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CUSAS 40, 0917 (P499900)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 40, 0917 |
|---|---|
| ID | P499900 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) |
| Coordinates | 31.6669, 45.8861 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 5(u) 3(disz) udu [bar]-gal2 | 53 fattened sheep |
| 2 | 2(gesz2) 2(u) 6(disz) udu# bar su-ga | 166 sheep, ... fleece |
| 3 | 1(u) 1(disz) masz2 | 11 gazelles, |
| 4 | udu sila4 udu-ka | sheep and lambs of the sheep |
| 5 | 3(u) 9(disz) udu sila4 kin-gi4-a bar-gal2 | 39 rams, lambs, envoys, bar-gal, |
| 6 | 1(disz) ud5 | 1 nanny goat |
| 7 | 1(u) 4(disz) udu bar-gal2 | 14 fattened sheep, |
| 8 | 2(u) la 1(disz@t) sila4 bar-gal2 | 20 less 1 lambs, suckling, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 4(u) udu bar su-ga | 40 fattened sheep |
| 2 | sa2-du11 {d}szara2 | regular offerings of Šara, |
| 3 | ki lu2-{d}ha-ia3-ta | from Lu-Ḫaya |
| 4 | gaba#-ri kiszib3 usz-mu | copy under seal of Ušmu |
| 5 | mu e2 {d}szara2 ba-du3 | year: “The house of Šara was erected. |
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