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CUSAS 40, 1917 (P454149)

Administrative tablet excavated in Irisagrig (mod. uncertain), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Anonymous

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

anonymous

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

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(gesz'u) sze gur
2. sze-ba erin2 ki en-nu-[ga2]
3. a-wa-al{ki}
4. ki-is-mar{ki}
5. masz-kan2-lugal{ki}
6. u3 szu-ur2-bu{ki}
reverse
1. ki ur-mes-ensi2-ta
2. ba-zi
3. kiszib3 ri-im-kak-ka3
4. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 si-mu-ru-um{ki} mu-hul
seal 1
illegible

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)

Collections

anonymous

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: CUSAS 40, 1917

[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 for rations for foreigners in prison
history: Nisaba 15, 977

[Owen2013Nisaba15] Owen, David I. 2013. Cuneiform Texts Primarily from Iri-Saĝrig / Āl-Šarrākī and the History of the Ur III Period. Volume I: Commentary and Indexes. Volume II: Catalogue and Texts. Nisaba 15. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: IM —
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Irisagrig (mod. uncertain)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.03.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2019-11-22 at 19:54:29	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2018-03-17 at 15:34:05	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2014-06-28 at 16:11:02	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru	CDLI	Approved
2013-10-13 at 13:44:02	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2013-09-19 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Aupperle, Eric; Owen, David I.	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (193262) (193262)

Seals

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

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

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“CUSAS 40, 1917 Artifact Entry.” 2013. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 19, 2013. https://cdli.earth/P454149.

CUSAS 40, 1917 artifact entry (No. P454149). (2013, September 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P454149

CUSAS 40, 1917 artifact entry (2013) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P454149 (Accessed: February 11, 2026).

@misc{2013CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-11]},
	year = {2013},
	month = {sep 19},
	title = {CUSAS 40, 1917 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P454149},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P454149},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2013/9/19/
PY  - 2013
ID  - P454149
LB  - CDLI:P454149
M1  - 2026/2/11/
TI  - CUSAS 40, 1917 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“CUSAS 40, 1917 Artifact Entry.” 2013. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 19, 2013. https://cdli.earth/P454149.

CUSAS 40, 1917 artifact entry (No. P454149). (2013, September 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P454149

CUSAS 40, 1917 artifact entry (2013) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P454149 (Accessed: February 11, 2026).

@misc{2013CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-11]},
	year = {2013},
	month = {sep 19},
	title = {CUSAS 40, 1917 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P454149},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P454149},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2013/9/19/
PY  - 2013
ID  - P454149
LB  - CDLI:P454149
M1  - 2026/2/11/
TI  - CUSAS 40, 1917 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P454149
ER  -