UET 3, 1438 (P137763)

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

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV
Metadata history Transliteration history

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 130445

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

-

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
column 1'
  beginning broken
1'. [...] szu-gi4
2'. [...] ugula-ta
3'. [sze]-bi 3(u) 7(asz) 4(barig) gur lugal
4'. [... szu]-gi
5'. [...]-ta
6'. [...]-sze3
7'. [sze-bi n] 4(u) 4(asz) 4(barig) gur lugal
8'. [...] 2(disz) [x?]
  rest broken
column 2'
  beginning broken
1'. libir ki#?-[...]
2'. ugula usz-bar-ta#?
3'. 3(ban2) sza-lim-mi
4'. 3(ban2) ki-na dumu-ni
5'. geme2 ku-la szu-ku6-me
6'. im-e tak4-a e2 {d}utu-kalam-e-ta
7'. x-x-na-tum
8'. a-ru-a x-du10-ga dumu lugal
9'. edin#!? na4
10'. [x]-ni lugal#
  rest broken
column 3'
  beginning broken
1'. [...] ur-[...]
2'. [x?] {d}nanna-za3-mi2
3'. dumu-munus ama nu-tuku
4'. a-ru-a he2-du-du
5'. lu2-amar-ra-ka
6'. ugula sza-at-{d}suen
7'. dumu-munus ama nu-tuku
8'. a-ru-a ARAD2-{d}nanna
9'. dumu ur-sa6-ga-mu
10'. ensi2 gu2-du8-a{ki}
11'. 3(ban2) sza-lim-mi
12'. a-ru-a ba-zi-kal-la
13'. x x x x
  rest broken
reverse
  broken

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: UET 3, 1438

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

  • citation: BBVO 10, p. 158 n. 509 (ii 2-4)

    [Englund1990Fischerei] Englund, Robert K. 1990. Organisation Und Verwaltung Der Ur III-Fischerei. Berliner Beiträge Zum Vorderen Orient, Band 10. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.

  • citation: Fs Owen p.159-166, p. 162

    [Heimpel2010waifs] Heimpel, Wolfgang. 2010. “Left to Themselves. Waifs in the Time of the Third Dynasty of Ur.” In Why Should Someone Who Know Something Conceal It? Cuneiform Studies in Honor of David I. Owen on His 70th Birthday, edited by Alexandra Kleinerman and Jack M. Sasson, 159–66. Bethesda: CDL Press.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 130445
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No: U 04381
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-09-15 at 08:16:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-07-26 at 02:48:30 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 1438 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137763.
UET 3, 1438 artifact entry (No. P137763). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137763 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1438 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137763 (Accessed: August 30, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {UET 3, 1438 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137763},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137763},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137763
LB  - CDLI:P137763
M1  - 2025/8/30/
TI  - UET 3, 1438 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137763
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 1438 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137763.
UET 3, 1438 artifact entry (No. P137763). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137763 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1438 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137763 (Accessed: August 30, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {UET 3, 1438 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137763},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137763},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137763
LB  - CDLI:P137763
M1  - 2025/8/30/
TI  - UET 3, 1438 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137763
ER  -
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.