UET 3, 1669 (P137995)

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 47-29-425

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. 1(disz) tug2 guz-za 4(disz)-kam us2
2. tug2 mu-tuku5 nig2-gur11 da-a-a
3. mu-kux(DU)
4. ki da-a-a-ta
reverse
1. ur-{d}szul-gi-ra
2. szu# ba-an-ti
3. iti# diri ezem-{d}me-ki-gal2
4. mu en-am-gal {d}inanna ba-hun
left
1. gaba-ri kiszib# [...]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P137995

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Excavation Number U 04576
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 47-29-425
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 011974
Penn Museum (Penn) 413378
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.47-29-425

References

  • primary: UET 3, 1669

    [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
2021-07-20 at 15:30:00 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:16:33 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:41 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, 1669 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137995.
UET 3, 1669 artifact entry (No. P137995). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137995 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1669 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137995 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UET 3, 1669 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137995},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137995},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137995
LB  - CDLI:P137995
M1  - 2026/4/23/
TI  - UET 3, 1669 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137995
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1669 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137995.
UET 3, 1669 artifact entry (No. P137995). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137995 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1669 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137995 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UET 3, 1669 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137995},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137995},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137995
LB  - CDLI:P137995
M1  - 2026/4/23/
TI  - UET 3, 1669 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137995
ER  -
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