# An office or institution

> Still possible: KU.ŠIM designates an office or institution (for example a brewing or storage unit), not an individual.

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# An office or institution

KU.ŠIM designates an office or institution (for example a brewing or storage unit), not an individual.

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

## Where it stands

**Still possible** No evidence yet. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- KU.šIM recurs across archives or sites, as titles do.
- It takes the slot of titles in entries.

## What would rule it out

- KU.šIM written with a title such as SANGA as its qualifier in most entries, and confined to one archive.

## Evidence none for · none against

[The SANGA + X slot is filled mostly by offices and units, not names](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/evidence/EVD0DG37JBBTDSS/the-sanga-x-slot-is-filled-mostly-by-offices-and-units-not)

Suggestive

NEUTRAL

## 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). An office or institution [Answer ANS0DG364W3RVNJ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DG364W3RVNJ
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