UET 3, 0283 (P136600)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 130168

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
  beginning broken
1. [...] kasz ge6 saga
2. [...] zi3-gu 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 esza
3. du6-ur2-sze3
4. [...] kasz saga 3(ban2) kasz ge6 saga
5. bur-ra ba-an-de2
6. [...] kasz ge6 saga bala-bala-e-de3
7. [...] zi3-gu 3(ban2) esza
8. e2 {d}nanna-sze3
9. [...] zi3-gu 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 esza
10. [...]-gu2-da-tum
11. [...] x {d}nanna tur3?
12. [...] i3-nun
13. [...] ga-ar3
reverse
1. [...] bala-bala-e-de3
2. [...] 3(disz) sila3 esza
3. [...] zi3 a2 ge6-ba-a
4. [...] ge6 saga bala-bala-e-de3
5. 5(disz) sila3 zi3-gu 3(disz) sila3 esza
6. {d}nanna-sze3 a2 u4-te-na
7. 2(ban2) kasz ge6 saga bala-bala-e-de3
8. siskur2 gu-la {d}nanna-sze3
9. sza3 a2-ki-ti
10. 5(disz) sila3 zu2-lum esza-da ba-an-bala
11. u4 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam
12. zi-ga siskur2 lugal

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P136600

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Excavation Number U 04501
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 130168
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 010588
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.130168
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1948-0423-68

References

  • primary: UET 3, 283

    [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
2011-07-22 at 14:14:04 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:04 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, 0283 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P136600.
UET 3, 0283 artifact entry (No. P136600). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P136600 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 0283 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P136600 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {UET 3, 0283 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P136600},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P136600},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P136600
LB  - CDLI:P136600
M1  - 2026/4/18/
TI  - UET 3, 0283 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P136600
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 0283 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P136600.
UET 3, 0283 artifact entry (No. P136600). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P136600 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 0283 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P136600 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {UET 3, 0283 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P136600},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P136600},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P136600
LB  - CDLI:P136600
M1  - 2026/4/18/
TI  - UET 3, 0283 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P136600
ER  -
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