CUSAS 33, 222 (P325128)
Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USAMuseum Number
CUNES 50-08-045Period
ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)Provenience
Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Legal > Business / Contracts (sale contract Sale contract for two plots of land purchased with refined silver.)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
62.0 mm × 59.0 mm
tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 2(bur3@c) 1(esze3@c) GAN2
2. LAK692-ba-ra
3. 1(asz@c) [n] 4(asz@c)# gin2 ku3-luh ma-na
4. sa10 a-sza3
5. 1(asz@c) {tug2}aktumx(SU) 1(asz@c) {tug2}ib2-du3
column 2
1. nig2-ba
2. 6(asz@c) 3(barig@c) sze
3. nig2 e2-ta e3-a
4. di-utu szesz# sanga#
5. ur-sag-utu szesz sanga#
6. sza3-gu2-ba dumu iri-ki-du10
7. e-sze3@90-sa10
column 3
1. inim-bi al-til
2. asz@c ur-sag-utu szesz sanga
3. asz@c ama-abzu-da
4. asz@c en-ne-nu-um#
5. asz@c [...]
6. nibru{ki}
reverse
column 1
1. lu2-ki-inim-ma
2. a-sza3 sa10
3. nibru{ki}
blank space
column 2
1. 2(esze3@c) GAN2
2. a-sza3 e2-a2
3. 1/3(disz@v) 4(asz@c) ku3-luh gin2
4. sa10 a-sza3
5. di-utu szesz sanga
6. sza3-gu2-ba
7. dumu iri-ki#-du10
8. e-sze3@90-sa10
column 3
1. az@c ur-sag-utu szesz sanga
2. lu2-ki-inim-ma
blank space
obverse
column 1
1. 2(bur3@c) 1(esze3@c) GAN2
2. LAK692-ba-ra
3. 1(asz@c) [n] 4(asz@c)# gin2 ku3-luh ma-na
4. sa10 a-sza3
5. 1(asz@c) {tug2}aktumx(SU) 1(asz@c) {tug2}ib2-du3
column 2
1. nig2-ba
2. 6(asz@c) 3(barig@c) sze
3. nig2 e2-ta e3-a
4. di-utu szesz# sanga#
5. ur-sag-utu szesz sanga#
6. sza3-gu2-ba dumu iri-ki-du10
7. e-sze3@90-sa10
column 3
1. inim-bi al-til
2. asz@c ur-sag-utu szesz sanga
3. asz@c ama-abzu-da
4. asz@c en-ne-nu-um#
5. asz@c [...]
6. nibru{ki}
reverse
column 1
1. lu2-ki-inim-ma
2. a-sza3 sa10
3. nibru{ki}
blank space
column 2
1. 2(esze3@c) GAN2
2. a-sza3 e2-a2
3. 1/3(disz@v) 4(asz@c) ku3-luh gin2
4. sa10 a-sza3
5. di-utu szesz sanga
6. sza3-gu2-ba
7. dumu iri-ki#-du10
8. e-sze3@90-sa10
column 3
1. az@c ur-sag-utu szesz sanga
2. lu2-ki-inim-ma
blank space
Consult previous versions and their differences
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): 62.0 high × 59.0 wide
- Weight:
- Artifact Preservation: complete
- Condition Description:
- Join Information:
- Seal no.:
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Seal information:
unsealed
- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Legal > Business / Contracts (sale contract Sale contract for two plots of land purchased with refined silver.)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: CUSAS 33, 222
[Notizia2016CUSAS33] Notizia, Palmiro, and Giuseppe Visicato. 2016. Early Dynastic and Early Sargonic Administrative Texts Mainly from the Umma Region in the Cornell University Cuneiform Collections. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 33. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.
- Composite No.:
- Museum No.: CUNES 50-08-045
- Accession No.:
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Provenience:
Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Provenience Comments:
mu-iti archive?
- Elevation:
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- Period: ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
- Dates Referenced:
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2017-03-04 at 09:54:13 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2017-02-25 at 13:52:58 | Foxvog, Daniel A. | Atf | Foxvog, Daniel A. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2006-04-06 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Fitzgerald, Madeleine | CDLI | approved |
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Cite this Artifact
“CUSAS 33, 222 Artifact Entry.” 2006. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 6, 2006. https://cdli.earth/P325128.
CUSAS 33, 222 artifact entry (No. P325128). (2006, April 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P325128
CUSAS 33, 222 artifact entry (2006) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P325128 (Accessed: August 3, 2025).
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