U 15624 (P370885)

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

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

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. 4(disz) {uruda}PA-ur2#? gu2-ne lugal-ka
2. ki-la2-bi 1(u) 9(disz) ma-na [...] 3(disz) gin2
3. gu2-ne gibil-kam
4. 1(disz) {uruda}gesz-gar gu2-ne sumun
reverse
5. ki-la2-bi 2/3(disz){sza} 5(disz) gin2
6. ab-ba
7. i3-la2
8. iti mu-szu-du7
9. mu karx(GAN2)-har{ki} ba-hul

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)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šulgi.24.09.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P370885 P200943 (retired)
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P370885

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	U 15624
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

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

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Ur Online Project (UrOnline)	41594

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-08-03 at 19:01:38	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Transliteration	Senior, Andrew		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2011-07-22 at 15:04:22	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2007-08-10 at 02:27:29	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2007-08-09 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“U 15624 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P370885.

U 15624 artifact entry (No. P370885). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P370885 (Original work published 2007)

U 15624 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P370885 (Accessed: November 4, 2026).

@misc{2023U,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {U 15624 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P370885},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P370885},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P370885
LB  - CDLI:P370885
M1  - 2026/11/4/
TI  - U 15624 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P370885
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“U 15624 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P370885.

U 15624 artifact entry (No. P370885). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P370885 (Original work published 2007)

U 15624 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P370885 (Accessed: November 4, 2026).

@misc{2023U,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {U 15624 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P370885},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P370885},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P370885
LB  - CDLI:P370885
M1  - 2026/11/4/
TI  - U 15624 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P370885
ER  -