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CUSAS 20, 174 (P324967)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

CUNES 50-04-088

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Adab (mod. Bismaya)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (account of sheep and wool)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

42.0 mm × 33.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 9(gesz2@c) 5(u@c) udu
2. 8(asz@c) siki gu2 3(u) 6(disz@t) ma-na
3. ur-{d}nin-pirig
4. na-gada
5. |GESZ.KUSZU2|{ki}
CUSAS: Umma
reverse
blank

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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): 42.0 high × 33.0 wide × 18.0 thick
Weight:
Artifact Preservation: complete
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
unsealed
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (account of sheep and wool)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: CUSAS 20, 174

[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.

sheep and wool

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CUNES 50-04-088
Accession No.:

Provenience

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

Chronology

Period: Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Period Comments:
Middle Sargonic
Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2022-10-01 at 07:29:18	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2020-09-08 at 14:31:27	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru	CDLI	Approved
2016-01-23 at 11:29:34	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI	Approved
2006-04-06 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fitzgerald, Madeleine	CDLI	Approved

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Cite this Artifacts

“CUSAS 20, 174 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.earth/P324967.

CUSAS 20, 174 artifact entry (No. P324967). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P324967 (Original work published 2006)

CUSAS 20, 174 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P324967 (Accessed: April 2, 2026).

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	year = {2022},
	month = {oct 1},
	title = {CUSAS 20, 174 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P324967},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P324967},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CUSAS 20, 174 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.earth/P324967.

CUSAS 20, 174 artifact entry (No. P324967). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P324967 (Original work published 2006)

CUSAS 20, 174 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P324967 (Accessed: April 2, 2026).

@misc{2022CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-02]},
	year = {2022},
	month = {oct 1},
	title = {CUSAS 20, 174 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P324967},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P324967},
}

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PY  - 2022
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M1  - 2026/4/2/
TI  - CUSAS 20, 174 artifact entry
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