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CUSAS 26, 153 (P392596)

Administrative tablet dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Museum Number

OIM A35259

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) [uncertain]

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 2(iku@c) 1/4(iku@c) GAN2 1(u@c) 2(barig@c) sze
2. abzu KUM-tusz-sze3
3. 1/4(iku@c) GAN2 1(asz@c) sze su-a
4. gesz-sza3
5. 3(iku@c) la2 1/4(iku@c) GAN2 1(u@c) la2 1(asz@c) sze a-ni-sikil
6. 2(iku@c) la2 1/4(iku@c) 7(asz@c)# sze
7. a-ka-du3 di-utu# erisz-dingir inanna
8. 1/2(iku@c) GAN2 3(barig@c) sze ur-sag lu2 esz2-gid2
9. lugal-abzu
column 2
1. 1/4(iku@c) GAN2 3(barig@c) sze ur-sag
2. ku3 sa
rest blank
reverse
broken

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)

Collections

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: CUSAS 26, 153

[Westenholz2014CUSAS26] Westenholz, Aage. 2014. A Third-Millennium Miscellany of Cuneiform Texts. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 26. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.
history: StLouis, 048

[Freedman1975StLouis] Freedman, R. David. 1975. “The Cuneiform Tablets in St. Louis.” Phdthesis.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: OIM A35259
Accession No.:

Provenience

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Chronology

Period: ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) [uncertain]
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-05-27 at 18:55:52	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2022-02-17 at 11:38:44	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Atf	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	CDLI	approved
2015-09-01 at 12:29:55	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Atf	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI	approved
2009-11-15 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Oriental Institute Integrated Database (a4a93727-b431-46e9-9e69-fb5ee983ed57) (a4a93727-b431-46e9-9e69-fb5ee983ed57)

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Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 26, 153 Artifact Entry.” (2009) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P392596.

CUSAS 26, 153 artifact entry (No. P392596). (2024, May 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P392596 (Original work published 2009)

CUSAS 26, 153 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P392596 (Accessed: December 29, 2025).

@misc{2024CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 27},
	title = {CUSAS 26, 153 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P392596},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P392596},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 26, 153 Artifact Entry.” (2009) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P392596.

CUSAS 26, 153 artifact entry (No. P392596). (2024, May 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P392596 (Original work published 2009)

CUSAS 26, 153 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P392596 (Accessed: December 29, 2025).

@misc{2024CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 27},
	title = {CUSAS 26, 153 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P392596},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P392596},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/5/27/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P392596
LB  - CDLI:P392596
M1  - 2025/12/29/
TI  - CUSAS 26, 153 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P392596
ER  -