UET 3, 0264 (P136581)

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 130164

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [...]
2. lu2 [...]
3. 3(ban2) x-ku3-ISZ [x] x lisz {gesz}tukul
4. 3(ban2) x {d}nanna-ki-ag2 szabra#
5. 3(ban2) sa2-du11 {d}szul-gu-la
6. 2(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze kasz {d}nin-gal
7. kiszib3 {d}nanna-kam
reverse
1. 3(disz) sila3 he2-sa6
2. 3(barig) sa2-du11 {d}szul-gi-ra
3. kiszib3 ku-ba-ni-id
4. 2(barig) 3(ban2) sa2-du11 {d}nin-sun2
5. kiszib3 ARAD2-mu
6. 1(barig) 2(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 {d}nin-gesz-zi-da
7. 1(ban2) kiszib3 Read ama-mu-ma-an-gig
8. 3(ban2) sa2-du11 ku3-dim2 zadim-me-lam2
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P136581

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Excavation Number U 04515
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 130164
Accession Number

References

  • primary: UET 3, 264

    [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
2023-09-15 at 08:16:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan 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
2016-08-27 at 15:25:18 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:14:02 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:03 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 0264 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P136581.
UET 3, 0264 artifact entry (No. P136581). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P136581 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 0264 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P136581 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {UET 3, 0264 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P136581},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P136581},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P136581
LB  - CDLI:P136581
M1  - 2026/4/18/
TI  - UET 3, 0264 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P136581
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 0264 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P136581.
UET 3, 0264 artifact entry (No. P136581). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P136581 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 0264 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P136581 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {UET 3, 0264 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P136581},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P136581},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P136581
LB  - CDLI:P136581
M1  - 2026/4/18/
TI  - UET 3, 0264 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P136581
ER  - 
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