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CUSAS 40, 1701 (P516485)

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

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Designation	CUSAS 40, 1701
ID	P516485
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 col 1
1	[1/2(disz)] ma-na 5(disz) gin2 [ku3] al-hul	1/2 mana 5 shekels silver was destroyed
2	[4(gesz'u) 2(gesz2)] 3(u) 3(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3	233 workdays, male laborers
3	[si-i3]-tum	sītum
4	[mu {d}szu]-{d}suen [lugal] uri5#{ki}-ma-ke4 na-[ru2-a]-mah {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-du3	year: “Šū-Suen, king of Ur, Great-stele for Enlil and Ninlil erected.‭
5	mu?-kux(DU)	delivery;
6	4(disz)! gurusz! [u4 1(disz)-sze3]	4 workdays, male laborers
7	{gesz}tukul x x	with weapons
8	iti szu-gar-ra-ta	from month “Šūgara’
9	[iti] sze-sag11-ku5-sze3	in the month of Addarum
obverse col 2
1	iti-bi iti 1(u) 2(disz)-am3	its months: 12 months;
2	a2-bi 2(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3	its labor: 240 workdays, male laborers,
3	1/2(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2 ku3 al-hul	1/2 mana 5 shekels silver was destroyed;
4	szunigin 1(szar2) 6(gesz2) 3(u) 3(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3	total: 123 workdays, male laborers
5	sag nig2-gur11-ra	the capital of the property
6	sza3-bi-ta	therefrom:
7	3(gesz2) 5(u) 6(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3	126 workdays, male laborers,
8	zi-ga-am3	booked out,
9	[...] iti? ne? kin? [...]	... the month of ...,
10	x [...] ne? gesz [...]	... wood(?)
11	a2-bi 1(szar2) 1(gesz2) u4 1(disz)-[sze3]	its labor: 260 workdays
reverse col 1
1	si?-lu-um gu2 i7#-t,a-bi2-ma-ma ba-a-gar	Silûm on the bank of the Tigris was established
2	giri3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 dub-sar	via Ur-Baba, the scribe;
3	kiszib3 ur-mes	under seal of Ur-mes;
4	1/3(disz) gurusz	1/3 male laborer,
5	iti szu-gar-ra-ta	from month “Šūgara’
6	iti sze-sag11-ku5-sze3	to month “Harvest,‭
7	iti-bi iti 1(u) 2(disz)-am3	its months: 12 months;
8	a2-bi 2(gesz2) u4 1(disz)-sze3	its labor: 240 workdays;
9	szesz-gal erin2-na-me	the chief brother of the troops,
10	zi-ga-am3	booked out,
11	szunigin 1(szar2) 7(gesz2) 5(u) 6(disz) gurusz	total: 7656 male laborers
12	zi-ga-am3	booked out,
13	1/2(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2 ku3 al-hul	1/2 mana 5 shekels silver was destroyed;
reverse col 2
1	si-i3-tum	sītum-disease
2	szunigin 1(gesz2) 2(u) 3(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3	total: 83 workdays, male laborers,
3	diri-am3	surpassing
4	nig2-ka9-ak	accounts
5	a2 nam-ku3-dim2-e-ne	the labor of the silversmiths
6	ku#-e-la-ak ugula gesz-kin-ti	Ku-Elak, foreman of the work-assignment
7	[iti] szu#-gar-ra-ta	from month "Šugara"
8	[iti] sze#-sag11-ku5-sze3	in the month of Addarum
9	[iti]-bi# iti 1(u) 2(disz)-am3	its months: 12 months
10	[mu] {d}szu-{d}suen [lugal] uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 [ma-da] za-ab-sza-li{ki} [mu]-hul	year: “Šū-Suen, king of Ur, the land of Zabšali destroyed.

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