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CUSAS 40, 0588 (P515372)

Administrative, Ur III, Irisagrig · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE

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Designation	CUSAS 40, 0588
ID	P515372
Museum no.	IM —
Language	Sumerian
Period	Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
Genre	Administrative
Find spot	Irisagrig
Coordinates	32.1529, 45.3689

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(barig)] kasz 1(barig) ninda	[1 barig] beer, 1 barig bread
2	nu-ur2-{d}utu ra2-gaba lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Nūr-Utu the courier the messenger of the king
3	3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda szu-esz18-dar sagi	3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread for Shu-Ištar, cupbearer;
4	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda {d}da-gan-kal gu4-[gaz]	2 liters of beer, 2 litres of bread for Dagankal the slaughterer of oxen
5	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda ad-da-kal-la gu4-gaz	2 liters of beer, 2 litres of bread for Addakala, the slaughterer of oxen,
6	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda s,a-li-a lu2 uzu	2 sila3 of beer, 2 ṣallia bread for the meat-worker;
7	2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda ab-ba-mu lu2 uzu	2 sila3 of beer, 2 qû of bread of Abbamu, the man who the flesh
8	u4 siskur2 lugal-sze3 im-e-re-sza-a	when the sacrificial sheep were brought to the king,
9	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda ur-{d}en-ki sukkal	5 sila3 beer, 5 sla3 bread: Ur-Enki, the messenger;
10	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda ni-du lu2 uzu	5 sila3 of beer, 5 qû of bread of the nidu-official, the man of meat,
11	3(ban2) kasz 2(ban2) ninda muhaldim e2 uzu-me	3 ban2 beer, 2 ban2 bread: the cook of the meat-house;
12	u4 uzu dar-e im-e-re-sza-a ki ni-du-a	When the flesh of the sheep is split, when the earth is trembling
13	1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ninda	1 ban₂ 5 sila3 beer, 1ban<5 sila> bread,
14	ur-[{d}ba]-ba6 dub-sar lugal	Ur-Baba, royal scribe
15	5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	5 sila3 beer, 5 sila3 bread,
16	u4 [...] lugal	when ... king
17	[...]-e-de3 [im-e-re-sza]-a	In order to bring ... to her
reverse
1	[...] lu2 kin-[gi4]-a lugal	... the messenger of the king
2	u4# [...]-sze3 im-gen-na-a	When ... came
3	4(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda	4 sila3 beer, 5 sila2 bread,
4	szesz-kal-la aga3-us2 lugal tu-ra	Šeškalla, soldier of the king of Tūra.
5	u4 en-nu-ga2# sze buru14-ka-sze3 im-gen-na-a lu2 sa-gaz-ke4 in-[sag3-ga]	At the time of my watch, when the barley of the harvest came, the sag-demon struck
6	5(disz) [sila3 kasz] sila3# ninda	5 qû of beer, sila3 of bread
7	hu-um-[...] lu2# kin-gi4-a lugal#	Hum-..., the messenger of the king
8	u4 kaskal [ansze] lugal#-sze3 im-e-[re-sza-a]	when he will bring the horses to the king
9	[...]
10	[...]
11	[...]
12	[... lu2 kin]-gi4-a lugal	..., royal messenger
13	[iti {gesz}]apin#?	month: “Plow;’
14	[mu {d}i-bi2-{d}]suen? [lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 en {d}inanna] unu{ki}-ga# masz2#-e! i3-pa3#	year: “Ibbi-Suen, king of Ur, the en-priest of Inanna in Uruk by means of extispicy was chosen.‭
left
1	u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam#	27th day

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