# A person

> Still possible: KU.ŠIM names one person, an official who handled barley and malt at Uruk.

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Answer · Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk

# A person

KU.ŠIM names one person, an official who handled barley and malt at Uruk.

**Still possible** Answers **1** question0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** One piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- KU.šIM is absent from the archaic professions and officials lists.
- Its tablets cluster in a single archive and time span.
- It stands beside titles (SANGA) the way names do.

## What would rule it out

- KU.šIM appears as an entry in Lu2 A or the Officials list, or in unrelated archives across sites.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[Kushim: confined to one archive, absent from the title lists, often written beside SANGA](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/evidence/EVD0DG367HPYKNT/kushim-confined-to-one-archive-absent-from-the-title-lists)

Suggestive

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## Tested by 1 run

| Run | Measured | Result | Against | Decision | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run | share of a type's tablets in its largest publication volume / provenience | 0.909 | Names median 0.67–0.70 (n = 4), titles 0.50–0.67 (n = 6) | Undecided; the distribution features cannot separate names from titles in this corpus (too few recurrent marked names). | |

## The questions it answers

[Is KU.ŠIM ('Kushim') in the Uruk III barley accounts a person's name or an office?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/questions/QST0DG361XDYRE2/is-ku-sim-kushim-in-the-uruk-iii-barley-accounts-a-persons)

Part of [Do the roughly 440 personal names in the archaic texts follow Sumerian, Semitic or some other naming pattern?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/questions/QST0DEDTDFDF2VV/do-the-roughly-440-personal-names-in-the-archaic-texts)

Open2 answers, none ahead

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). A person [Answer ANS0DG364FTTKN7]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DG364FTTKN7
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