UET 3, 0024 & 0028 (P136340)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 130106 & BM 130107

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. nin-{d}lamma-mu
2. u3 puzur4-{d}suen
3. ki ra-ad-du-e
4. zum-ma-tum nin9-a-ni-ir
5. in-na-ba
6. igi lu2-kal-la-sze3
reverse
1. igi i-szar-lu-ba-li2-it,-sze3
2. u3 igi {d}szara2-i3-sa6-sze3
3. mu lugal-bi
4. in-pa3
5. iti# ezem-{d}szul-gi
6. mu {d}szu-{d}suen# lugal?
envelope
obverse
1. nin-{d}lamma#-mu#
2. u3 puzur4-{d}suen#
3. ki-ra-ad-du-e#`
4. zum-ma-tum nin9-a#-[...]
5. in-na-[ba]
6. igi lu2-kal-la#
7. igi i-szar2-lu-ba#
8. [...]
reverse
1. [...]
2. mu lugal-bi
3. in-pa3
4. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
5. mu {d}szu-{d}suen [x]
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szul-gi
2. nita# kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
column 2
1. gi-ra-du#
2. sza13-dub#-ba#
3. ARAD2-zu

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: UET 3, 24 & 28

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 130106 & BM 130107
  • Accession No.: 1948-04-23, 0006

  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 07239
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.01.08.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune 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
2016-07-28 at 16:14:23 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2016-02-18 at 09:56:24 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-06-07 at 12:25:43 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-11-02 at 21:40:36 Heinle, Michael Atf Heinle, Michael CDLI approved View
2012-11-02 at 21:40:22 Heinle, Michael Atf Heinle, Michael CDLI approved View
2012-11-02 at 21:39:59 Heinle, Michael Atf Heinle, Michael CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:13:41 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:28:58 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 006163 (composite) (P458873) Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 0024 & 0028 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P136340.
UET 3, 0024 & 0028 artifact entry (No. P136340). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P136340 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 0024 & 0028 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P136340 (Accessed: December 2, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {UET 3, 0024 & 0028 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P136340},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P136340},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P136340
LB  - CDLI:P136340
M1  - 2025/12/2/
TI  - UET 3, 0024 & 0028 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P136340
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 0024 & 0028 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P136340.
UET 3, 0024 & 0028 artifact entry (No. P136340). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P136340 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 0024 & 0028 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P136340 (Accessed: December 2, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {UET 3, 0024 & 0028 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P136340},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P136340},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P136340
LB  - CDLI:P136340
M1  - 2025/12/2/
TI  - UET 3, 0024 & 0028 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P136340
ER  - 
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