UET 3, 1502 (P137828)

Administrative tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 130461

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. x {na4#}musz-gir2 i3-li2-ku-bu-um tusz-a
2. 2(disz) gurusz la2-ia3
3. zadim-me
4. 3(u) 7(disz) gurusz gub 1(disz) gurusz ga2-nun-na-ta u3-suh5 ga6-ga2?
5. 1(gesz2) gurusz |USZxSA| e2-gal-la tusz-a 1(disz) gurusz e2-an-na-tum2
6. nagar-me
7. [x] gurusz {gesz}ban-dim2 [...]
8. 3(u) 1(disz) gurusz gub-ba 5(disz) [...]
9. [x] gurusz e2 {d}inanna [...]
10. simug [...]
11. dux(GIN2)-la2 [...]
  rest broken
reverse
1. 1(disz) [...]
2. 1(disz) gurusz [...]
3. 2(disz) gurusz ga2-nun [...]
4. 2(disz) gurusz la2-ia3 [...]
5. aszgab [...]
6. tug2-du8 [hun-ga2]
7. 2(u) 7(disz) gurusz gub-ba
8. 1(u) 2(disz) gurusz ARAD2-{d}nanna ba-an-zi-ge gub-ba
9. 1(disz) gurusz gi-GAN2-la e2 {d}nin-ku3-nun-na kal-kal-e
10. ad-kup4-me
11. 1(disz) geme2-{d}nanna lu2 sa-hi-ra

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P137828

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Excavation Number U 04456
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 130461
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 011807
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.130461
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1948-0423-361

References

  • primary: UET 3, 1502

    [Legrain1937UET3] Legrain, Léon. 1937. Business Documents of the Third Dynasty of Ur. Ur Excavations. Texts 3. London: The Trustees of the two museums.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-09-15 at 08:16:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:16:17 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:37 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1502 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137828.
UET 3, 1502 artifact entry (No. P137828). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137828 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1502 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137828 (Accessed: April 14, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {UET 3, 1502 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137828},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137828},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137828
LB  - CDLI:P137828
M1  - 2026/4/14/
TI  - UET 3, 1502 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137828
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1502 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137828.
UET 3, 1502 artifact entry (No. P137828). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137828 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1502 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137828 (Accessed: April 14, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {UET 3, 1502 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137828},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137828},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137828
LB  - CDLI:P137828
M1  - 2026/4/14/
TI  - UET 3, 1502 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137828
ER  -
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