CUSAS 40, 1805 (P516589)

Administrative 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)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
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column 1'
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1'. [...] x
2'. [...] x
3'. [...] x
4'. [...] x
column 2'
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1'. [1(u) 2(disz) udu bar gal2]
2'. [kiszib3 ur-{d}]iszkur [sipa]
3'. [1(asz) 4(barig) 1(disz)] 1/3(disz)! sila3 sze gur
4'. [kiszib3] in#-sa6-sa6
5'. [diri 1/3(disz)] ma-na 6(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 1(u) 5(disz) sze ku3
6'. [la2]-ia3 5(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) sa gi
7'. [kiszib3] lu2-gi-na szabra
8'. 1(u) szah2 niga ku3-bi 1(u) gin2
9'. 2(u) 1(asz) 4(barig) sze gur
10'. kiszib3 gu-du-du dub!-sar#
11'. 1(u) 5(asz) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze [gur]
12'. kiszib3 lugal-ba-ta!-e3# [muhaldim]
  rest broken
column 3'
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1'. 3(asz) 2(barig) [sze gur]
2'. kiszib3 di-[ni-li2]
3'. 4(barig) 3(ban2) [sze]
4'. kiszib3 ur-{d}szara2? [...]
5'. 2(disz) udu
6'. 2(u) 6(disz) 1/3(disz)? [masz2]
7'. 3(u) 2(disz) ma-na [siki]
8'. kiszib3 [ur-nigar{+gar} kuruszda]
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. 3(u) [ma-na esir2 a-ba-al]
2'. 2(barig) 3(ban2) 4(disz) [sila3 5(disz) gin2 zu2-lum]
3'. 2(ban2) {gesz!}[haszhur-had2]
4'. 6(disz) ma-[na siki-ud5]
5'. 3(u) 7(asz) gu2 im#-[babbar2]
6'. 5(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 [ku3-babbar]
7'. 2(barig) 3(ban2) 3(disz) [1/3(disz) sila3 5(disz) gin2 esza]
  rest broken
column 2
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1'. 4(barig) [1(ban2) dabin]
2'. kiszib3 [he2-sa6 aga3-us2]
3'. 8(asz) 3(barig) [4(ban2) gur]
4'. kiszib3 nam-[ha-ni dub-sar]
5'. 7(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 7(disz) sila3# [la2 4(disz@t) gin2] sze gur
6'. 2(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 dabin gur
7'. 1(ban2) zi3-gazx(KUM)
8'. kiszib3 a-a-ki-lu5-la
9'. 1(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) 6(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur
10’. 1(disz) kikken zi-bi2 szu se3-ga
11’. kiszib3 szesz-kal-la dumu du10-ga
12’. 1(asz) gu2 3(u) 2(disz) ma-na siki gi
13’. kiszib3 ur-{d}ma#-[mi sipa]
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column 3
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1'. [kiszib3 ur]-{d}szara2 dumu [i]-di3!
2'. [3(disz)] masz2
3'. [kiszib3 la-a]-mu sipa
4'. [2(u) 4(disz) sze] ku3
5'. [kiszib3 la-a]-mu simug
  blank space
  rest broken

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: CUSAS 40, 1805

    [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.

    [Arrears? of] various goods of [lu2 ni3-dab5-ba-ke4-ne (?)] in 14 years

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  • Museum No.: IM —
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2019-12-02 at 15:54:46 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2019-09-27 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 40, 1805 Artifact Entry.” 2019. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 27, 2019. https://cdli.earth/P516589.
CUSAS 40, 1805 artifact entry (No. P516589). (2019, September 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P516589
CUSAS 40, 1805 artifact entry (2019) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P516589 (Accessed: August 14, 2025).
@misc{2019CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-14]},
	year = {2019},
	month = {sep 27},
	title = {CUSAS 40, 1805 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P516589},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P516589},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2019/9/27/
PY  - 2019
ID  - P516589
LB  - CDLI:P516589
M1  - 2025/8/14/
TI  - CUSAS 40, 1805 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P516589
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 40, 1805 Artifact Entry.” 2019. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 27, 2019. https://cdli.earth/P516589.
CUSAS 40, 1805 artifact entry (No. P516589). (2019, September 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P516589
CUSAS 40, 1805 artifact entry (2019) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P516589 (Accessed: August 14, 2025).
@misc{2019CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-14]},
	year = {2019},
	month = {sep 27},
	title = {CUSAS 40, 1805 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P516589},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P516589},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2019/9/27/
PY  - 2019
ID  - P516589
LB  - CDLI:P516589
M1  - 2025/8/14/
TI  - CUSAS 40, 1805 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P516589
ER  -
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