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CUSAS 19, 165 (P323522)

Legal 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 49-08-117

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Adab (mod. Bismaya)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (remission of debts in silver, with witnesses including women)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

85.0 mm × 48.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [...]
2. [...] ti#-um
3. 1(asz@c) be#-li2-gi
4. 4(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar-sze3
5. mu#-du8
6. ki be#-li2#-gi#-ta
7. en-he2-du7
8. 8(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar-sze3
9. mu-du8
10. gesz-a ab-ta#-bala#
11. mu lugal# [...]
reverse
1. lu2 la-ba-gi4-gi4-da-am3#
2. a alurx(BAHAR2)-ra ab-ta-bala
3. 1(asz@c) dingir-a-su ugula i-da-dingir
4. 1(asz@c) be-li2-li2 1(asz@c) tu-kul2-ti
5. 1(asz@c) nam-tar-re2 dub-sar
6. 1(asz@c) ur-ur engar
7. 1(asz@c) e2-sa6 nar
8. 1(asz@c) ama-szu dam ur-esz3#
9. 1(asz@c) me-bara2 ama# e2-sa6#
10. [1(asz@c)] geme2-e2-dam
left
1. lu2 ki-inim-ma#-[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)

Collections

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

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 85.0 high × 48.0 wide
Weight:
Artifact Preservation: 50%
Condition Description:
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal (remission of debts in silver, with witnesses including women)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: CUSAS 19, 165

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CUNES 49-08-117
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Adab (mod. Bismaya)
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Chronology

Period: Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Period Comments:
Classical Sargonic
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2012-11-29 at 14:45:03	Brumfield, Sara	Transliteration	Brumfield, Sara		CDLI	Approved
2006-04-06 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fitzgerald, Madeleine		CDLI	Approved

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Cite this Artifacts

“CUSAS 19, 165 Artifact Entry.” 2006. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 6, 2006. https://cdli.earth/P323522.

CUSAS 19, 165 artifact entry (No. P323522). (2006, April 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P323522

CUSAS 19, 165 artifact entry (2006) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P323522 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).

@misc{2006CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-13]},
	year = {2006},
	month = {apr 6},
	title = {CUSAS 19, 165 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P323522},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P323522},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2006/4/6/
PY  - 2006
ID  - P323522
LB  - CDLI:P323522
M1  - 2026/3/13/
TI  - CUSAS 19, 165 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P323522
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“CUSAS 19, 165 Artifact Entry.” 2006. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 6, 2006. https://cdli.earth/P323522.

CUSAS 19, 165 artifact entry (No. P323522). (2006, April 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P323522

CUSAS 19, 165 artifact entry (2006) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P323522 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).

@misc{2006CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-13]},
	year = {2006},
	month = {apr 6},
	title = {CUSAS 19, 165 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P323522},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P323522},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2006/4/6/
PY  - 2006
ID  - P323522
LB  - CDLI:P323522
M1  - 2026/3/13/
TI  - CUSAS 19, 165 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P323522
ER  -