CUSAS 40, 1689 (P516473)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Museum Number

IM —

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (loan)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _1(barig) sze ur5-ra_
2. _masz2-bi 1(barig) sze-ta_
3. _szu-ti-[a] {disz}en-na
4. _ki_ hu-pu-du-um
5. e-ri-isz-ti
6. _dumu_ a-wa-tum
7. szu ba-an-ti
reverse
1. _igi_ za-zi-i-[...]
2. _igi_ za-li-i
3. [...] a-na [...]

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Text content

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

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P516473
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P516473

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)
Museum Number	IM —
Accession Number

References

primary: CUSAS 40, 1689

[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 loan with interest

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2019-12-02 at 15:54:46	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2019-09-27 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ozaki Tohru		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 40, 1689 Artifact Entry.” 2019. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 27, 2019. https://cdli.earth/P516473.

CUSAS 40, 1689 artifact entry (No. P516473). (2019, September 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P516473

CUSAS 40, 1689 artifact entry (2019) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P516473 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).

@misc{2019CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2019},
	month = {sep 27},
	title = {CUSAS 40, 1689 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P516473},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P516473},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2019/9/27/
PY  - 2019
ID  - P516473
LB  - CDLI:P516473
M1  - 2026/11/2/
TI  - CUSAS 40, 1689 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P516473
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 40, 1689 Artifact Entry.” 2019. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 27, 2019. https://cdli.earth/P516473.

CUSAS 40, 1689 artifact entry (No. P516473). (2019, September 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P516473

CUSAS 40, 1689 artifact entry (2019) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P516473 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).

@misc{2019CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2019},
	month = {sep 27},
	title = {CUSAS 40, 1689 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P516473},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P516473},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2019/9/27/
PY  - 2019
ID  - P516473
LB  - CDLI:P516473
M1  - 2026/11/2/
TI  - CUSAS 40, 1689 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P516473
ER  -