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CUSAS 11, 099 (P324957)

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 50-04-078

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Adab (mod. Bismaya)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (list of groups of men among whom there couriers (lu2-kas4) and “residents in the city” (uru-a dur2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

50.0 mm × 51.0 mm × 21.0 mm

tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. x lu2# kaskal#?
2'. x lu2# iri-[a] tusz-a
3'. [...]-ta#-szub
4'. [...]-na-[...]
5'. [aga3]-us2 nu-banda3
6'. [n] 2(asz@c) lu2 kaskal
7'. 6(asz@c) [1(asz@c)?] iri-a tusz-[a]
column 2
1. [...]
2. 6(asz@c) lu2# [kaskal]
3. 7(asz@c) lu2 [iri]-a tusz-[a]
4. aga3#-us2 [nu]-banda3
5. 2(u@c) 1(asz@c) lu2 kaskal
6. 1(u@c) iri-a tusz-[a]
7. gala-[...]
8. 1(u@c) la2 1(asz@c) lu2 [kaskal]
reverse
column 1
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. ur-[...]
4. 1(u@c) 2(asz@c) lu2 kaskal
5. 5(asz@c) iri-a tusz-a
6. NI-ba#-ba
7. [...] lu2 kaskal
  rest broken
column 2
1. lu2#? gesz#? [...]
2. nu-[...]
3. szu-nigin2-bi 1(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) 3(asz@c) lu2 kaskal
4. [n] 2(u@c) 1(asz@c) lu2 iri-a tusz-a

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): 50.0 high × 51.0 wide × 21.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation: 50%
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:

    unsealed

  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (list of groups of men among whom there couriers (lu2-kas4) and “residents in the city” (uru-a dur2))
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: CUSAS 11, 99

    [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.

    messengers and people enrolled in the city

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CUNES 50-04-078
  • Accession No.:

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

  • Period: Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
  • Period Comments:

    Early Dynastic / Early Sargonic

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

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
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31 Brumfield, Sara Atf Brumfield, Sara CDLI approved View
2011-11-15 at 13:41:39 Brumfield, Sara Atf Brumfield, Sara 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, 099 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.earth/P324957.
CUSAS 11, 099 artifact entry (No. P324957). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P324957 (Original work published 2006)
CUSAS 11, 099 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P324957 (Accessed: April 22, 2025).
@misc{2022CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-22]},
	year = {2022},
	month = {oct 1},
	title = {CUSAS 11, 099 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P324957},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P324957},
}


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