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CUSAS 11, 079 (P322865)

Business / Contracts 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 48-08-137

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Adab (mod. Bismaya)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (sale contract Sale of a female infant, whose name is da-mi-tum against 16 gin2 of silver.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

36.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [1(asz@c)] sag#-munus
2. da-mi-tum
3. mu-ni
4. nig2-sa10-ni
column 2
1. 1(u@c) 6(asz@c) ku3 gin2
2. szu kesz3-szesz
3. nu-esz3
4. ab-si
5. 1(asz@c) ur-nu
reverse
column 1
1. dumu# nigar
2. 1(asz@c) ur-{d}utu
3. lu2-ki-inim-bi-me

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)

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

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 36.0 high × 38.0 wide × 18.0 thick
Weight:
Artifact Preservation: complete
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
unsealed
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Legal > Business / Contracts (sale contract Sale of a female infant, whose name is da-mi-tum against 16 gin2 of silver.)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: CUSAS 11, 79

[Visicato2010CUSAS11] Visicato, Giuseppe, and Aage Westenholz. 2010. Early Dynastic and Early Sargonic Tablets from Adab in the Cornell University Collections. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 11. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

purchase of a female slave

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CUNES 48-08-137
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Adab (mod. Bismaya)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Period Comments:
Early Dynastic / Early Sargonic
Dates Referenced:
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2022-10-01 at 07:29:18	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31	Brumfield, Sara	Atf	Brumfield, Sara	CDLI	approved
2011-11-15 at 13:41:06	Brumfield, Sara	Atf	Brumfield, Sara	CDLI	approved
2006-04-06 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Fitzgerald, Madeleine	CDLI	approved

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Notes

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“CUSAS 11, 079 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.earth/P322865.

CUSAS 11, 079 artifact entry (No. P322865). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P322865 (Original work published 2006)

CUSAS 11, 079 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P322865 (Accessed: April 23, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-23]},
	year = {2022},
	month = {oct 1},
	title = {CUSAS 11, 079 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P322865},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P322865},
}

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“CUSAS 11, 079 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.earth/P322865.

CUSAS 11, 079 artifact entry (No. P322865). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P322865 (Original work published 2006)

CUSAS 11, 079 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P322865 (Accessed: April 23, 2025).

@misc{2022CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-23]},
	year = {2022},
	month = {oct 1},
	title = {CUSAS 11, 079 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P322865},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P322865},
}

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DA  - 2022/10/1/
PY  - 2022
ID  - P322865
LB  - CDLI:P322865
M1  - 2025/4/23/
TI  - CUSAS 11, 079 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P322865
ER  -

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