CUSAS 11, 020 (P323654)

Business / Contracts 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 49-09-129

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Adab (mod. Bismaya)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (sale contract purchase of sheep with barley)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

49.0 mm × 49.0 mm × 24.0 mm

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) sze gur
2. nig2-sa10
3. 1(asz@c) udu-kam
4. 1(asz@c)# 4(barig@c)#? sze#
  rest broken
column 2
1. ba-de6
2. ur-{gesz}gigir2-ke4
3. in-na-szum2
4. u4-ba
5. ku3#? x [...]
column 3
  blank
reverse
column 1
1. x na?
2. 1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) sze gur#?
3. 1(asz@c)? [...] x x
  rest blank

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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): 49.0 high × 49.0 wide × 24.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation: 50%
  • Condition Description:
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  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: CUSAS 11, 20

    [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 sheep

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CUNES 49-09-129
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Adab (mod. Bismaya)
  • Elevation:
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  • Period: ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
  • Period Comments:

    Pre-Sargonic

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2015-01-27 at 10:04:35 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 11, 020 Artifact Entry.” 2006. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 6, 2006. https://cdli.earth/P323654.
CUSAS 11, 020 artifact entry (No. P323654). (2006, April 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P323654
CUSAS 11, 020 artifact entry (2006) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P323654 (Accessed: July 15, 2025).
@misc{2006CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-15]},
	year = {2006},
	month = {apr 6},
	title = {CUSAS 11, 020 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P323654},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P323654},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2006/4/6/
PY  - 2006
ID  - P323654
LB  - CDLI:P323654
M1  - 2025/7/15/
TI  - CUSAS 11, 020 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P323654
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