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CUSAS 40, 1707 (P516491)
Administrative, Ur III, Irisagrig · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 40, 1707 |
|---|---|
| ID | P516491 |
| 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 | 1(disz) sila3 tu7 1(disz) ku6 | 1 sila3 soup, 1 fish |
| 2 | na-ba-a lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Nabaya, the royal messenger, |
| 3 | u4 |BAD.AN|{ki}-ta | from Dur-Bābilim |
| 4 | ki lugal-sze3 ba-gen-na-a | having gone to the royal place, |
| 5 | 1(disz) sila3 tu7 1(disz) ku6 | 1 sila3 soup, 1 fish |
| 6 | ne-lum lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Noble one, royal messenger, |
| 7 | u4 |BAD.AN|{ki}-sze3 ba-gen-na-a | when he went to Dūr |
| 8 | 2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6 | 2 sila3 soup, 2 fish |
| 9 | u2-tul2-ma-ma lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Utulama, the royal messenger. |
| 10 | u4 lu2 sa-gaz dab5-ba-de3 im-gen-na-a | When a man was seized, he came. |
| 11 | 2(disz) sila3 tu7 2(disz) ku6 | 2 sila3 soup, 2 fish |
| 12 | lu2!?-{d}nanna lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Lu-Nanna the messenger of the king |
| 13 | 1(disz) sila3 tu7 1(disz) ku6 | 1 sila3 soup, 1 fish |
| 14 | [nu]-ur2-ma-ti-szu lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | his pomegranates, the royal messenger |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | zi-ga | booked out |
| 2' | iti ezem-a-dara4 | month: “Festival-of-Adara,’ |
| 3' | mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal | year: “Ibbi-Suen is king.{d} |
| left | ||
| 1 | u4 2(disz)-kam | 2nd day, |
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