Cornell University Near Eastern Studies Collection: CUSAS 8

1. Collection and Study

The Cornell University Near Eastern Studies collection (CUNES) is housed at the Cornell University. In this large collection of cuneiform texts a selection was made by Rudolph Mayer and a group of late Old Babylonian tablets were isolated which all originated from the ancient Mesopotamian centre of Dur-Abieshuh. Scholars of the Leuven Syro-Mesopotamian Research Unit, Karel Van Lerberghe and Gabriella Voet, were asked to study and publish these texts, a group of 89 tablets. In 2009 that led to the publication CUSAS 8: "A Late Old Babylonian Temple Archive from Dur-Abieshuh" (CDL Press - Bethesda).

These texts shed new and most interesting light on the period after the Babylonian loss of control over the southern Mesopotamian cities during the late Old Babylonian period and more specific on the situation at Nippur. The texts now published and presented here below contain insights in the relation between Nippur and Dur-Abieshuh during this later period. The texts deal particularly on the clergy who are both active at Dur-Abieshuh and Nippur. Apparently cultic activities continued at Nippur but at the same time a new Ekur dedicated to Enlil was found at Dur-Abieshuh.

2. Recordings

Since 2004, during several stays at the Cornell University, 89 late Old Babylonian tablets were digitized by Karel Van Lerberghe and Gabriella Voet with the Portable Light Dome. These recordings can be consulted below by downloading the necessary software, a viewer-program (unzip and place the files in a new folder).

Via 'collection n°' the recorded Leuven Camera Dome 2D+ virtual application files can be downloaded. These are not the conventional hand copies as they are published in CUSAS 8. The provided 'line drawings' are by the computer generated, based on the 2D+ virtual application; they are here provided to allow a quick view on the tablets. Pictures of the tablets published in the CUSAS series can be consulted on the website of the Cuneiform Library at the Cornell University as well.

Publication n°	Collection n°	Content	Date	Dimensions	Line Drawings	Tablet pictures
CUSAS 8 001	CUNES 51-01-25	Purchase of slave	Amd 29-8-21	8.1x4.6x2.7	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 002	CUNES 51-01-21	Purchase of slave-girl	Ams 5-10-20	10.4x5.5x2.9	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 003	CUNES 51-01-24	Purchase of slave	Ams 7-8-6	9.1x5.2x2.9	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 004	CUNES 51-01-19	Purchase of slave	Ams 11-4-13	9.7x5.8x3.4	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 005	CUNES 51-01-40	Purchase of slave-girl	Ams 12-4-24	8.0x4.9x2.5	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 006	CUNES 51-01-26	Purchase of slave-girl	Ams 15-12-27	8.6x4.8x2.7	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 007	CUNES 51-01-05	Loan of silver to buy a slave	Ams 15-9-1	6.6x4.4x2.7	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 008	CUNES 51-01-27	Purchase of slave-girl	Ams 17+b-3-26	8.4x4.8x3.1	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 009	CUNES 51-01-23	Purchase of slave-girl	Ams 17+b-9-14	10.0x5.8x3.1
CUSAS 8 010	CUNES 51-01-20	Purchase of slave-girl	Ams 17+d-11-22	9.9x5.4x3.0	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 011	CUNES 51-01-49	Purchase of slave-girl	Sdt 11-12-9	8.2x4.9x2.8	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 012	CUNES 51-01-08	Loan of silver for a business trip	Amd 30-11-15	4.7x4.5x2.4
CUSAS 8 013	CUNES 51-01-18	Loan of silver for a business trip	Ams 13-12²-6	5.0x4.3x2.7	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 014	CUNES 51-01-17	Loan of silver for a business trip	Ams 14-11-23	5.5x4.1x2.2	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 015	CUNES 51-01-50	Loan of silver for a business trip	Ams 14-12-3	5.3x4.8x2.6	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 016	CUNES 51-01-15	Loan of silver for a business trip	Ams 15-5-29	5.5x4.8x2.9
CUSAS 8 017	CUNES 51-01-16	Loan of silver for a business trip	Ams 15-8-28	5.5x5.0x2.6	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 018	CUNES 51-01-14	Loan of silver for a business trip	Ams 17+b-12-18	6.4x5.2x2.7	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 019	CUNES 51-01-11	Loan of silver for a business trip	Ams 17+d-2-6	5.2x4.8x2.7	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 020	CUNES 51-01-01	Silver (ransom-money), oil, and a donkey given to a merchant for a business trip	Sdt 2-5-12	8.6x4.8x2.9	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 021	CUNES 51-01-09	Loan of silver for a business trip	Sdt 6-x-x	5.2x4.6x2.3	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 022	CUNES 51-01-10	Guarantee for silver to be invested in a business trip	Ams 16-10-12	5.4x4.7x2.3	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 023	CUNES 51-01-51	Sacrificial sheep brought to Nippur and received by the clergy	Ams 8-12-4	7.3x4.5x2.5	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 024	CUNES 51-01-53	Sacrificial sheep brought to Nippur and received by the clergy	Ams 9?-7-20	7.0x4.6x2.5	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 025	CUNES 51-01-37	Sheep as food offerings for the deities of Nippur, brought to Dur-Abieshuh and received by the clergy	Ams 17+b?-2-7	7.7x4.9x2.5	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 026	CUNES 51-01-31	Sheep as food offerings for the deities of Nippur, brought to Dur-Abieshuh and received by the clergy	Sdt 1-5-23	7.9x4.8x2.6	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 027	CUNES 51-01-35	Sheep as food offerings for the deities of Nippur, brought to Dur-Abieshuh and received by the clergy	Sdt 1-10-20	7.7x5.2x2.6	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 028	CUNES 51-01-32	Sheep as food offerings for the deities of Nippur, brought to Dur-Abieshuh and received by the clergy	Sdt 1?-x-x	7.5x4.7x3.0	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 029	CUNES 51-01-28	Sheep as food offerings for the deities of Nippur, brought to Dur-Abieshuh and received by the clergy	Sdt 2-3-25	8.0x4.6x2.5	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 030	CUNES 51-01-39	Sheep as food offerings for the deities of Nippur, brought to Dur-Abieshuh and received by the clergy	Sdt 2-10-10	7.3x4.9x2.9	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 031	CUNES 51-01-36	Sheep as food offerings for the deities of Nippur, brought to Dur-Abieshuh and received by the clergy	Sdt 2-11-3	7.2x4.6x2.6	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 032	CUNES 51-01-34	Sheep as food offerings for the deities of Nippur, brought to Dur-Abieshuh and received by the clergy	Sdt 2-12-29	7.8x5.0x2.4	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 033	CUNES 51-01-06	Sheep as food offerings for the deities of Nippur, brought to Dur-Abieshuh and received by the clergy	Sdt 3-10-6	7.4x4.6x2.7	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 034	CUNES 51-01-38	Sheep as food offerings for the deities of Nippur, brought to Dur-Abieshuh and received by the clergy	Sdt 4-1-11	7.8x4.7x2.7	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 035	CUNES 51-01-48	Sheep as food offerings for the deities of Nippur, brought to Dur-Abieshuh and received by the clergy	Sdt 4-3-23	8.0x4.9x2.455	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 036	CUNES 51-01-47	Sheep as food offerings for the deities of Nippur, brought to Dur-Abieshuh and received by the clergy	Sdt 4-10-2	7.5x4.5x2.156	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 037	CUNES 51-01-52	Sheep as food offerings for the deities of Nippur, brought to Dur-Abieshuh and received by the clergy	Sdt 4-10-26	6.8x4.6x2.457	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 038	CUNES 51-01-42	Sheep as food offerings for the deities of Nippur, brought to Dur-Abieshuh and received by the clergy	Sdt 5-10-6	7.5x4.6x2.758
CUSAS 8 039	CUNES 51-01-22	Expenditure of barley, part of barley brought from Babylon to Dur-Abieshuh, given to diviners as rations for the troops	Ae 20?-3-5	9.7x5.3x2.859	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 040	CUNES 51-01-45	Memo concerning sheep as food offerings	Ams 17+b-2-30	5.8x4.5x2.360	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 041	CUNES 51-01-03	Herding contract	Ams 7-1-3	8.1x4.7x2.5	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 042	CUNES 51-01-04	Herding contract	Ams 8-7-6	6.4x3.9x2.2	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 043	CUNES 51-01-33	Herding contract	Ams 10-5-2	7.6x4.8x2.7	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 044	CUNES 51-01-13	Hire of a cow	Sdt 3-2-x	5.6x4.7x2.8	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 045	CUNES 51-01-02	Purchase of a cow	Ams 13-12-7	8.4x4.9x2.8	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 046	CUNES 51-01-46	Loan of silver	Ams 13-4-28	4.7x4.4x1.9	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 047	CUNES 51-01-12	Loan of silver	Ams 14-8-6	4.7x4.3x2.1	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 048	CUNES 51-01-30	Loan of silver	Ams 16-4-14	3.5x3.5x2.2
CUSAS 8 049	CUNES 51-01-43	Loan of silver	Ams 17+b-5-22	5.0x4.5x2.1	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 050	CUNES 51-01-54	Loan of silver	Sdt 4-2-23	5.0x4.7x2.2	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 051	CUNES 51-01-55	Loan of silver	Sdt 10-2-17	4.9x4.6x2.2	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 052	CUNES 51-01-44	Loan of silver	Sdt 11-3-13	4.4x4.4x2.0	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 053	CUNES 51-01-07	Loan of silver	Sdt 13-11-25	5.3x5.2x2.3	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 054	CUNES 51-01-41	Barley given as rations for the gods of Nippur, received by the neshakkum-priests, brewers and diviners under control of an archivist from Nippur and an administrator	Ams 2-3-1?	7.9x4.7x2.7	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 055	CUNES 51-01-29	Delivery and receipt of agricultural tools	Ams 5-6²-22	3.6x3.4x2.0	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 056	CUNES 51-01-57	Receipt of bran	Ams 1-7-12	4.0x3.8x1.4	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 057	CUNES 51-01-58	Receipt of bran	Ams 14-4-24	3.9x3.9x1.3	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 058	CUNES 51-01-59	Memo. Delivery of sesame to persons and deities	Sdt 10-2-23	4.3x4.1x1.5	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 059	CUNES 51-01-89	List. Delivery of sesame to persons and deities	Sdt 10-5-2	12.5x6.0x2.8	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 060	CUNES 51-01-90	List. Receipt of barley in the temple of ^dMisharum	Sdt 10-5-13	11.7x6.3x2.6	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 061	CUNES 51-01-85	List. Silver and barley rations	Sdt 10'-5-25	7.2x3.8x2.0	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 062	CUNES 51-01-91	List. Barley rations	Sdt 10-6-4	14.3x16.7x3.3	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 063	CUNES 51-01-82	Memo concerning barley	Sdt 11-3-30	4.5x4.3x1.8	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 064	CUNES 51-01-73	Memo concerning barley	Sdt 11-3-30	4.2x4.2x1.7
CUSAS 8 065	CUNES 51-01-65	Memo concerning barley	Sdt 11-4-11	3.9x3.8x1.6	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 066	CUNES 51-01-72	Memo concerning barley	Sdt 11-4-12	4.1x3.8x1.6	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 067	CUNES 51-01-80	Memo concerning barley	Sdt 11-4-17	4.4x4.1x1.7	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 068	CUNES 51-01-78	Memo concerning barley	Sdt 11-4-23	4.2x3.9x1.9	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 069	CUNES 51-01-74	Memo concerning barley	Sdt 11-4-30	3.8x3.9x1.6	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 070	CUNES 51-01-63	Memo concerning barley	Sdt 11-5-2	3.1x3.3x1.5	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 071	CUNES 51-01-64	Memo concerning barley	Sdt 11-5-3	3.9x3.3x1.6	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 072	CUNES 51-01-69	Memo concerning barley	Sdt 11-5-4	3.5x3.5x1.5	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 073	CUNES 51-01-68	Memo concerning barley	Sdt 11-5-7	3.5x3.1x1.4	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 074	CUNES 51-01-70	Memo concerning barley	Sdt 11-5-10	3.3x3.0x1.4	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 075	CUNES 51-01-75	Expenditure of barley	Sdt 11-5-11	4.0x3.8x1.9	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 076	CUNES 51-01-62	Memo concerning barley	Sdt 11-5-11	3.4x3.3x2.6	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 077	CUNES 51-01-67	Memo concerning barley	Sdt 11-5-11	3.3x3.2x1.8	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 078	CUNES 51-01-66	Memo concerning barley	Sdt 11-5-23	3.7x3.7x1.8	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 079	CUNES 51-01-56	Memo concerning barley	Ams 11-11-3	5.3x5.3x2.0	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 080	CUNES 51-01-83	Memo concerning “deep-going boats” to be delivered at the harbor of Nippur	no YN-6-8	4.2x4.3x1.7	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 081	CUNES 51-01-61	Memo concerning debts	no date	4.3x4.1x2.1	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 082	CUNES 51-01-71	List. Barley rations	no date	3.7x3.6x1.6	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 083	CUNES 51-01-77	List. Silver and persons	no date	4.5x3.9x1.5	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 084	CUNES 51-01-79	List. Barley rations	no date	4.6x4.1x1.7	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 085	CUNES 51-01-81	List. Oil rations	no date	4.6x4.3x1.9	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 086	CUNES 51-01-84	List. Barley rations and expenditure	no date	6.3x5.2x2.3	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 087	CUNES 51-01-86	List. Barley rations	no date	7.7x4.8x2.2	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 088	CUNES 51-01-87	List Barley rations	no date	8.4x5.0x2.2	obverse reverse	obverse reverse
CUSAS 8 089	CUNES 51-01-88	List. Barley rations	no date	8.3x4.9x2.2	obverse reverse	obverse reverse

CUSAS: Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (publication number)
CUNES: Cornell University Near Eastern Studies (collection nummber)

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Cornell University Near Eastern Studies Collection: CUSAS 8

1. Collection and Study

2. Recordings