CUSAS 33, 244 (P326164)

Administrative 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, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

CUNES 52-10-036

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (purified silver (ku3-luh) as loan bearing interest, barley, and other items (tug2-gid2, ni3-mug, gisz-eme))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

94.0 mm × 80.0 mm

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1/3(disz@c) ku3 luh ma-na 2/3(disz@c) <gin2>
2. lugal-nagar#-zi
3. nagar
4. 1(u@c) ku3 luh gin2 1/2(disz@c)?
5. {d}i7-mud
6. 8(asz@c) ku3 luh gin2
7. gan-ezem
8. 3(asz@c) ku3 luh gin2
9. utu-[mu]-kusz2# |SAGxHA|
column 2
1. 2(asz@c) ku luh gin2#
2. nigar-mud#
3. dam-gar3
4. 1(u@c)# 2(asz@c)# ku3 luh gin2
5. gan-ki
6. dam u2-a
7. 1(asz@c) {gesz}gur8-kesz3#
8. 5(asz@c) ku3 luh gin2-bi
9. 2(asz@c) ku3 luh gin2
10. e2-du-<du>
11. MUNUS# x x
column 3
1. ($ erased $)
2. nig2 u2-rum igi-ildu3-sze3@90
3. ($ erased $)
4. 4(asz@c) sze gur abzu-ir-nun
5. 5(asz@c)# sze
6. 3(asz@c) 2(barig@c) sze
7. 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) sze
8. 1(asz@c) TUG2 gin2
  CUSAS 33 reads: dul5 = bar-dul5
9. 1(asz@c) ninda-sur!(MUG)
10. 1(asz@c)# zabar
11. 1(u@c) sila3 i3-szah2
column 4
1. 3(asz@c) sila3 i3-nun#
2. nin-tur
3. nu-gig ba#-de6#
4. 4(asz@c) ku3 luh gin2
5. nig2-lu2-mu-DU
6. sipa
7. ur5 ku3 ur2-mud su3-ga
reverse
1. szu-nigin2 1(asz@c) la2 2(disz@t) gin2 ku3 luh ma-na
2. ur5 ku3 ur2-mud
3. su3-ga
4. u4-ba en-a2-kal-le# ensi2# umma#{ki#}

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): 94.0 high × 80.0 wide
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  • Artifact Preservation: complete
  • Condition Description:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (purified silver (ku3-luh) as loan bearing interest, barley, and other items (tug2-gid2, ni3-mug, gisz-eme))
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: CUSAS 33, 244

    [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 52-10-036
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Provenience Comments:

    mu-iti?

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-03-09 at 12:32:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Gacia, Veronika; Sallaberger, Walther Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2020-09-09 at 03:29:22 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2017-03-02 at 15:01:40 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 33, 244 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P326164.
CUSAS 33, 244 artifact entry (No. P326164). (2023, March 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P326164 (Original work published 2006)
CUSAS 33, 244 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P326164 (Accessed: August 6, 2025).
@misc{2023CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-06]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {mar 9},
	title = {CUSAS 33, 244 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P326164},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P326164},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/3/9/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P326164
LB  - CDLI:P326164
M1  - 2025/8/6/
TI  - CUSAS 33, 244 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P326164
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 33, 244 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P326164.
CUSAS 33, 244 artifact entry (No. P326164). (2023, March 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P326164 (Original work published 2006)
CUSAS 33, 244 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P326164 (Accessed: August 6, 2025).
@misc{2023CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-06]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {mar 9},
	title = {CUSAS 33, 244 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P326164},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P326164},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/3/9/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P326164
LB  - CDLI:P326164
M1  - 2025/8/6/
TI  - CUSAS 33, 244 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P326164
ER  -
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