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CUSAS 40, 1453 (P516237)
Business / Contracts, Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 40, 1453 |
|---|---|
| ID | P516237 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Business / Contracts |
| Find spot | Irisagrig (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(bur3) GAN2 uru4-a gesz-gaba-tab_ | 1 bur3 surface area in the meadow of the quay |
| 2 | _sze-bi 2(asz) gur_ | its barley: 2 gur |
| 3 | _ki_ kur-bi-la-ak _szabra-ta_ | from Kurbilak the chief household administrator |
| 4 | ki-ma a-na _e2 u4-1(u)-5(disz)_ | as for the house of the 15th day |
| 5 | i-na e-re-szi2-im | at harvest time |
| 6 | u3-qa2-ta2-u3-ma | he smote, and |
| 7 | _kiszib3_ kur-bi-la-ak _szabra_ | seal of Kurbilak, the chief household administrator |
| 8 | a-na ensi2 | to the governor |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [u3-ba]-la-[na] | Ubalana |
| 2 | qu2#-[ru-ud-sa3 _nu-banda3_ masz-kan2 pu-sa{ki}] | Qurudsa, the captain of Maškan of Pusa |
| 3 | ni-isz _lugal_ it-[ma] | The king, my lord, knows this. |
| 4 | lu i-du-ku-szu-na | they should have killed him. |
| 5 | _kiszib3_ sze-li2-bu-um# | Seal of Šelībum |
| 6 | _iti_ gi-sig-ga _u4 1(u) 5(disz)? ba-zal_ | The month of Kisigga, the day 15 passed |
| 7 | _mu_ {d}szu-{d}suen _lugal_ uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 _e2_ {d}szara2 umma{ki}-ka _mu-du3_ | year: “Šū-Sîn, king of Ur, the house of Šara of Umma erected. |
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