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CUSAS 35, 008 (P253775)

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 4745

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Adab (mod. Bismaya)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

60.0 mm × 61.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [n] 1(asz@c) e2# sar#
2. 8(gesz2@c) sze gur
3. 5(gesz2@c) udu-hi-a
4. dingir-ur-sag
5. AN-lu-mah
6. nita-me
7. a-na-i3-ak
column 2
1. nig2-ki-szu4-a
2. me-|A.DU&A.DU|-e
3. sag-munus-me
4. ne-sag
5. ur-e2-mah
6. sag-nita-me
7. ama-tu-me
8. 1/3(asz@c) ku3 gin2
cusas 35: '1/3 (mina as 20) shekels of silver'
9. nig2-gur11
column 3
1. ur-{d}inanna-kam
2. ama-a-zu5
3. dam ur-{d}inanna-ke4
4. e2 si-um-ka
5. i3-de6
blank space
reverse
column 1
1. ur-sag-kesz3#
2. ensi2
3. adab{ki}-ke4
4. di-bi si bi2-sa2
5. gaba-szu
6. inim-bi
column 2
1. maszkim-bi
2. nig2-gur11-bi
3. tesz2-tesz2 a-ne-szum2
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
Measurements (mm): 60.0 high × 61.0 wide
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: CUSAS 35, 8

[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 4745
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Provenience

Provenience: Adab (mod. Bismaya)
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Chronology

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

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-20 at 13:28:49	Downton, Jessica	Artifact metadata	Downton, Jessica	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2019-10-14 at 11:25:52	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2019-10-13 at 17:35:52	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2019-02-12 at 10:15:17	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru	CDLI	Approved
2017-09-28 at 14:11:12	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, 008 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 6, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P253775.

CUSAS 35, 008 artifact entry (No. P253775). (2024, July 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P253775 (Original work published 2004)

CUSAS 35, 008 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P253775 (Accessed: March 7, 2026).

@misc{2024CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 6},
	title = {CUSAS 35, 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P253775},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P253775},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/6/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P253775
LB  - CDLI:P253775
M1  - 2026/3/7/
TI  - CUSAS 35, 008 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P253775
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“CUSAS 35, 008 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 6, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P253775.

CUSAS 35, 008 artifact entry (No. P253775). (2024, July 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P253775 (Original work published 2004)

CUSAS 35, 008 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P253775 (Accessed: March 7, 2026).

@misc{2024CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 6},
	title = {CUSAS 35, 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P253775},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P253775},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/6/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P253775
LB  - CDLI:P253775
M1  - 2026/3/7/
TI  - CUSAS 35, 008 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P253775
ER  -