UET 3, 0038 (P136354)

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 47-29-009

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. [...] 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 sze
2. KA-a-asz ba-gi
3. ur-{d}szul-pa-e3-sze3
4. iti-da 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3-ta
reverse
1. su-su-da
2. mu lugal-bi in-pa3
3. igi ur-{d}nin-gubalag-sze3
4. igi da-a-a-sze3
  blank space
  seal impression
5. [iti] ezem-{d}nin-a-zu
6. [mu] bad3#-gal ba-du3
seal 1
1. ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
2. dumu lugal-sza3-la2

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 005415 (composite) (P458125) S005415 Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P136354

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number U 03492
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 47-29-009
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 010343
Penn Museum (Penn) 353953
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.47-29-9
Ur Online Project (UrOnline) 2989

References

  • primary: UET 3, 38

    [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
2023-06-28 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
2017-02-28 at 17:16:32 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2013-06-07 at 12:25:43 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:13:42 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:28:58 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 0038 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P136354.
UET 3, 0038 artifact entry (No. P136354). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P136354 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 0038 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P136354 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 0038 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P136354},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P136354},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P136354
LB  - CDLI:P136354
M1  - 2026/11/2/
TI  - UET 3, 0038 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P136354
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 0038 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P136354.
UET 3, 0038 artifact entry (No. P136354). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P136354 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 0038 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P136354 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 0038 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P136354},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P136354},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P136354
LB  - CDLI:P136354
M1  - 2026/11/2/
TI  - UET 3, 0038 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P136354
ER  -
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