UET 3, 1077 (P137402)

Administrative tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 47-29-180

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
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. [...]-na
3'. [...] sze
4'. [...] 1(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) gur
5'. [...] ku3-nun-na
6'. [...] gur
7'. [iti] a2-ki-ti
8'. [x] ur-ku3-nun-na
9'. [x] tu-ra-am-i3-li2
10'. [x] a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
11'. [x] a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
12'. [x] ur-ku3-nun-na
13'. [...] 5(disz) sila3 gur
14'. [...] nam-ARAD2
15'. [... tu]-ra-am-i3-li2
16'. [...]
  rest broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [ki ...] x-{d}nin-mah-e
2'. ugula lu2-giri17-zal szandana-ta
3'. 5(asz) 1(barig) sze-ba sza3 e2-gal-ka
4'. ki e2-a-ma-lik-ta
5'. 5(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) sze-ba-sze3
6'. ki a-ab-ba um-mi-a
7'. ugula usz-gi-na szandana-ta
8'. 8(asz) sze-ba sa3 e2-gal-ka
9'. 9(asz) sze-ba nam-ARAD2
10'. ki ur-ga2-gi4-a szandana-ta
11'. 1(u) 7(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) gur
12'. sze-ba sza3 e2-gal-ka
13'. 4(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze-ba geme2 i3 sur
14'. 3(u) 5(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
15'. sze-ba nam-ARAD2
16'. [...]
  rest broken
column 3
  beginning broken
1'. 1(barig) 4(ban2) [...]
2'. 1(barig) [x]
3'. sze-ba sza3 e2-gal-ka
4'. 1(u) sze-ba a-gar3 gu-[la ...]
5'. 1(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze-ba
  some text moved to next line
6'. iti szu-esz5-sza
  blank space
7'. 4(gesz2) 5(u) 7(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
8'. sze-ba sza3 e2-gal-ka
9'. u3 sze-ba [nam-ARAD2]
10'. [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  broken

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period --.--.07.00 to --.--.09.00

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P137402

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Excavation Number U 04300
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 47-29-180
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 011382
Penn Museum (Penn) 413329
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.47-29-180

References

  • primary: UET 3, 1077

    [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
2016-01-24 at 11:00:55 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2016-01-24 at 10:25:22 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:15:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:02:32 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:26 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, 1077 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137402.
UET 3, 1077 artifact entry (No. P137402). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137402 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1077 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137402 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UET 3, 1077 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137402},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137402},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137402
LB  - CDLI:P137402
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - UET 3, 1077 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137402
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1077 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137402.
UET 3, 1077 artifact entry (No. P137402). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137402 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1077 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137402 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UET 3, 1077 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137402},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137402},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137402
LB  - CDLI:P137402
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - UET 3, 1077 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137402
ER  -
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