UET 3, 0978 (P137303)

Administrative tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM —

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. [...]
2. [ki ...]-{d}x ugula usz-bar-ta
3. mu nig2-ba geme2 usz-bar-e-ne-sze3
reverse
1. sza3 szu-na-mu-gi4
2. u3 ki {d}nanna-gu2-gal
3. iti szu-esz5-sza
4. mu x x x

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P137303

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Excavation Number U 04570
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Museum Number IM —
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 011283
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) U.4570

References

  • primary: UET 3, 978

    [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
2023-01-19 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
2017-02-28 at 17:16:33 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:15:22 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:24 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, 0978 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137303.
UET 3, 0978 artifact entry (No. P137303). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137303 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 0978 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137303 (Accessed: April 26, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UET 3, 0978 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137303},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137303},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137303
LB  - CDLI:P137303
M1  - 2026/4/26/
TI  - UET 3, 0978 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137303
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 0978 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137303.
UET 3, 0978 artifact entry (No. P137303). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137303 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 0978 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137303 (Accessed: April 26, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UET 3, 0978 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137303},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137303},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137303
LB  - CDLI:P137303
M1  - 2026/4/26/
TI  - UET 3, 0978 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137303
ER  -
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