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CUSAS 40, 1456 (P516240)
Administrative, Ur III, Irisagrig · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 40, 1456 |
|---|---|
| ID | P516240 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 | 2(u) 4(disz) erin2 5(disz) sila3-ta | 24 labor-troops at 5 sila3 (per day) |
| 2 | ugula nu-ur2-{d}suen | foreman: Nur-Suen; |
| 3 | 2(u) 5(disz)? erin2 5(disz) sila3-ta | 25(?) labor-troops at 5 sila3 (per day) |
| 4 | ugula ur?-[...]-in | foreman: Ur- |
| 5 | 3(disz) erin2 5(disz) sila3-ta | 3 labor-troops at 5 sila3 each, |
| 6 | engar sze-[gesz]-i3 | farmer of sesame |
| 7 | 2(disz) szu-gi4# 5(disz)? sila3-ta | 2 šugi3 5 sila3 each |
| 8 | [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] erin2 [...] | ... troops ... |
| 2 | ugula nu-ur2-{d}szul-gi | foreman: Nur-Šulgi |
| 3 | 4(disz)? erin2 5(disz) sila3-ta | 4(?) labor-troops at 5 sila3 (per day) |
| 4 | ugula szu-[...] | foreman: Shu- |
| 5 | [...] sila3#-ta x x ugula a-zi | ... per sila ... foreman: Azi |
| 6 | 2(disz) erin2 5(disz) sila3-ta szu-i | 2 labor-troops at 5 sila3 each, |
| 7 | ($ blank space $) 1(gesz2) 1(u) 1(disz) erin2 5(disz) sila3 ta | (total:) 91 labor-troops, 5 sila3 each |
| 8 | sze-bi 1(asz) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 | its barley: 1 (gur) 5 ban2 5 sila3 |
| 9 | iti {gesz}apin u4 2(disz) ba-zal | the month “Plow,’ the day 2 passed, |
Sources & licences
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- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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