'. ur-gu
13'. lu2 EDIN#?-GUR
column 3'
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-nanna#?
2'. lu2-ki-inim-ma-me
3'. 2(gesz2@c) ninda
4'. 1(asz@c) ur2
5'. 1(asz@c) i3 |UMBINxUDU|
6'. 2(asz@c) tu7 sila3
7'. 2(asz@c) szum2 sa@v
8'. 1(asz@c) dug
10'. 1(disz@t) ku3 gin2
11'. szesz-szesz
12'. nimgir-gal
13'. 2(gesz2@c) ninda
14'. 1(asz@c) ur2
15'. 1(asz@c) i3 |UMBINxUDU|
column 4'
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x x
2'. e2-szu12
3'. 4(u@c) ninda
4'. 1(asz@c) i3 sila3
5'. 1(asz@c) tu7 sila3
6'. ur-{d}tu
7'. 4(u@c) ninda
8'. 1(asz@c) tu7 sila3
9'. ad-da
  blank space
10'. nimgir-me
11'. 2(u@c) ninda
12'. 1(asz@c) tu7 sila3
column 5'
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-x
2'. nimgir
3'. 1(u@c) ninda
4'. 1(asz@c) tu7 sila3
5'. a-ba-{d}en-lil2
6'. 1(u@c) ninda
7'. 1(asz@c) tu7 sila3
8'. e2-MUSZ-DUG-AN
9'. dumu
10'. ur-{d}tu-me
11'. 2(u@c) ninda 1(asz@c) tu7 sila3
12'. gir2-nun-ne2-si
13'. 2(u@c) ninda 1(asz@c) tu7 sila3
14'. u2-da-ur4-ra
column 6'
  blank space
reverse
  blank space
  rest broken

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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, 6

    [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 3811
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  • Provenience: Adab (mod. Bismaya)
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  • Period: ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) [uncertain]
  • 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 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-09-27 at 22:58:25 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
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 View

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Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 35, 006 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.earth/P252847.
CUSAS 35, 006 artifact entry (No. P252847). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P252847 (Original work published 2004)
CUSAS 35, 006 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P252847 (Accessed: December 31, 2025).
@misc{2022CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-31]},
	year = {2022},
	month = {oct 1},
	title = {CUSAS 35, 006 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P252847},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P252847},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2022/10/1/
PY  - 2022
ID  - P252847
LB  - CDLI:P252847
M1  - 2025/12/31/
TI  - CUSAS 35, 006 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P252847
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 35, 006 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.earth/P252847.
CUSAS 35, 006 artifact entry (No. P252847). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P252847 (Original work published 2004)
CUSAS 35, 006 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P252847 (Accessed: December 31, 2025).
@misc{2022CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-31]},
	year = {2022},
	month = {oct 1},
	title = {CUSAS 35, 006 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P252847},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P252847},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2022/10/1/
PY  - 2022
ID  - P252847
LB  - CDLI:P252847
M1  - 2025/12/31/
TI  - CUSAS 35, 006 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P252847
ER  -
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