CUSAS 40, 0835 (P515619)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period

Museum Collection(s)

-

Museum Number

IM —

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (loan)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 5(asz) sze gur
2. sze masz2 nu-tuku
3. ki lugal-sze?-[...]
4. ma2-gur8-[re]
5. szu [ba-ti]
reverse
1. sza3 buru14-ka sa10-[...]
2. mu lugal-bi in-[pa3]
3. igi lu2-dingir-ra-sze3
4. igi ur-{d}kal-kal-sze3
5. igi ur-{d}gu4-nu2-a-sze3
6. igi igi-sa6-sa6-sze3
7. iti nesag
  some text moved to next line
8. mu ma2-gur8-mah ba-ab-du8
seal 1
  illegible

Text content

Genre(s) Legal > Business / Contracts (loan)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P515619

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)
Museum Number IM —
Accession Number

References

  • primary: CUSAS 40, 835

    [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 Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-20 at 19:24:26 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-05-14 at 09:36:40 Jagersma, Bram Artifact metadata Jagersma, Bram Jagersma, Bram Approved View
2019-12-02 at 15:54:46 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2019-09-27 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 40, 0835 Artifact Entry.” (2019) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P515619.
CUSAS 40, 0835 artifact entry (No. P515619). (2024, August 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P515619 (Original work published 2019)
CUSAS 40, 0835 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P515619 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
@misc{2024CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 20},
	title = {CUSAS 40, 0835 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P515619},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P515619},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/20/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P515619
LB  - CDLI:P515619
M1  - 2026/11/2/
TI  - CUSAS 40, 0835 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P515619
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 40, 0835 Artifact Entry.” (2019) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P515619.
CUSAS 40, 0835 artifact entry (No. P515619). (2024, August 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P515619 (Original work published 2019)
CUSAS 40, 0835 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P515619 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
@misc{2024CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 20},
	title = {CUSAS 40, 0835 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P515619},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P515619},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/20/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P515619
LB  - CDLI:P515619
M1  - 2026/11/2/
TI  - CUSAS 40, 0835 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P515619
ER  - 
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