UET 3, 0039 (P136355)

Administrative 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)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [1(disz)] nin-geszkim-zi# dumu-[munus ...]
2. nam#-geme2-[sze3]
3. [a2-ni]-a2# lu2 lunga-ma
4. in#-sa10
5. egir5-bi-ta
6. a2-ni-a2 lu2 lunga-ma
7. [x?] nin-geszkim-zi
8. [x] x-a x-x u3-tu-a
9. [...]
reverse
1. [...]
2. [igi ...] dub-sar dumu szu-ga2-a-sze3
3. igi ur-{d}nin-gubalag?-sze3
4. igi lu2-{d}alamusz-sze3
5. igi ur-{d}dam-nun-na-sze3
6. u3 igi igi-an-na-ke4#-sze3
  blank space
7. iti u5-bi2{muszen}-gu7
8. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen
9. lugal uri5{ki}-ma-[ke4]
10. {d}nin-lil2 u3 {d#}inanna#-[ra]
11. [e2] szutum2# [ku3 mu]-ne-du3
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}i-bi2-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. a2-ni-a2
2. dumu ur-mes
3. lu2 lunga
4. 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 005933 (composite) (P458643) S005933 Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P136355

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number U 04330
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) 010344
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) U.4330

References

  • primary: UET 3, 39

    [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
2023-01-19 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
2018-08-23 at 08:56:53 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-02-28 at 17:16:32 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:13:42 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:01:27 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 19:45:34 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. 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, 0039 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P136355.
UET 3, 0039 artifact entry (No. P136355). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P136355 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 0039 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P136355 (Accessed: October 16, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UET 3, 0039 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P136355},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P136355},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P136355
LB  - CDLI:P136355
M1  - 2026/10/16/
TI  - UET 3, 0039 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P136355
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 0039 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P136355.
UET 3, 0039 artifact entry (No. P136355). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P136355 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 0039 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P136355 (Accessed: October 16, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UET 3, 0039 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P136355},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P136355},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P136355
LB  - CDLI:P136355
M1  - 2026/10/16/
TI  - UET 3, 0039 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P136355
ER  -
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