CUSAS 39, 041 (P253689)

Account tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway

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Photo

Photo (detail)

RTI (obverse)

RTI (reverse)

Museum Collection(s)

Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway

Museum Number

MS 4679

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative > Account (account nig2-ka9-ak sze zi-ga? a-pi4-sal4, gu2-edin-na u3 musz-bi-an-na, e2-gal-e-si)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

137.0 mm × 146.0 mm × 32.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
beginning broken
1'. [...] x x-ta
blank space
2'. sze sumun GAN2-gu4 mu en-mah-gal-an-na ba-hun
3'. 6(gesz2) 3(u) 2(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 gur
4'. gur sze ma2-a si-ga-ta
5'. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 1(barig) sze gur
6'. gur sze-numun-ta
7'. 2(gesz2) 2(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) 4(disz) sila3 sze gur
8'. 7(asz) 1(barig) ziz2 gur
9'. gur sa2-du11-ta
10'. 9(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 [sze gur]
11'. a2 lu2 hun-ga2-[ta]
12'. sza3 sze gub-ba-ta
13'. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 4(barig)# 1(ban2) gur
14'. gur# sze# ma2-a si-ga-ta
15'. 2(gesz2) 6(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze
16'. gur sa2-du11-ta
17'. 4(u) 3(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) sze gur
18'. gur a2 lu2 hun-ga2-ta
19'. sze sumun libir-a
blank space
20'. guru7 a-pi4-sal4{ki}-ta
21'. 5(asz) 2(barig) sze gur ma2-a si-ga-ta
column 2
beginning broken
1'. 1(asz) 1(barig) gur#? a2# hun#-ga2#-ta#
blank space
2'. sze gub-ba u3 sze ar3-ra
3'. e2-duru5 a-pu3-ta
4'. 1(gesz2) 6(asz) 2(ban2) gur
5'. gur sa2-du11-ta
6'. sza3 sze gub-ba
7'. e2 nam-ha-ni-ta
8'. e2-duru5 ku5-da-a
9'. 5(gesz2) 1(u) 8(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur sze ma2-a si-ga-ta
10'. 4(gesz2)# sze
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11'. gur sa2-du11-ta
12'. sze sumun
13'. 4(gesz2) 4(u) 2(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 [sze gur]
14'. gur sze ma2-a si-[ga-ta]
15'. [...]-ta
16'. [...]
17'. ki-su7# [{d}]szul#-pa-e3-ta
18'. 9(asz) 2(barig) gur sze-numun-ta
19'. 2(gesz2) 1(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) gur
20'. gur sa2-du11-ta
21'. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 6(asz) sze gur a2 lu2 hun-ga2-ta
22'. sze sumun lu2-dingir-ra dumu inim-{d}szara2
23'. 4(asz) gur sze gur sze ma2-a si-ga#-ta
24'. 2(asz) 3(barig) sze# gur#
25'. 1(barig) 3(ban2) ziz2
26'. gur sze-numun-ta
27'. 4(gesz2) 4(u) 4(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 sze gur
column 3
beginning broken
1'. 2(u)# 3(asz)# [...]
2'. 1(gesz2) 6(asz) 2(barig) [...] gur sa2-[du11-ta]
3'. 3(asz) 3(barig) sze [gur ...] x
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4'. sze# sumun libir-a e2 x x-ta
5'. sza3 a-pi4-sal4{ki}
6'. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 8(asz) 3(ban2) sze gur
7'. gur sa2-du11-ta
8'. 1(gesz2) 8(asz) 1(barig) sze gur a2# lu2 hun-ga2-ta
9'. 3(asz) 4(barig) gur sze sumun [x]
10'. 2(asz)# [...]
11'. sze sumun mu# [{d}amar-{d}]suen#-ke4 ur-bi2-lum# mu-hul
12'. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 7(asz) 1(barig) gur sze [x]
13'. 1(asz) 3(barig) gur sze ma2#-a [si-ga]-ta#?
14'. 7(gesz2) 6(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) 8(disz) [sila3] gur sa2#-du11-ta#
15'. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 1(asz) 4(barig)# 3(ban2)# gur# a2# lu2 hun-[ga2]-ta#
16'. sze sumun mu en-unu6#-gal#-an-na [ba-hun]
17'. 1(gesz2)# 4(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) gur sa2-[du11-ta]
18'. 1(u) 5(asz) gur a2# lu2# hun#-ga2-ta
19'. sze gibil GAN2-ta#
20'. 5(u) 1(barig) gur sa2-du11#-ta#
21'. 6(asz) 3(ban2) gur sze ma2-a si-ga-ta
22'. sze apin-la2 gu2-edin#-na u3 musz-bi-an-na
column 4
beginning broken
1'. [...] 2(ban2) [... sze gur ma2]-a si#-[ga-ta]
2'. 5(u) 2(asz) 4(ban2) gur SZE#-[x x]
3'. 7(asz)# gur sa2-du11-ta#
4'. sze gibil e2-ta
5'. 4(asz) ziz2 sumun gur sa2-du11-ta
blank space
6'. ki-su7#? gu2-de3-na-ta#
7'. 4(u) 7(asz) 2(barig) gur sa2-du11-ta
8'. 3(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) gur a2 lu2 hun-ga2-ta
9'. sze sumun GAN2-gu4 guru7 {d}anzu{muszen}-babbar-ta
10'. 3(gesz2) 5(u) 1(barig) 1(ban2) gur sze ma2-a si-ga-ta
11'. 7(asz) gur sze-numun-ta
12'. sze gibil GAN2-gu4
13'. szu-nu-kusz2-ta
14'. 6(gesz2) 5(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur sa2-du11-ta
15'. sze sumun GAN2-gu4
16'. ki-su7 i7 lugal-ta
column 5
beginning broken
blank space
erasures
1'. 3(u) 1(asz) x [...]
2'. 3(gesz2) 2(u) 8(asz)# [...]
3'. 4(u) 1(asz) 1(ban2) [...]
4'. sza3 gu2-edin-na# [u3] musz-bi-[an-na]
5'. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 5(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) dabin# [...]
6'. 6(gesz2) 5(u) 5(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) 3(disz) sila3# sze x
7'. 4(u) 3(asz) 5(ban2) 6(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 masz2 sze gur
8'. 7(asz) 1(ban2) sze gur# [x]
9'. a2# lu2# [...]
reverse
beginning broken
column 1'
1. 2(u) 1(barig) 3(ban2)#? [...] x [...]
2. 1(gesz2) 1(u) x [...]
3. sze ba#? [...]
4. giri3# [...]
5. 2(gesz'u)# [...]
rest broken
column 2'
blank space
1. sa2-du11 dingir-e-ne
2. 3(gesz2) gur sze i3-szah2 u3 sa10-am3 siki-ba
3. ur-{d}dumu-zi-da
4. 1(gesz2) 3(u) gur
5. uri5{ki}-ma x-ba ba-a-si
rest broken
column 3'
1. 5(asz) 3(barig)# 2(ban2)#? la2# 1(disz@t)# sila3 gur
2. sa2-du11 {d}lamma-lugal sza3 a-pi4-sal4{ki}
3. 3(u)#? 6(asz) gur sa2#-du11# x
4. x KA# x {d}szara2
5. n 2(barig)# 4(ban2) la2 1(disz@t) sila3 gur
6. [sa2]-du11# {d}lamma-lugal
7. [...] x anzu{muszen}-babbar2
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erasures
8. 1(gesz2) 1(asz) 2(barig)#? 5(disz)# sila3 sze-ba lugal-i3-sa6
9. 3(ban2) SIG7-a lugal-x-x-[x]
10. 3(ban2) SIG7-a geme2-{d}en#-[x]-x-[x]
11. lu2# x-me
rest broken
column 4'
1. 3(u) 6(asz)# 2(barig)# sze ar3-ra gur [...] e2#?-gal kam-sal4{ki}
2. [...]
3. [...]
4. [...]
5. [...]
6. [szunigin] 8(gesz2)# 4(asz)# n [...] x zi3-gu#? [...]
7. [szunigin ...] 2(barig) 4(ban2)# 5(disz)# sila3# zi3# gur# [x]
8. [...] NA KA [...]
9. [szunigin] 5(gesz2) 3(u) 5(asz)# 4(barig)#? [n(ban2)] 3(disz)# sila3 gur zi3 [...] x
10. szunigin 5(gesz2) [...] x [...] sze gur
11. szunigin# 4(u)#?[...] ziz2 gur
12. x [...] ka [...] x
13. [...] x [...] sze#
14. [...]
15. [...]
16. [...]
17. x [...]
18. x [...]
19. x [...]
rest broken
column 5'
blank space
1. sze-bi n(asz)# guru7 2(gesz2) 4(u) 4(barig) n [n(disz)] sila3 gur
2. zi-ga-[am3]
3. la2-ia3 2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(asz)#? 1(barig)? [... gur]
4. nig2-ka9-ak gi# zi x
5. a-pi4-sal4{ki} gu2-edin-[na] u3 musz-bi-an-na
6. e2-gal-e-si
7. iti 1(u) 2(disz)-kam
8. iti# {d}dumu-zi
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rest broken

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 > Account (account nig2-ka9-ak sze zi-ga? a-pi4-sal4, gu2-edin-na u3 musz-bi-an-na, e2-gal-e-si)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P253689
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P253689

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	137.0 mm × 146.0 mm × 32.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway
Museum Number	MS 4679
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	170075

References

primary: CUSAS 39, 41

[Dahl2020CUSAS39] Dahl, Jacob L. 2020. Ur III Texts in the Schøyen Collection. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 39. University Park, Pennsylvania: Eisenbrauns.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2020-11-15 at 08:47:12	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard	CDLI	Approved
2020-03-11 at 13:17:41	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2018-05-28 at 13:09:29	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2018-05-22 at 06:29:01	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2018-05-22 at 06:28:16	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2018-05-22 at 01:26:51	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2018-05-21 at 13:22:05	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2018-04-17 at 14:15:33	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2018-03-31 at 07:02:13	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2017-03-03 at 09:54:01	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2015-10-15 at 08:43:09	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2015-05-05 at 09:55:43	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2015-03-13 at 12:44:17	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2014-12-04 at 05:50:30	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2014-09-29 at 13:53:37	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2014-09-29 at 11:47:07	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2014-04-20 at 01:07:45	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2004-12-15 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Bartash, Vitali; Dahl, Jacob L.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Johnson, J. Cale; Stadhouders, Henry	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“CUSAS 39, 041 Artifact Entry.” 2004. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 15, 2004. https://cdli.earth/P253689.

CUSAS 39, 041 artifact entry (No. P253689). (2004, December 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P253689

CUSAS 39, 041 artifact entry (2004) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P253689 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).

@misc{2004CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2004},
	month = {dec 15},
	title = {CUSAS 39, 041 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P253689},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P253689},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CUSAS 39, 041 Artifact Entry.” 2004. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 15, 2004. https://cdli.earth/P253689.

CUSAS 39, 041 artifact entry (No. P253689). (2004, December 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P253689

CUSAS 39, 041 artifact entry (2004) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P253689 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).

@misc{2004CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2004},
	month = {dec 15},
	title = {CUSAS 39, 041 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P253689},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P253689},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2004/12/15/
PY  - 2004
ID  - P253689
LB  - CDLI:P253689
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - CUSAS 39, 041 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P253689
ER  -