CUSAS 40, 1440 (P516224)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), 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

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3 kal
2. 1(asz) 1(barig) sze gur
3. 2(esze3) 4(iku) GAN2
4. a-sza3 {d}iszkur
5. [...] 1(asz) sze gur
6. engar# na-a-tum
7. [...] gesz 2(disz)-kam
8. [...] x-li2-a szabra
reverse
1. zi#-ga
blank space
2. [mu] us2-sa <{d}szu>-{d}suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu mu#-ri#-iq-ti-id-ni-im mu-du3

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	Šū-Suen.05.00.00 (us2 year)
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P516224
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P516224

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)
Museum Number	IM —
Accession Number

References

primary: CUSAS 40, 1440

[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.

Fields and their barley seeds

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2019-12-02 at 15:54:47	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, 1440 Artifact Entry.” 2019. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 27, 2019. https://cdli.earth/P516224.

CUSAS 40, 1440 artifact entry (No. P516224). (2019, September 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P516224

CUSAS 40, 1440 artifact entry (2019) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P516224 (Accessed: October 18, 2026).

@misc{2019CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-18]},
	year = {2019},
	month = {sep 27},
	title = {CUSAS 40, 1440 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P516224},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P516224},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2019/9/27/
PY  - 2019
ID  - P516224
LB  - CDLI:P516224
M1  - 2026/10/18/
TI  - CUSAS 40, 1440 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P516224
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 40, 1440 Artifact Entry.” 2019. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 27, 2019. https://cdli.earth/P516224.

CUSAS 40, 1440 artifact entry (No. P516224). (2019, September 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P516224

CUSAS 40, 1440 artifact entry (2019) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P516224 (Accessed: October 18, 2026).

@misc{2019CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-18]},
	year = {2019},
	month = {sep 27},
	title = {CUSAS 40, 1440 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P516224},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P516224},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2019/9/27/
PY  - 2019
ID  - P516224
LB  - CDLI:P516224
M1  - 2026/10/18/
TI  - CUSAS 40, 1440 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P516224
ER  -