UET 3, 0019 (P136335)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 130105

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [1(disz)] sag# munus
2. [x]-szuba3
3. [mu]-ni#-im
4. [geme2 ...]-x-a-kam
5. [x gin2] ku3-babbar-sze3
6. [...] in#-szi-sa10
7. [1(disz) ...]-x zadim
8. [1(disz) ...]-e2#?-a
9. [1(disz) ...]-NE#? dam-gar3
10. [1(disz) ...]-ga
11. [1(disz) ...]-x szu-ku6
12. [1(disz) ...]-x e2 U
13. [1(disz) ...]-ti
14. [1(disz) ...]-la#?-mu
15. [1(disz) ...]-bi#?
16. [1(disz) ...] simug-bi
17. [1(disz) ...]-a-ni
reverse
1. lugal#-inim-gi-na
2. [ki] ur-{d}{asz}aszgi{gi4}
3. [(x)] x sa10-a tusz-sza-me
4. [igi] mu-ni-mah ad-da ensi2-ka-sze3
5. a-a-kal-la egir ensi2
6. sag ba-szum2
7. 1(disz) usz2-a-ni dub-sar
8. 1(disz) an-gu-zu dub-sar
9. 1(disz) la-la-a dub-sar
10. 1(disz) puzur4-i3-li2 lu2-a-TUL2
11. 1(disz) SI-A dumu szu-zu
12. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
  blank space
  seal impression
13. mu us2-sa en eridu[{ki}-ga] ba-hun-ga2#
seal 1
1. ur-{d}{asz#}aszgi{gi4}#
2. ensi2
3. adab{ki}
4. a-a-kal-la
5. egir ARAD2-zu

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005446 (composite) (P458156) S005446 Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P136335

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) [uncertain]
Adab ?
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number U 06746
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 130105
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 010324
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.130105
Ur Online Project (UrOnline) 40345
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1948-0423-5

References

  • primary: UET 3, 19

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

  • history: RIME 3/2, .01.02.x2002, ex. 01 (seal only)

    [Frayne1997RIME3/2] Frayne, Douglas R. 1997. Ur III Period (2112-2004 BC). Vol. 3/2. Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: UET 1, 0079

    [Gadd1928UET1] Gadd, Cyril J., and Léon Legrain. 1928. Royal Inscriptions. Ur Excavations. Texts 1. London: The Trustees of the two Museums.

  • history: UE 10, 426 (seal only)

    [Legrain1951UE10] Legrain, Léon. 1951. Seal Cylinders. Ur Excavations 10.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-22 at 14:47:43 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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
2016-07-28 at 16:14:23 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2013-06-19 at 16:15:22 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:13:41 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:01:24 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-02-01 at 12:09:37 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 19:45:31 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 0019 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P136335.
UET 3, 0019 artifact entry (No. P136335). (2024, September 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P136335 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 0019 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P136335 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).
@misc{2024UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 22},
	title = {UET 3, 0019 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P136335},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P136335},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P136335
LB  - CDLI:P136335
M1  - 2026/4/29/
TI  - UET 3, 0019 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P136335
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 0019 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P136335.
UET 3, 0019 artifact entry (No. P136335). (2024, September 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P136335 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 0019 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P136335 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).
@misc{2024UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 22},
	title = {UET 3, 0019 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P136335},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P136335},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P136335
LB  - CDLI:P136335
M1  - 2026/4/29/
TI  - UET 3, 0019 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P136335
ER  -
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