CUSAS 01, 004 (P328791)

Administrative tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC) period and now kept in Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Cite

Photo

Photo (detail)

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

CUNES 53-01-025

Period

Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC) [uncertain]

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (barley. Illegible)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

34.0 mm × 28.0 mm × 15.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 3(N14)# 1(N01)# [...] , [...]
2. [...] , [...]
reverse
blank

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC)
Consult word list of Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (barley. Illegible)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC) [uncertain] As described in CUSAS 1, p. 24.
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P328791
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P328791

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	34.0 mm × 28.0 mm × 15.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	75% (Surface: Good)

Provenance

Provenience	uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Museum Number	CUNES 53-01-025
Accession Number

References

primary: CUSAS 1, 4

[Monaco2007CUSAS1] Monaco, Salvatore F. 2007. The Cornell University Archaic Tablets. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 1. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Complete tablet, obverse badly damaged, which possibly includes numerical notation only - reverse uninscribed. Probably same typology of CUSAS 1, 003.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-11 at 08:18:17	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Zadworny, Piotr	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2024-07-05 at 22:26:02	Zadworny, Piotr	Artifact metadata	Zadworny, Piotr	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2018-02-12 at 09:17:48	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2008-05-15 at 21:11:13	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2006-04-06 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fitzgerald, Madeleine	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“CUSAS 01, 004 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P328791.

CUSAS 01, 004 artifact entry (No. P328791). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P328791 (Original work published 2006)

CUSAS 01, 004 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P328791 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {CUSAS 01, 004 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P328791},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P328791},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CUSAS 01, 004 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P328791.

CUSAS 01, 004 artifact entry (No. P328791). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P328791 (Original work published 2006)

CUSAS 01, 004 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P328791 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).

@misc{2024CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {CUSAS 01, 004 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P328791},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P328791},
}

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