CUSAS 20, 319 (P322960)

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 48-09-051

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Adab (mod. Bismaya)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (cereal products (dabin, zi3-gug2, zì-za-tum, ni3-har-ra, bappir))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

49.0 mm × 35.0 mm × 20.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 2(barig@c) dabin gur
2. 2(ban2@c) zi3 gug2
3. 1(ban2@c) zi3 za-tum
4. 1(ban2@c) sze tu7
5. nam-zi
6. 2(ban2@c) dabin
7. 1(ban2@c) zi3 gug2
8. 1(ban2@c) zi3 za-tum
reverse
1. na-ba-lu5
2. 4(ban2@c) bappir
3. 2(ban2@c)# nig2#-ar3-ra
4. [da?]-da#-bum
5. 2(ban2@c)# bappir
6. 4(ban2@c)# nig2-ar3-ra
7. ka-tar
8. giri3-gen#-[na]
9. u3-mu-ne2-ne2

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): 49.0 high × 35.0 wide × 20.0 thick
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  • Artifact Preservation: complete
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (cereal products (dabin, zi3-gug2, zì-za-tum, ni3-har-ra, bappir))
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: CUSAS 20, 319

    [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.

    flour, beer-bread, semolina


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  • Museum No.: CUNES 48-09-051
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  • Provenience: Adab (mod. Bismaya)
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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
2016-02-03 at 04:38:31 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, 319 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.earth/P322960.
CUSAS 20, 319 artifact entry (No. P322960). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P322960 (Original work published 2006)
CUSAS 20, 319 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P322960 (Accessed: August 7, 2025).
@misc{2022CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-07]},
	year = {2022},
	month = {oct 1},
	title = {CUSAS 20, 319 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P322960},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P322960},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 20, 319 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.earth/P322960.
CUSAS 20, 319 artifact entry (No. P322960). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P322960 (Original work published 2006)
CUSAS 20, 319 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P322960 (Accessed: August 7, 2025).
@misc{2022CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-07]},
	year = {2022},
	month = {oct 1},
	title = {CUSAS 20, 319 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P322960},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P322960},
}

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PY  - 2022
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M1  - 2025/8/7/
TI  - CUSAS 20, 319 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P322960
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