CUSAS 20, 037 (P273792)

Administrative tablet excavated in Adab (mod. Bismaya), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Museum Number

CUNES 47-10-003

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Adab (mod. Bismaya)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

48.0 mm × 37.0 mm × 16.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 7(asz@c) {gesz}gu ma-na
2. 2(asz@c) gurdub2 SUMASZ@g szum2
3. i3-gal2
4. 3(ban2@c) gu2-gu2 tur-tur
5. 1(ban2@c) {u2}gamun
6. ur-lu-lu-ra
7. ad-da
8. szu i3-na-us2
reverse
1. ur-lu-lu-ra
2. u3-na-du11
3. ad-da
4. na-be2-a
5. lu2-gid2
6. ha-mu-gi4

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Consult sign list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 48.0 high × 37.0 wide × 16.0 thick
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  • primary: CUSAS 20, 37

    [Pomponio2015CUSAS20] Pomponio, Francesco, and Giuseppe Visicato. 2015. Middle Sargonic Tablets Chiefly from Adab in the Cornell University Collections. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 20. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

    letter order


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  • Museum No.: CUNES 47-10-003
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  • Provenience: Adab (mod. Bismaya) Provenience Comments:

    Antiquities market

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  • Period: Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
  • Period Comments:

    Middle Sargonic

  • Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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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
2016-01-06 at 12:42:15 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2005-08-10 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Guerra, Dylan CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 20, 037 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.earth/P273792.
CUSAS 20, 037 artifact entry (No. P273792). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P273792 (Original work published 2005)
CUSAS 20, 037 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P273792 (Accessed: October 14, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-14]},
	year = {2022},
	month = {oct 1},
	title = {CUSAS 20, 037 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P273792},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P273792},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 20, 037 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.earth/P273792.
CUSAS 20, 037 artifact entry (No. P273792). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P273792 (Original work published 2005)
CUSAS 20, 037 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P273792 (Accessed: October 14, 2025).
@misc{2022CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-14]},
	year = {2022},
	month = {oct 1},
	title = {CUSAS 20, 037 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P273792},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P273792},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2022/10/1/
PY  - 2022
ID  - P273792
LB  - CDLI:P273792
M1  - 2025/10/14/
TI  - CUSAS 20, 037 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P273792
ER  - 
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