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CUSAS 35, 229 (P252848)

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 3812

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

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(u@c) sze gur
2. 4(asz@c) 2(barig@c) dabin gur
3. 5(asz@c) zi3 bara2 i3-si
4. 2(barig@c) zi3 bara2! {kusz}a-ga2#-la2 i3-si
5. 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) bappir
6. 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) munu4
7. 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) nig2-ar3-ra
8. 1(asz@c) i3 szim#-tur-tur samanx(|SZE.BU.SZE3.NUN|)
column 2
1. 1(asz@c) i3 erin-babbar2 samanx(|SZE.BU.SZE3.NUN|)
2. 1(asz@c) i3-nun samanx(|SZE.BU.SZE3.NUN|)
3. 1(asz@c) gir2 udu
4. 1(asz@c) ku6 al-dar-ra# gurdub
5. 2(asz@c) ku6 gurdub#
6. 2(asz@c) dim-x
7. 1(asz@c) sag#-szu2#
8. 7(asz@c) bar-si gada
9. [n(asz@c)] nig2# 2(disz@t) tug2
column 3
1. szesz-nam-lu2-ak#?
2. ma2-lah4
3. i3-de6
4. 2(asz@c) {kusz}esir4 x-du10-ga
5. [...] UD
6. 6(asz@c) {kusz}esir4 e2-ba-kam
reverse
column 1
1. kusz szah2-kam
2. 5(asz@c) {kusz}ummux(|EDIN.A.SU.A|)
3. esz2-ki? i3-szum2
4. 3(u@c) bar-si gada
5. 1(asz@c) gada bar-dul5
6. 2(asz@c) ku6 gurdub
7. 1(asz@c) gurdub bara2-dingir-ne2
8. ur4-sza3
column 2
1. i3-de6
blank space
column 3
blank space

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): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: CUSAS 35, 229

[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 3812
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Adab (mod. Bismaya)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) [uncertain]
Period Comments:
Early Dynastic / Early Sargonic
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-03-09 at 12:32:19	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Gacia, Veronika; Sallaberger, Walther	Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2022-10-01 at 07:29:18	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Pagé-Perron, Émilie		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2021-07-22 at 08:33:35	Lafont, Bertrand	Atf	Lafont, Bertrand		CDLI	approved
2020-04-21 at 15:01:23	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Atf	Pagé-Perron, Émilie		CDLI	approved
2019-02-12 at 09:51:00	Dahl, Jacob L.	Atf	Ozaki Tohru		CDLI	approved
2017-11-16 at 00:19:49	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

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia (3317) (3317)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 35, 229 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P252848.

CUSAS 35, 229 artifact entry (No. P252848). (2023, March 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P252848 (Original work published 2004)

CUSAS 35, 229 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P252848 (Accessed: January 18, 2026).

@misc{2023CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {mar 9},
	title = {CUSAS 35, 229 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P252848},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P252848},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 35, 229 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P252848.

CUSAS 35, 229 artifact entry (No. P252848). (2023, March 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P252848 (Original work published 2004)

CUSAS 35, 229 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P252848 (Accessed: January 18, 2026).

@misc{2023CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {mar 9},
	title = {CUSAS 35, 229 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P252848},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P252848},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/3/9/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P252848
LB  - CDLI:P252848
M1  - 2026/1/18/
TI  - CUSAS 35, 229 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P252848
ER  -