CUSAS 40, 1156 (P515940)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period

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 (loan)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(barig) zi3 ur5!-[ra]
2. ki lugal-uszurx(|LAL.TUG2|)-ta
3. kiszib3 du11-ga-<ni>
reverse
1. mu en-am#-[gal]-an-na en [{d}inanna] ba-[hun]
seal 1
1. du11-ga-ni
2. dub-sar gi
3. dumu bi2-du11

Text content

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

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P515940

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, 1156

    [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.

    Loan? of flour


Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2022-02-06 at 14:20:20 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2022-02-05 at 19:09:52 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2021-04-02 at 06:52:54 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2021-04-02 at 06:45:40 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2019-12-02 at 15:54:48 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru; Sigrist, Marcel CDLI Approved View
2019-09-27 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Ozaki Tohru CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“CUSAS 40, 1156 Artifact Entry.” 2019. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 27, 2019. https://cdli.earth/P515940.
CUSAS 40, 1156 artifact entry (No. P515940). (2019, September 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P515940
CUSAS 40, 1156 artifact entry (2019) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P515940 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).
@misc{2019CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-24]},
	year = {2019},
	month = {sep 27},
	title = {CUSAS 40, 1156 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P515940},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P515940},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2019/9/27/
PY  - 2019
ID  - P515940
LB  - CDLI:P515940
M1  - 2026/4/24/
TI  - CUSAS 40, 1156 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P515940
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“CUSAS 40, 1156 Artifact Entry.” 2019. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 27, 2019. https://cdli.earth/P515940.
CUSAS 40, 1156 artifact entry (No. P515940). (2019, September 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P515940
CUSAS 40, 1156 artifact entry (2019) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P515940 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).
@misc{2019CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-24]},
	year = {2019},
	month = {sep 27},
	title = {CUSAS 40, 1156 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P515940},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P515940},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2019/9/27/
PY  - 2019
ID  - P515940
LB  - CDLI:P515940
M1  - 2026/4/24/
TI  - CUSAS 40, 1156 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P515940
ER  - 
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