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CUSAS 11, 054 (P323957)

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 49-14-004

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Adab (mod. Bismaya)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (allotment of arids (?))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

54.0 mm × 54.0 mm × 26.0 mm

tablet
obverse
  illegible
reverse
column 1
1. [...]
2. 3(ban2@c) sze#
3. za3-mu#
  blank space
4. zi-ga
5. za3-mu
6. [...]
column 2
  blank

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Consult word list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 54.0 high × 54.0 wide × 26.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation: 75%
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:

    unsealed

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: CUSAS 11, 54

    [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.

    barley

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CUNES 49-14-004
  • Accession No.:

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

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

    Pre-Classical Sargonic

  • Dates Referenced:
  • Alternative Years:
  • Date Comments:
  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2016-04-27 at 13:26:47 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, 054 Artifact Entry.” 2006. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 6, 2006. https://cdli.earth/P323957.
CUSAS 11, 054 artifact entry (No. P323957). (2006, April 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P323957
CUSAS 11, 054 artifact entry (2006) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P323957 (Accessed: April 24, 2025).
@misc{2006CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-24]},
	year = {2006},
	month = {apr 6},
	title = {CUSAS 11, 054 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P323957},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P323957},
}


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