CUSAS 20, 282 (P324917)

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 50-04-038

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Adab (mod. Bismaya)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (allotment of an item, the name of which is destroyed, perhaps shekels of silver, to a large number of personages, among which there are the highest functionaries of Adab: [ ]-mah, lu2-esz2-gana2-gid2, ensi2-gal, szabra-e2, sagi-mah, sanga-e2-mah, sanga-)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

74.0 mm × 64.0 mm × 21.0 mm

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [n ku3-sig17] gin2
2. [dub]-sar#-mah
3. [n] lu2#-esz2-gana2-gid2
4. [n] ensi2-gal
5. 5(disz) szabra-e2
6. 2(disz) sagi#-mah
7. [n] 1(disz) sanga e2-mah
8. 3(disz) sanga {d}asz8-gi4
9. 3(disz) sanga {d}iszkur
10. 3(disz) sanga tur-tur 1/2(disz)-ta
11. [n] sukkal-mah
12. [n] e2#-GAR#-DU?#
13. [...]
column 2
1. 1/2(disz) gin2 [...]
2. 1(u) 2(disz) sa12#-[du5] 1/2(disz)-ta
3. igi 6(disz)-gal2 [...]
4. 1(disz) lu2-gu4#-mu2-[da]
5. 1(disz) lu2-kin-du3-a#
6. 2(disz) kun-sze3
7. 2(disz) nu-banda3 e2-gal#
8. 1(disz) a-bu-bu
9. 1(disz) szita-iri
10. 1(disz) sag-gir2#-gal2
11. lu2 nig2-na#-[ga]
12. 1(disz) nimgir#-gal#
13. 1(disz)#? [...]
14. [...]
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [n] x [...]
2'. 3(disz) ur-[...]
3'. sza13-[dub]
4'. 2(disz) sa12-du5 [x?] 1/2(disz)-ta
5'. 1(disz)#? amar-ki#
6'. 1(disz) ur-{d}esz5-[pesz]
7'. 1(disz)# [x]-sag#-zu#
8'. 1(disz) lugal-kesz3#-[gal]
9'. 1(disz) lugal-KA#? [x?]
10'. 1(disz)# ur-{d}en-[...]
11'. 1(disz) lugal-[KA]
12'. engar#-mah#
13'. [...]
column 2
  beginning broken
  blank space
1'. [...]
2'. [...] x

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): 74.0 high × 64.0 wide × 21.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation: 50%
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:

    unsealed

  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (allotment of an item, the name of which is destroyed, perhaps shekels of silver, to a large number of personages, among which there are the highest functionaries of Adab: [ ]-mah, lu2-esz2-gana2-gid2, ensi2-gal, szabra-e2, sagi-mah, sanga-e2-mah, sanga-)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: CUSAS 20, 282

    [Pomponio2015CUSAS20] Pomponio, Francesco, and Giuseppe Visicato. 2015. Middle Sargonic Tablets Chiefly from Adab in the Cornell University Collections. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 20. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

    gold(?)

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CUNES 50-04-038
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Adab (mod. Bismaya)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

  • Period: Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
  • Period Comments:

    Middle Sargonic

  • Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
  • Alternative Years:
  • Date Comments:
  • 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
2020-09-08 at 14:29:21 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2017-03-04 at 09:54:13 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2016-02-01 at 12:06:10 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 20, 282 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P324917.
CUSAS 20, 282 artifact entry (No. P324917). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P324917 (Original work published 2006)
CUSAS 20, 282 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P324917 (Accessed: May 8, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-05-08]},
	year = {2022},
	month = {oct 1},
	title = {CUSAS 20, 282 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P324917},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P324917},
}


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