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CUSAS 40, 1849 (P516633)
Business / Contracts, Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 40, 1849 |
|---|---|
| ID | P516633 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Business / Contracts |
| Find spot | Irisagrig (mod. uncertain) |
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 | _6(bur3) GAN2 uru4-a 2(disz) gu4_ | 6 bur3 field area: cultivated land; 2 oxen |
| 2 | qu2-ru-ud-sa3 | her husband |
| 3 | _6(disz) nu-banda3 1(bur3) GAN2-ta_ | 6 supervisors at 1 bur3 field area each |
| 4 | _a2 {gesz}gaba-tab_ | labor of the ladder |
| 5 | _ugula_ qu2-ru-ud-sa3 _nu-banda3_ | foreman: Qurudsa, the overseer |
| 6 | _[sze]-numun# 2(u) 4(asz) gur_ | seed barley, 24 gur |
| 7 | [_ki_ kur-bi-la-ak _ugula-ta_] | from Kurbilak the foreman |
| 8 | [ki-ma a-na _e2 u4-1(u)-5(disz)_] | as for the house of the 15th day |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-na e-re-szi2-im | at harvest time |
| 2 | u3-qa2-ta2-u3-ma | he smote, and |
| 3 | _kiszib3_ kur-bi-la-ak _szabra_ | seal of Kurbilak, the chief household administrator |
| 4 | a-na _ensi2_ u3-ba-la-[na] | to the governor Ubalana |
| 5 | qu2-ru-ud-sa3 nu-banda3 _masz-kan2_ pu-[sa{ki}] | Qurusa, the overseer of the extispicy of Pusa |
| 6 | [ni-isz _lugal_ it-ma] | The king said: |
| 7 | [lu i-du-lu-szu-na] | may they kill him! |
| 8 | [_kiszib3_ tu-ra-am-i3-li2] | seal of Turam-ilī |
| 9 | [_iti_ ezem-a-bi _u4 3(u) ba-zal_] | The month of Addarum, the day 30 passed |
| 10 | [_mu_ {d}szu-{d}suen _lugal_ uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 _e2_ {d}szara2 umma{ki}-ka _mu-du3_] | year: “Šū-Sîn, king of Ur, the house of Šara of Umma erected. |
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