CUSAS 19, 140 (P322670)
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, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USAMuseum Number
CUNES 48-06-202Provenience
Adab (mod. Bismaya)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (allotment of bread (ninda ne-sag) and beer to a tibira, banszur-ensi2 and a dub-sar)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
74.0 mm × 49.0 mm
tablet
obverse
1. 2(asz@c) ninda ne-[sag ...]
2. 2(u@c) 4(asz@c) ninda ne-sag 1(disz) sila3
3. 3(asz@c) kasz#
4. [hi]-li#-NIG2# szu# [...]
5. 3(asz@c) ninda ne-sag# [...]
6. 1(u@c) ninda ne-sag# [...]
7. {gesz}banszur-ensi2#
8. 4(asz@c)# ninda ne-sag
9. tibira#
10. 2(asz@c)# ninda dumu ur-{d}szara2#
1 line broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. [n] ninda ne-sag x
2'. {gesz#}gigir-e dub-sar#
blank space
3'. [...]
4'. szunigin 2(gesz2@c) 2(u@c)# la2 3(asz@c)# [ninda ...]
5'. szunigin# 7(asz@c)# [ninda ...]
6'. [...]
obverse
1. 2(asz@c) ninda ne-[sag ...]
2. 2(u@c) 4(asz@c) ninda ne-sag 1(disz) sila3
3. 3(asz@c) kasz#
4. [hi]-li#-NIG2# szu# [...]
5. 3(asz@c) ninda ne-sag# [...]
6. 1(u@c) ninda ne-sag# [...]
7. {gesz}banszur-ensi2#
8. 4(asz@c)# ninda ne-sag
9. tibira#
10. 2(asz@c)# ninda dumu ur-{d}szara2#
1 line broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. [n] ninda ne-sag x
2'. {gesz#}gigir-e dub-sar#
blank space
3'. [...]
4'. szunigin 2(gesz2@c) 2(u@c)# la2 3(asz@c)# [ninda ...]
5'. szunigin# 7(asz@c)# [ninda ...]
6'. [...]
Consult previous versions and their differences
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): 74.0 high × 49.0 wide
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- Artifact Preservation: fragment
- Condition Description: Baked Cornell Jan. 2002
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Seal information:
unsealed
- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative (allotment of bread (ninda ne-sag) and beer to a tibira, banszur-ensi2 and a dub-sar)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: CUSAS 19, 140
[Maiocchi2012CUSAS19] Maiocchi, Massimo, and Giuseppe Visicato. 2012. Classical Sargonic Tablets Chiefly from Adab in the Cornell University Collections. Part II. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 19. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.
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- Museum No.: CUNES 48-06-202
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- Provenience: Adab (mod. Bismaya)
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- Period: Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
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Period Comments:
Classical Sargonic
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2022-10-01 at 07:29:18 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | approved |
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| 2017-03-03 at 09:52:16 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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| 2012-11-29 at 14:45:03 | Brumfield, Sara | Atf | Brumfield, Sara | CDLI | approved |
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| 2006-04-06 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Fitzgerald, Madeleine | CDLI | approved |
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Cite this Artifact
“CUSAS 19, 140 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.earth/P322670.
CUSAS 19, 140 artifact entry (No. P322670). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P322670 (Original work published 2006)
CUSAS 19, 140 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P322670 (Accessed: August 8, 2025).
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