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CUSAS 40, 1519 (P516303)

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

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Designation	CUSAS 40, 1519
ID	P516303
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	2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
2	szu-[nu-nu] lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Šununu, the royal messenger
3	2(disz) [sila3] tu7 2(disz) ku6	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
4	[hu-pi5-dan] lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Ḫu-pi-dan, royal messenger
5	[2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6]	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
6	[pu-szu-ki-in lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal]	Pušukin, royal messenger
7	[2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6]	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
8	[szar-ru-um-i3-li2 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal]	Šarrum-ilī, royal messenger
9	[2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6]	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
10	[lugal-ezem lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal]	Lugal-ezem, messenger of the king
11	[u4 erin2 sze gur10-gur10 zi-zi-de3 im-e-re-sza-a]	When the labor-troops piled up barley to be spread out,
12	[2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6]	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
13	[szu-{d}nin-szubur lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal]	Šū-Ninszubur, royal messenger
14	[2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6]	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
15	[ki-nam-usz-sze2 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal]	to Kinamush, the royal messenger
16	[2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6]	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
17	[pu-su lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal]	Pusu, royal messenger
18	[u4 me-he2-il-tum-sze3 im-e-re-sza-a]	when he brought it to an end
reverse
1	[2(disz)] sila3 tu7 2(disz)! [ku6]	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
2	[ur-{d}szul]-gi lu2 kin#-gi4-a lugal	Ur-Šulgi, royal messenger
3	[...] udu sze6-ga2	... sheep in my sheepfold
4	6(disz) sila3 tu7	6 sila3 soup
5	szu-{d}szul-gi dumu sukkal-mah	Šū-Šulgi, son of the vizier
6	u4 ki ensi2#-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when he came to the place of the governor
7	2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
8	nu-ur2-i3-li2 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Nur-ilī, royal messenger.
9	2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6	2 sila3 soup, 2 fish
10	szar-ru-um-i3-li2 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal	Šarrum-ilī, royal messenger.
11	u4 lu2 kin-gi4-a ensi2 ha-ar-szi{ki} mu-la-he2	when messengers of the governor of Ḫarši gathered
12	sza3 iri{ki}	in the city
13	1(disz) sila3 tu7 1(disz) ku6	1 sila3 soup, 1 fish
14	i-ku-me-szar sipa ur-gi7-ra	Ikumešar, the shepherd of the dogs,
15	1(disz) sila3 tu7 1(disz) ku6	1 sila3 soup, 1 fish
16	{d}nanna-szesz lu2 ur3-ra	Nanna-aḫē, the man of Ur
17	1(disz) sila3 tu7 1(disz) ku6	1 sila3 soup, 1 fish
18	he2#-en6-ti lu2 tir	May the man of the forest
19	u4 sze-duru5-sze3 im-gen-na-a	when he came to the barley rations,
20	zi-ga	booked out
21	iti szu-gar-ra	month: “Šugara,’
22	mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal	year: “Ibbi-Suen is king.{d}
left
1	u4 2(u)-kam	20th day

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