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CUSAS 40, 1889 (P516673)
Administrative, Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 40, 1889 |
|---|---|
| ID | P516673 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | uncertain (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 | [...]-ha-lum | ...-halum |
| 2 | [na]-ra-am-i3-li2 | Naram-ilī |
| 3 | in-sa10 | he bought. |
| 4 | u3 sze na-ra-am-i3-li2 | and the barley of Naram-ilī |
| 5 | ba-an-zuh | he cut off. |
| 6 | mu sze ba-an-zuh | year: “Barley was cut off. |
| 7 | nam-ARAD2 na-ra-am-i3-li2-ka ba-an-dah | He took away the servantship of Naram-ilī. |
| 8 | igi bu-bu dumu lugal | before Bubu, son of the king |
| 9 | igi al-la nar | before Alla, the singer |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | igi ur-{d}li9-si4-na ensi2 umma{ki} | before Ur-Lisina, ruler of Umma |
| 2 | igi lu2-{d}nanna dumu lugal | before Lu-Nanna, son of the king |
| 3 | igi ur-du6-ku3-ga nar | before Ur-dukuga, the musician |
| 4 | igi a-bi2-li2 sukkal | before Abilī, the messenger |
| 5 | igi-ne-ne-sze3 | before them |
| 6 | nam sze ba-an-zuh-a-sze3 | because of the fate of the barley being cut off, |
| 7 | ka-ka-na ba-ge-en | in his mouth he set. |
| 8 | [iti ...] {d}nin-a-zu | month “... of Ninazu |
| 9 | [mu en] {d}nanna masz2-e in-pa3 | year: “The en-priestess of Nanna by means of extispicy was chosen. |
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