UET 3, 0374 (P136695)

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 130190

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) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. masz2 ga2-ga2-dam
3. ki lum-ma-ta
4. szesz-kal-la
5. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. 1(disz) lu2-la-ga-sza
2. iti ezem-{d}nin-a-zu
3. mu
  incomplete transliteration
seal 1
1. ur-kisal
2. dumu ur-ba-gara2

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 004509 (composite) (P457219) S004509 Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P136695

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number U 12991
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 130190
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 010679
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.130190
Ur Online Project (UrOnline) 13651
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1948-0423-90

References

  • primary: UET 3, 374

    [Legrain1937UET3] Legrain, Léon. 1937. Business Documents of the Third Dynasty of Ur. Ur Excavations. Texts 3. London: The Trustees of the two museums.

  • history: BPOA 05 (pp. 207-224), 222 5

    [Widell2008BPOA5] Widell, Magnus. 2008. “The Ur III Metal Loans from Ur.” In The Growth of an Early State in Mesopotamia: Studies in Ur III Administration, 207–24.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-21 at 14:34:31 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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
2013-06-07 at 12:25:43 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:14:23 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:06 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 0374 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P136695.
UET 3, 0374 artifact entry (No. P136695). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P136695 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 0374 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P136695 (Accessed: May 18, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 21},
	title = {UET 3, 0374 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P136695},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P136695},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/21/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P136695
LB  - CDLI:P136695
M1  - 2026/5/18/
TI  - UET 3, 0374 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P136695
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 0374 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P136695.
UET 3, 0374 artifact entry (No. P136695). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P136695 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 0374 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P136695 (Accessed: May 18, 2026).
@misc{2024UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 21},
	title = {UET 3, 0374 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P136695},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P136695},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/21/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P136695
LB  - CDLI:P136695
M1  - 2026/5/18/
TI  - UET 3, 0374 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P136695
ER  -
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