CUSAS 40, 0383 (P499487)

Administrative tablet excavated in Garšana (mod. uncertain), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Museum of the Bible, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Museum of the Bible, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Museum Number

IM —

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Garšana (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(gesz2) 2(u) ku6 al-dar-ra
2. 1(asz) ku6 sze6 gur
3. a2 mu-kux(DU)
4. ki ba-ab-ba-e-ta
5. szu-er3-ra
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. sza3 e-{d}szu-{d}suen{ki}-kam
  blank space
3. iti ses-da-gu7
4. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal
left
1. gaba-ri

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P499487

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Garšana (mod. uncertain)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Museum of the Bible, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Museum Number IM —
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 196884

References

  • primary: CUSAS 40, 383

    [Sigrist2019CUSAS40] Sigrist, Marcel, and Tohru Ozaki. 2019. Tablets from the Irisaĝrig Archive, Part One and Two. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS) 40. University Park, Pennsylvania: Eisenbrauns.

  • history: RA 110 (pp. 23-34), 029-030 08

    [Owen2016RA110] Owen, David I. 2016. “Garšana Notes.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 110: 23–34. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44646390.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-20 at 19:15:22 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-17 at 19:13:21 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-17 at 19:10:34 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-05-14 at 09:26:19 Jagersma, Bram Artifact metadata Jagersma, Bram Jagersma, Bram Approved View
2019-12-01 at 10:29:14 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-05-19 at 22:01:44 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-12-24 at 15:59:11 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-12-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 40, 0383 Artifact Entry.” (2016) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P499487.
CUSAS 40, 0383 artifact entry (No. P499487). (2024, August 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P499487 (Original work published 2016)
CUSAS 40, 0383 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P499487 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 20},
	title = {CUSAS 40, 0383 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P499487},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P499487},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 40, 0383 Artifact Entry.” (2016) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P499487.
CUSAS 40, 0383 artifact entry (No. P499487). (2024, August 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P499487 (Original work published 2016)
CUSAS 40, 0383 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P499487 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 20},
	title = {CUSAS 40, 0383 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P499487},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P499487},
}

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DA  - 2024/8/20/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P499487
LB  - CDLI:P499487
M1  - 2026/10/27/
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UR  - https://cdli.earth/P499487
ER  - 
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