CUSAS 40, 0929 (P515713)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), 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

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (contract)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 dabin gur
2. ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu musz-lah5
3. kiszib3 um-sze3-tum3
4. ki gu-u2-gu-a-ta
reverse
1. giri3 ur-{d}hal-mu-sza4
2. gaba-ri <kiszib3> lu2-kal-la
3. en8-bi tar-re-dam
blank space
4. iti szu-numun
5. mu {d}szu#-[{d}suen] lugal#

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Text content

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

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šū-Suen.01.06.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P515713
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P515713

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)
Museum Number	IM —
Accession Number

References

primary: CUSAS 40, 929

[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.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-20 at 19:24:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-05-14 at 09:36:40	Jagersma, Bram	Artifact metadata	Jagersma, Bram	Jagersma, Bram	Approved
2019-12-02 at 15:54:48	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru; Sigrist, Marcel	CDLI	Approved
2019-09-27 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ozaki Tohru	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“CUSAS 40, 0929 Artifact Entry.” (2019) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P515713.

CUSAS 40, 0929 artifact entry (No. P515713). (2024, August 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P515713 (Original work published 2019)

CUSAS 40, 0929 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P515713 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“CUSAS 40, 0929 Artifact Entry.” (2019) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P515713.

CUSAS 40, 0929 artifact entry (No. P515713). (2024, August 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P515713 (Original work published 2019)

CUSAS 40, 0929 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P515713 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).

@misc{2024CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 20},
	title = {CUSAS 40, 0929 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P515713},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P515713},
}

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DA  - 2024/8/20/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P515713
LB  - CDLI:P515713
M1  - 2026/4/7/
TI  - CUSAS 40, 0929 artifact entry
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