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CUSAS 40, 1601 (P516385)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 40, 1601 |
|---|---|
| ID | P516385 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) |
| Coordinates | 31.6669, 45.8861 |
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 | gesz? 1/2(disz) kusz3 al 6(disz) [...] | 1/2 cubit high, 6 ... |
| 2 | nu-banda3 sag-e-ki-ag2 | the overseer Še-kiag, |
| 3 | 3(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 lu2-{d}en-lil2-la2 | 3 3/4 iku field area: Lu-Enlila; |
| 4 | 1(esze3) n GAN2 szu-i3-[li2]-szu#? | 1 eše3 n gin2 field, Šu-iliszu(?) |
| 5 | ugula ha-ba-lu5-ge# | foreman: Habaluge |
| 6 | 2(iku)? GAN2 sag-e-ki-ag2 | 2 iku field area: Sag-ekiag; |
| 7 | 4(iku) GAN2 szu!-ni-an-nam | 4 iku field area: Šuni-annam |
| 8 | [...] GAN2 lu2-{d}en-lil2-la2 | field of Lu-Enlila |
| 9 | ugula ba-sa6-sa6!-ga | foreman: Basasaga, |
| 10 | 2(esze3) GAN2# [...] szu-ni-an#-[nam] | 2 eše3 field area ... Šuni-annam |
| 11 | [...] 2(iku)? 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 sag-e-ki-ag2 | ... 2 1/2? 1/4 iku field area: Sag-ekiag |
| 12 | 2(iku) 1/4(iku) lu2-{d}en-lil2-la2 | 2 1/4 iku, Lu-Enlila; |
| 13 | [...] ur-{d}ga2!-ga2-x-ab? | ... Ur-Gagab |
| 14 | [...] sag-e-ki-ag2#! | ... is loved(?) |
| 15 | [... lu2]-{d}en-lil2#-[la2] | Lu-Enlila |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] lugal-ma2-gur8-re# [ma2]-lah5# | ... Lugal-magure, the boatman |
| 2' | ($ blank space $) lu2-{d}en-lil2#-[la2] | Lu-Enlila |
| 3' | ($ blank space $) sag-e-ki-ag2 | (for) Sag-e-kiag |
| 4' | ($ blank space $) szu-ni-an-nam | Šuni-annam |
| 5' | ugula szesz-kal-la szu-ku6 | foreman: Šeškalla, fisherman; |
| 6' | a2-gid2-da ki nu-banda3-ne | long-tablets, with the overseers; |
| 7' | szabra sza3-dingir-ra | the chief household administrator of Ša-dingira, |
| 8' | a-sza3 {d}nin-tu | field of Nintu, |
| 9' | iti szu-[numun] u4 1(u) 7(disz) ba-zal | The month of Dumuzi, the day 17 passed |
| 10' | mu na-ru2-a-mah {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-du3 | year: “The great stele of Enlil was erected. |
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