CUSAS 40, 0917 (P499900)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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

43.0 mm × 39.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 5(u) 3(disz) udu [bar]-gal2
2. 2(gesz2) 2(u) 6(disz) udu# bar su-ga
3. 1(u) 1(disz) masz2
4. udu sila4 udu-ka
5. 3(u) 9(disz) udu sila4 kin-gi4-a bar-gal2
6. 1(disz) ud5
7. 1(u) 4(disz) udu bar-gal2
8. 2(u) la 1(disz@t) sila4 bar-gal2
reverse
1. 4(u) udu bar su-ga
2. sa2-du11 {d}szara2
3. ki lu2-{d}ha-ia3-ta
4. gaba#-ri kiszib3 usz-mu
5. mu e2 {d}szara2 ba-du3

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 43.0 high × 39.0 wide
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  • primary: Fs Joan Westenholz (pp. 183-194), 188 05

    [Vukosavovic2010FsJoanWestenholz] Vukosavovic, Filip. 2010. “Private Collection of Cuneiform Tablets in Jerusalem (II).” In A Woman of Valor : Jerusalem Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honor of Joan Goodnick Westenholz, edited by Wayne Horowitz, Uri Gabbay, and Filip Vukosavovic, 8:183–94. Biblioteca Del Proximo Oriente Antiguo. Madrid : Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

  • history: CUSAS 40, 917

    [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.

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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.09.00.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-21 at 08:01:22 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-08-20 at 19:24:26 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-05-14 at 09:26:19 Jagersma, Bram Artifact Jagersma, Bram Jagersma, Bram approved View
2019-11-22 at 15:07:05 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2019-11-22 at 15:02:09 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-02-17 at 06:00:41 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2017-02-14 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 40, 0917 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P499900.
CUSAS 40, 0917 artifact entry (No. P499900). (2024, August 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P499900 (Original work published 2017)
CUSAS 40, 0917 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P499900 (Accessed: August 21, 2025).
@misc{2024CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 21},
	title = {CUSAS 40, 0917 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P499900},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P499900},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 40, 0917 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P499900.
CUSAS 40, 0917 artifact entry (No. P499900). (2024, August 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P499900 (Original work published 2017)
CUSAS 40, 0917 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P499900 (Accessed: August 21, 2025).
@misc{2024CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 21},
	title = {CUSAS 40, 0917 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P499900},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P499900},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/21/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P499900
LB  - CDLI:P499900
M1  - 2025/8/21/
TI  - CUSAS 40, 0917 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P499900
ER  - 
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