UET 3, 0242 (P136559)

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

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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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

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) giri3-lam zu2-lum 1(ban2)-ta
2. er2 su3 a-tu5
3. 2(disz) giri3-lam 1(ban2)-ta
4. 8(disz) giri3-lam 5(disz) sila3-ta
5. ma2 an-na-sze3
6. 6(disz) giri3-lam 5(disz) sila3-ta
reverse
1. nu-banda3{da}-sze3
2. 5(disz) giri3-lam 5(disz) sila3-ta
3. er2 u2-sag-ga2
4. 4(disz) giri3-lam 5(disz) sila3-ta
5. ki-a-nag lugal 4(disz)!-ba-sze3
6. zi-ga ki szabra {d}nanna
7. giri3 {d}suen-a-bu sagi
8. mu us2-sa bad3-gal ba-du3
seal 1
column 1
1. [{d}]i-bi2-[{d}]suen#
2. [dingir] kalam#-ma-na
3. [lugal] kal-ga
4. [lugal] uri5#{ki}-ma
column 2
1. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba-ke4
2. {d}suen-a-bi2
3. sagi
4. du10-us2-[sa2]
5. nam-dumu-ka-ni-ir
6. in-na-ba

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: UET 3, 242

[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, p. 389 (seal)

[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: HSAO 9, p.145-174, p. 162, p. 168 23

[Mayr2004-8AMVDIQL] Mayr, Rudolf H., and David I. Owen. 2004. “The Royal Gift Seal in the Ur III Period.” In Von Sumer Nach Ebla Und Zurück. Festschrift Giovanni Pettinato Zum 27. September 1999 Gewidmet von Freunden, Kollegen Und Schülern., 9:145–74. Heidelberger Studien Zum Alten Orient. Heidelberg.

(seal)
citation: RIME 3/2, .1.5 page 389

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: IM —
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Elevation:
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Excavation No: U 04703
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.07.00.00 (us2 year)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-12-28 at 12:05:29	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2024-09-22 at 14:47:43	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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
2018-08-23 at 08:56:54	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2017-07-02 at 13:42:56	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2014-08-09 at 11:43:40	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:14:01	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:29:03	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (010547) (010547)
Electronic Babylonian Library (U.4703) (U.4703)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 000564 (composite) (P430658)	Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 0242 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P136559.

UET 3, 0242 artifact entry (No. P136559). (2024, December 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P136559 (Original work published 2001)

UET 3, 0242 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P136559 (Accessed: March 27, 2026).

@misc{2024UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {dec 28},
	title = {UET 3, 0242 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P136559},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P136559},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/12/28/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P136559
LB  - CDLI:P136559
M1  - 2026/3/27/
TI  - UET 3, 0242 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P136559
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 0242 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P136559.

UET 3, 0242 artifact entry (No. P136559). (2024, December 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P136559 (Original work published 2001)

UET 3, 0242 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P136559 (Accessed: March 27, 2026).

@misc{2024UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {dec 28},
	title = {UET 3, 0242 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P136559},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P136559},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/12/28/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P136559
LB  - CDLI:P136559
M1  - 2026/3/27/
TI  - UET 3, 0242 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P136559
ER  -