UET 3, 0003 (P136319)

Letter 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)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. lu2-gi-na
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. 1(disz) sze
4. {d}nanna-dalla
5. he2-na-ab-szum2-e
6. a-ma-ru-a-ka
reverse
1. nam-mi#-gur-re
2. a-ba# [szesz]-mu#-gin7
3. he2-na#-ab#-szum2#-e ga2#-[e] ga#-[na-ab]-su#
4. kiszib3 ki ma-[...]-ka i3#-gal2#

Text content

Genre(s) Letter
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P136319

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number U 04485
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) 010308
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) U.4485

References

  • primary: UET 3, 3

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

  • history: TCS 1, 100

    [Sollberger1966TCS1] Sollberger, Edmond. 1966. The Business and Administrative Correspondence under the Kings of Ur. Texts from Cuneiform Sources 1. Locust Valley, New York: J.J. Augustin.

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
2011-07-22 at 14:13:39 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:28:57 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 0003 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P136319.
UET 3, 0003 artifact entry (No. P136319). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P136319 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 0003 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P136319 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UET 3, 0003 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P136319},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P136319},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P136319
LB  - CDLI:P136319
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - UET 3, 0003 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P136319
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 0003 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P136319.
UET 3, 0003 artifact entry (No. P136319). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P136319 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 0003 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P136319 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UET 3, 0003 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P136319},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P136319},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P136319
LB  - CDLI:P136319
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - UET 3, 0003 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P136319
ER  -
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