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CUSAS 40, 0795 (P515579)
Administrative, Ur III, Irisagrig · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 40, 0795 |
|---|---|
| ID | P515579 |
| 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 | 3(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 4(u) 8(disz)? geme2 libir 1(u) gin2 i3-szah2-ta | 198(?) old female laborers, 10 shekels of lard each |
| 2 | 3(gesz2) 2(u) geme2# sag#-dub 1/2(disz) sila3-ta | 220 female laborers, sagdub work, 1/2 sila3 (per day) |
| 3 | 1(u) 2(disz) geme2 szu-gi4 1/3(disz) sila3-ta | 12 šugi female laborers, 1/3 sila3 each |
| 4 | geme2 a-ru-a lugal | female laborers, royal donations, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i3-szah2-bi 1(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 1(u) gin2 gur | its lard: 1 gur 2 barig 1 ban2 2 sila3 10 shekels; |
| 2 | i3-[ba geme2 usz-bar-e]-ne | at the oil of the female weavers |
| 3 | szu [ba-ab-ti] | he took |
| 4 | iti# [ezem-{d}szul]-gi | month: “Festival-of-Šulgi,’ |
| 5 | mu {d}[szu-{d}suen] lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 e2 {d}szara2 umma{ki}-ka mu-du3 | year: “Šu-Suen, king of Ur, the house of Šara in Umma erected. |
| seal 1 col 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}szu-{d}suen | Šū-Suen, |
| 2 | lugal kal-ga | mighty king |
| 3 | lugal uri5{ki}-ma | king of Ur |
| 4 | lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba | king of the four quarters |
| seal 1 col 2 | ||
| 1 | a-li2-ni-su | Ali-nisu |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | nu-banda3 usz-bar | the overseer of weavers |
| 4 | ARAD2-zu | your servant. |
Sources & licences
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