CUSAS 13, 029 (P322669)

Administrative tablet excavated in Adab (mod. Bismaya), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 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 48-06-201

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Adab (mod. Bismaya)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (allotment of various items (chariots, sheep hides, onions and fish measured in GA2xGI, i3-gisz gisz-pesz3 dug10-sila3, dug-3-sila3))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

68.0 mm × 45.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz@c) {gesz}gigir2 nig2-szu e2-ba
2. 6(asz@c) szum2-sikil gurdub
3. 1(u@c) ku6 gurdub
4. 2(gesz2@c) la2 1(u@c) zu2#-lum gurdub
5. 7(gesz2@c) kusz# udu
6. 2(asz@c) pisan i3-gal2
7. 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) gazi
8. 5(asz@c) i3-gesz gesz-szum2-ma dug 1(u) sila3
9. 5(asz@c) i3-gesz gesz-szum2-ma dug 6(disz) sila3
reverse
1. 1(asz@c) [...]
2. 1(asz@c) dug# [...]
  blank space?
3. ur-x-[ra]
4. a-ga-de3{ki}-sze3#
5. e-na-szum2
  blank space

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 68.0 high × 45.0 wide
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  • Artifact Preservation: complete
  • Condition Description: Baked Cornell Jan. 2002
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  • Seal information:

    unsealed

  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (allotment of various items (chariots, sheep hides, onions and fish measured in GA2xGI, i3-gisz gisz-pesz3 dug10-sila3, dug-3-sila3))
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: CUSAS 13, 29

    [Maiocchi2010CUSAS13] Maiocchi, Massimo. 2010. Classical Sargonic Tablets Chiefly from Adab in the Cornell University Collections. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 13. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

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  • Museum No.: CUNES 48-06-201
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  • Provenience: Adab (mod. Bismaya)
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  • Period: Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
  • Period Comments:

    Middle Sargonic / Classical Sargonic

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  • Accounting Period: 0

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
2022-10-01 at 07:29:18 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31 Brumfield, Sara Atf Brumfield, Sara CDLI approved View
2011-11-18 at 09:58:34 Brumfield, Sara Atf Brumfield, Sara 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 13, 029 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 9, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P322669.
CUSAS 13, 029 artifact entry (No. P322669). (2023, March 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P322669 (Original work published 2006)
CUSAS 13, 029 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P322669 (Accessed: March 28, 2024).
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	month = {mar 9},
	title = {CUSAS 13, 029 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P322669},
}

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