CUSAS 20, 354 (P322872)

Administrative tablet excavated in Adab (mod. Bismaya), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 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 48-08-144

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) [uncertain]

Provenience

Adab (mod. Bismaya)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (The price of some copper expressed in barley.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

34.0 mm × 33.0 mm × 14.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz@c) sze gur
  or: 1(gesz2@c)?
2. nig2-sa10
3. uruda-kam
reverse
  blank

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 34.0 high × 33.0 wide × 14.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation: complete
  • Condition Description:
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  • Seal information:

    unsealed

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: CUSAS 20, 354

    [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.

    barley

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  • Museum No.: CUNES 48-08-144
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Adab (mod. Bismaya) Provenience Comments:

    Adab

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  • Period: ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) [uncertain]
  • Period Comments:

    Early Dynastic / Early Sargonic

  • Dates Referenced: Meskigalla.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
2016-02-05 at 08:08:13 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2006-04-06 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fitzgerald, Madeleine CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CUSAS 20, 354 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.earth/P322872.
CUSAS 20, 354 artifact entry (No. P322872). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P322872 (Original work published 2006)
CUSAS 20, 354 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P322872 (Accessed: July 25, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-25]},
	year = {2022},
	month = {oct 1},
	title = {CUSAS 20, 354 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P322872},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P322872},
}


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