CUSAS 40, 0789 (P515573)

Administrative tablet excavated in Garšana (mod. uncertain), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

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. [...]
2. [... tug2 ...] tab-ba 3(disz)-kam us2
3. [...] tug2 guz-za 4(disz)-kam us2
4. [...] tug2 guz-za du
5. [...] tug2 nig2-lam2 tur 3(disz)-kam us2
6. 1(disz) tug2 sag usz-bar
7. 5(disz) tug2 usz-bar
8. 8(disz) tug2 usz-bar ge6
9. 1(disz) tug2 nig2 sag-la2 sal us2
10. 1(disz) tug2 bar-si 3(disz)-kam us2
11. 1(disz) tug2 sagszu ge6 saga 3(disz)-kam us2
12. 9(disz) tug2 sagszu ge6 saga 4(disz)-kam us2
13. 1(disz) tug2-du8-a 1(asz) lagab ma-ba kusz gar-ra
reverse
1. 1(u) <{gesz}>garigx(|ZUM.SI|)-ak 3(disz)-kam us2 tug2 du8-a udu siki u8 gub
2. 4(disz) tug2-du8-a {gesz}gu-za siki gir2-gul
3. 1(u) tug2-du8-a szu {kusz}suhub2 siki {gesz}garigx(|ZUM.SI|)-ak 3(disz)-kam us2
4. 1(u) 1(disz) 2/3(disz) 5(disz) gin2 tug2-du8-a szu kusz suhub2 siki {gesz}garigx(|ZUM.SI|)-ak 4(disz)-kam us2
5. 1(disz) tug2 udu szum bar-si nig2-bi siki {gesz}garigx(|ZUM.SI|)-ak du
6. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 5(disz) tug2 sagszu {gesz}gigir kux(KWU147)-ra
7. 1(u) 1(disz) tug2 ib2-la2 hi-a
8. [...] tug2 sagszu e2 ge6
9. [szu-szum2]-ma
10. [ki] ni#-li2-asz-ra-ni-ta ba-zi
11. [giri3 a]-hu-ma dub-[sar]
rest illegible

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P515573
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P515573

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 Number	IM —
Accession Number

References

primary: CUSAS 40, 789

[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.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-20 at 19:15:22	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-05-14 at 09:36:40	Jagersma, Bram	Artifact metadata	Jagersma, Bram	Jagersma, Bram	Approved
2019-12-02 at 15:54:49	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru; Sigrist, Marcel	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2019-09-27 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ozaki Tohru	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 40, 0789 Artifact Entry.” (2019) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P515573.

CUSAS 40, 0789 artifact entry (No. P515573). (2024, August 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P515573 (Original work published 2019)

CUSAS 40, 0789 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P515573 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 20},
	title = {CUSAS 40, 0789 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P515573},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P515573},
}

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DA  - 2024/8/20/
PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/10/24/
TI  - CUSAS 40, 0789 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 40, 0789 Artifact Entry.” (2019) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P515573.

CUSAS 40, 0789 artifact entry (No. P515573). (2024, August 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P515573 (Original work published 2019)

CUSAS 40, 0789 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P515573 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).

@misc{2024CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 20},
	title = {CUSAS 40, 0789 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P515573},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P515573},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/20/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P515573
LB  - CDLI:P515573
M1  - 2026/10/24/
TI  - CUSAS 40, 0789 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P515573
ER  -