CUSAS 03, 0553 (P325012)

Administrative tablet excavated in Garšana (mod. uncertain), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 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 50-05-002

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Garšana (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Labor allocated to moving boats loaded with barley between various places in the Garshana region.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

95.0 mm × 64.0 mm × 25.0 mm

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. [...]
4. [...] 2(disz) kesz2-ra2
5. [n] gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
6. [gar]-sza-an-na{ki}-ta
7. u3-dag-ga{ki}-sze3 gen-na
8. 6(disz) 2/3(disz) gurusz ARAD2 e2-A
9. 1(u) 4(disz) gurusz hun-ga2
10. 1(disz) ma2 1(u) gur 2(ban2)
11. 1(disz) ma2 8(asz) gur 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3
12. [n] ma2 5(asz) gur 5(disz) sila3
13. [u4] 3(disz)-sze3
14. sze# ma2#-[...]
15. [ki du6]-an-za-gar3-ta
16. kun-zi-da i7 a-qar?-us2-sa a-sza3 lu2-mah-sze3
17. ib2-IL2
18. u3 ma2-a si-ga
19. sahar#-bi 3(u) 6(disz) ninda
20. [kun]-zi-da [du6]-an-za-gar3-ta
21. [...]
column 2
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. ma2 sze gid2-[da ...]
4. us2-bi 4(gesz2) 5(u) [ninda]
5. 2(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz u4 [n-sze3]
6. {kusz}a-ga2-la2 kesz2-[ra2]
7. 2(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz u4 [n-sze3]
8. gar-sza-an-na{ki}-[ta]
9. u3-dag-ga{ki}-[sze3]
10. 2(u) 9(disz) <ma-na> 1(u) gin2 [...]
11. 6(disz) ma2 1(u) 5(asz) gur [...]
12. 1(u) ma2 1(u) gur [...]
13. u4 2(disz)-[sze3]
14. a-pi4-sal4-[la{ki}-ta]
15. u3-dag-[ga{ki}-sze3]
16. ma2 su3#!-[da ...]
17. sze ma2-[...]
18. u3-dag-[ga{ki}-ta]
19. kun-zi-[da]
20. a-pi4-[sal4-la{ki}-sze3]
21. ma2 [sze gid2-da]
22. [...]
reverse
1. [...]
2. 4(disz) ma2 [...]
3. 1(disz) ma2# [...]
4. u4 [n-sze3]
5. sze ma2 2(disz) [...]
6. kun-zi-da# a-pi4-sal4-la{ki}-[ta]
7. gar-sza-an-na{ki}-[sze3]
8. ma2 sze gid2#-da [...]
9. [...]-x
  rest broken
column 4
1. [...] 1(barig) 8(disz) sila3# sze#-bi sa10 ma2-lah5-e-ne
2. 6(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 sze gur
  blank space
3. sze u3-dag-ga[{ki}-ta]
4. [gar]-sza-an-na[{ki}-sze3]
5. gen-[na]
6. giri3# {d}iszkur-[illat]
7. iti# ses-da-[gu7]
8. mu {d}[szu-{d}suen ...]
left
  (nothing writen in preserved portion)

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 95.0 high × 64.0 wide × 25.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation: 50%
  • Condition Description: All edges but left side broken away, tablet may have been ca. 130 x 75 originally
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:

    unsealed

  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (Labor allocated to moving boats loaded with barley between various places in the Garshana region.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: CUSAS 3, 553

    [Owen2007CUSAS3] Owen, David I., and Rudolf H. Mayr. 2007. The Garšana Archives. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 3. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

  • history: Fs Civil90 (pp. 231-249), 237-239

    [Molina2017FsCivil90] Molina, Manuel, and Piotr Steinkeller. 2017. “New Data on Garšana and the Border Zone between Umma and Girsu/Lagaš.” In The First Ninety Years: A Sumerian Celebration in Honor of Miguel Civil, edited by Lluís Feliu, Karahashi Karahashi, and Gonzalo Rubio, 12:231–49. Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CUNES 50-05-002
  • Accession No.:

  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.--.03.00 ?
  • Alternative Years:
  • Date Comments:
  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-16 at 09:50:50 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:54:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:47:31 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:52:00 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. 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 03, 0553 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P325012.
CUSAS 03, 0553 artifact entry (No. P325012). (2024, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P325012 (Original work published 2006)
CUSAS 03, 0553 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P325012 (Accessed: June 25, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {CUSAS 03, 0553 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P325012},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P325012},
}


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