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CUSAS 03, 1513 (P499909)
Administrative, Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 03, 1513 |
|---|---|
| ID | P499909 |
| Museum no. | Anonymous 499909 |
| Collection | anonymous |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
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 | 1(disz) 1/2(disz) ninda dagal 2(gesz2) ninda gid2 1(disz) 1/2(disz) kusz3 bur3 | 1 1/2 ninda the breadth, 2 šēdu the length, 1 1/2 cubits the depth, |
| 2 | a-sza3-bi 4(gesz2) 3(u) sar | its area: 240 sar; |
| 3 | 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) ninda gid2 1/2(disz) kusz3 bur3 | 115 ninda length at 1/2 cubit depth, |
| 4 | a-sza3-bi 5(u) 6(disz) sar | its area: 56 sar; |
| 5 | 4(u) ninda gid2 1(disz) 1/2(disz) kusz3 bur3 | 40 ninda length 1 1/2 cubits depth, |
| 6 | a-sza3-bi 1(gesz2) 3(u) sar | its area: 90 sar; |
| 7 | 1(u) 5(disz) ninda gid2 2(disz) kusz3 bur3 | 15 ninda length at 2 cubits depth, |
| 8 | a-sza3-bi 4(u) 5(disz) sar | its area: 45 sar; |
| 9 | 2(u) ninda gid2 1(disz) kusz3 bur3 | 20 ninda the length, 1 cubit the depth, |
| 10 | a-sza3-bi 3(u) sar | its area: 30 sar; |
| 11 | 2(u) 5(disz) ninda gid2 1/2(disz) kusz3 bur3 | 25 ninda length at 1/2 cubit depth, |
| 12 | a-sza3-bi 1(u) 8(disz) 2/3(disz) sar 5(disz) gin2 | its area: 18 2/3 sar 5 shekels; |
| 13 | 1(u) 3(disz) ninda gid2 1(disz) 1/2(disz) kusz3 bur3 | 13 ninda length at 1 1/2 cubits depth, |
| 14 | a-sza3-bi 3(u) sar | its area: 30 sar; |
| 15 | 4(u) ninda gid2 nu-tuku | 40 ninda length not having |
| 16 | 1(u) 5(disz) ninda gid2 1(disz) kusz3 bur3 | 15 ninda length at 1 cubit depth, |
| 17 | [a]-sza3-bi 2(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sar | its area: 22 1/2 sar |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 4(u) 5(disz) ninda gid2 1/2(disz) kusz3 bur3 | 45 ninda length at 1/2 cubit depth, |
| 2 | a-sza3-bi 3(u) 3(disz) 2/3(disz) sar 5(disz) gin2 | its area: 33 2/3 sar 5 shekels; |
| 3 | 1(gesz2) ninda gid2 1(disz) kusz3 bur3 | 60 ninda the length, 1 cubit the depth, |
| 4 | a-sza3-bi 1(gesz2) 3(u) sar | its area: 90 sar; |
| 5 | 4(u) ninda gid2 1/2(disz) kusz3 bur3 | 40 ninda length at 1/2 cubit depth, |
| 6 | a-sza3-bi 3(u) sar | its area: 30 sar; |
| 7 | 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) ninda gid2 1/2(disz) kusz3 bur3 | 10 (sixties) ninda long at 1/2 cubit per bur3 (volume), |
| 8 | a-sza3-bi 8(gesz2) sar 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 | its area: 805 shekels; |
| 9 | szunigin 2(gesz'u) 1(u) 1(disz)? sar | total: 171(?) sar |
| 10 | sahar zi-ga i7-lugal | piled-up soil of the royal canal |
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