CUSAS 40, 1497 (P516281)

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

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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

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 2(barig) 2(ban2) sze [ur5-ra]
2. masz2 [szu-ri]-a
3. si-ge4-de3#
4. ki lu2-[...]
reverse
1. giri3-ni-i3-sa6
2. szu ba-ti
3. iti {d}pa4-u2-e
4. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki} masz2-e in#-[pa3]
seal 1
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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: CUSAS 40, 1497

    [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 barley with interest

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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.02.11.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2019-12-02 at 15:54:47 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru; Sigrist, Marcel CDLI approved View
2019-09-27 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View

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

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

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Cite this Artifact
“CUSAS 40, 1497 Artifact Entry.” 2019. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 27, 2019. https://cdli.earth/P516281.
CUSAS 40, 1497 artifact entry (No. P516281). (2019, September 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P516281
CUSAS 40, 1497 artifact entry (2019) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P516281 (Accessed: July 15, 2025).
@misc{2019CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-15]},
	year = {2019},
	month = {sep 27},
	title = {CUSAS 40, 1497 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P516281},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P516281},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2019/9/27/
PY  - 2019
ID  - P516281
LB  - CDLI:P516281
M1  - 2025/7/15/
TI  - CUSAS 40, 1497 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P516281
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