CUSAS 40, 1601 (P516385)

Administrative 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)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. gesz? 1/2(disz) kusz3 al 6(disz) [...]
2. nu-banda3 sag-e-ki-ag2
3. 3(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 lu2-{d}en-lil2-la2
4. 1(esze3) n GAN2 szu-i3-[li2]-szu#?
5. ugula ha-ba-lu5-ge#
6. 2(iku)? GAN2 sag-e-ki-ag2
7. 4(iku) GAN2 szu!-ni-an-nam
8. [...] GAN2 lu2-{d}en-lil2-la2
9. ugula ba-sa6-sa6!-ga
10. 2(esze3) GAN2# [...] szu-ni-an#-[nam]
11. [...] 2(iku)? 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 sag-e-ki-ag2
12. 2(iku) 1/4(iku) lu2-{d}en-lil2-la2
13. [...] ur-{d}ga2!-ga2-x-ab?
14. [...] sag-e-ki-ag2#!
15. [... lu2]-{d}en-lil2#-[la2]
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] lugal-ma2-gur8-re# [ma2]-lah5#
2'. ($ blank space $) lu2-{d}en-lil2#-[la2]
3'. ($ blank space $) sag-e-ki-ag2
4'. ($ blank space $) szu-ni-an-nam
5'. ugula szesz-kal-la szu-ku6
blank space
6'. a2-gid2-da ki nu-banda3-ne
7'. szabra sza3-dingir-ra
8'. a-sza3 {d}nin-tu
9'. iti szu-[numun] u4 1(u) 7(disz) ba-zal
10'. mu na-ru2-a-mah {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-du3

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)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šū-Suen.06.06.17
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P516385
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P516385

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, 1601

[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.

Field plots

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2019-12-02 at 15:54:49	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, 1601 Artifact Entry.” 2019. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 27, 2019. https://cdli.earth/P516385.

CUSAS 40, 1601 artifact entry (No. P516385). (2019, September 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P516385

CUSAS 40, 1601 artifact entry (2019) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P516385 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

@misc{2019CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2019},
	month = {sep 27},
	title = {CUSAS 40, 1601 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P516385},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P516385},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2019/9/27/
PY  - 2019
ID  - P516385
LB  - CDLI:P516385
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - CUSAS 40, 1601 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P516385
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“CUSAS 40, 1601 Artifact Entry.” 2019. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 27, 2019. https://cdli.earth/P516385.

CUSAS 40, 1601 artifact entry (No. P516385). (2019, September 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P516385

CUSAS 40, 1601 artifact entry (2019) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P516385 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

@misc{2019CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2019},
	month = {sep 27},
	title = {CUSAS 40, 1601 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P516385},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P516385},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2019/9/27/
PY  - 2019
ID  - P516385
LB  - CDLI:P516385
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - CUSAS 40, 1601 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P516385
ER  -