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CUSAS 40, 1843 (P516627)
Administrative, Ur III, Irisagrig · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 40, 1843 |
|---|---|
| ID | P516627 |
| 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 | 3(ban2) kasz 3(ban2) ninda | 3 ban2, beer, 3 ban2 bread, |
| 2 | 1(disz) sila3 ninda i3-de2-a | 1 sila3 of idea bread |
| 3 | ur-{d}szu-{d}suen egir sukkal-mah | Ur-Šū-Sîn, after the chief minister; |
| 4 | [3(disz)] sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread |
| 5 | ur#-{d}szul-gi-ra lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Ur-Šulgi the messenger of the king |
| 6 | u4 i3-gesz a-hu-ni-sze3 im-e-re-sza-a | When he brought the oil to his brother, |
| 7 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, |
| 8 | li#-bur-be-li2 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Libur-bēlī, royal messenger |
| 9 | [3(disz) sila3] kasz# 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread |
| 10 | [ha-la-sza lu2] kin#-gi4-a lugal | share of the royal messenger |
| 11 | [u4 muszen-tur]-tur#-sze3 im-e-re-sza-a | when the little birds were brought in |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz)] sila3 ninda | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread |
| 2 | [1(disz) sila3 ninda] i3#-de2-a | 1 sila3 bread, Idea |
| 3 | [ur-{d}ba-ba6 lu2 kin]-gi4-a lugal | Ur-Baba, royal messenger |
| 4 | [3(disz) sila3 kasz] 2(disz)! sila3 ninda | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread |
| 5 | [e-ba-tal] lu2 kin-gi4-a sukkal-mah | Ebatal, messenger, chief minister |
| 6 | 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 3 sila3 beer, 2 sila3, bread, |
| 7 | ir-du-um-al-su2 lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal | Irdum-alsu, the royal messenger, |
| 8 | u4 ki ensi2?-sze3 im-e-re-sza-a | when he brought it to the place of the governor |
| 9 | [2(disz)] 1(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda | 2 1 sila3 beer, 2 sila 3 bread |
| 10 | [{d}]nanna!(SZES)-szesz lu2 ur3-ra | Nanna-aḫeš, the man of Ur |
| 11 | [zi]-ga | booked out |
| 12 | iti szu-gar-gal | month: “Šugargal, |
| 13 | [mu {d}]i-bi2-{d}suen lugal | year: “Ibbi-Suen (is) king. |
| left | ||
| 1 | u4 2(u) 2(disz)-kam | 22nd day, |
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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