CUSAS 40, 1587 (P516371)

Administrative tablet excavated in Irisagrig (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

Irisagrig (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(gesz'u) 2(u) 2(asz) sze gur lugal
2. ki i-tu-ri-a ensi2 asz2-nun-na-ak{ki}-ta
3. 2(gesz2) gur
4. ki lum-ma szabra-ta
5. dingir-ba-ni ka-guru7
6. szu# ba-ti#
reverse
1. nig2-ka9-ta ugu2-na ba-a-gar
2. mu si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul
3. nig2-ka9
some text moved to next line
4. mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq-ti-id-ni-im mu-du3 i3-ib2-gi-in

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	P516371
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P516371

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)
Museum Number	IM —
Accession Number

References

primary: CUSAS 40, 1587

[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.

Barley received by a granary supervisor

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2019-12-02 at 15:54:48	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, 1587 Artifact Entry.” 2019. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 27, 2019. https://cdli.earth/P516371.

CUSAS 40, 1587 artifact entry (No. P516371). (2019, September 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P516371

CUSAS 40, 1587 artifact entry (2019) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P516371 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2019},
	month = {sep 27},
	title = {CUSAS 40, 1587 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P516371},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P516371},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2019/9/27/
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LB  - CDLI:P516371
M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - CUSAS 40, 1587 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 40, 1587 Artifact Entry.” 2019. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 27, 2019. https://cdli.earth/P516371.

CUSAS 40, 1587 artifact entry (No. P516371). (2019, September 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P516371

CUSAS 40, 1587 artifact entry (2019) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P516371 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).

@misc{2019CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2019},
	month = {sep 27},
	title = {CUSAS 40, 1587 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P516371},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P516371},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2019/9/27/
PY  - 2019
ID  - P516371
LB  - CDLI:P516371
M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - CUSAS 40, 1587 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P516371
ER  -