CUSAS 11, 255 (P322723)

Legal 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 48-06-255

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) [uncertain]

Provenience

Adab (mod. Bismaya)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (various items)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

57.0 mm × 57.0 mm × 24.0 mm

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. mes-[utu-ba]
2. dumu ur#-[e2]-zi-da
3. 1(asz@c) e2-szar
4. 1(asz@c) geme2-sikil
5. 3(asz@c) udu-HAR
6. 1(asz@c) zabar uruda
7. 1(asz@c) {gesz}ig-sal-la
column 2
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. nig2# [...]
4. mes#-utu#-ba
5. dumu ur-e2-zi-da-kam
6. e2-szud3
7. LAK542-x-ra
reverse
column 1
1. dam mes-utu-ba-ra
2. nam-gu2-sze3 ba-ni-ak
3. nig2 ku3-a-x
4. ur2#-x
5. [...]
column 2
1. e2-szud3
2. LAK542-x-ra
3. ba-szum2
4. ba-de6
5. nu-su-su
6. in-na-de6

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): 57.0 high × 57.0 wide × 24.0 thick
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  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description: Baked Cornell Jan. 2002 Has a bit of pastiche still attached.
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  • Seal information:

    unsealed

  • Artifact comments:


  • primary: CUSAS 11, 255

    [Visicato2010CUSAS11] Visicato, Giuseppe, and Aage Westenholz. 2010. Early Dynastic and Early Sargonic Tablets from Adab in the Cornell University Collections. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 11. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

    juridical text


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CUNES 48-06-255
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Adab (mod. Bismaya)
  • Elevation:
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  • Period: Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) [uncertain]
  • Period Comments:

    Early Sargonic

  • Dates Referenced:
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2011-11-15 at 13:41:01 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 11, 255 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P322723.
CUSAS 11, 255 artifact entry (No. P322723). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P322723 (Original work published 2006)
CUSAS 11, 255 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P322723 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-26]},
	year = {2022},
	month = {oct 1},
	title = {CUSAS 11, 255 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P322723},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P322723},
}

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PY  - 2022
ID  - P322723
LB  - CDLI:P322723
M1  - 2024/4/26/
TI  - CUSAS 11, 255 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P322723
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