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UET 3, 0695 (P137017)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 130267

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. 1(disz) ma-na 1(u) 8(disz) gin2 [...]
2. 1(u) 3(disz) gin2 {na4}za-[...]
3. 1(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na u2 na4 x [...]
4. mu {gesz}gu-za za3-bi [us2] {d}inanna-sze3
5. ki ur-sze-il2-la-ta
reverse
beginning broken
1'. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 {d}nanna-ar {d}nun-me-te-an-na mu-na-dim2

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

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: UET 3, 695

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 130267
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Elevation:
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Excavation No: U 04483
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.16.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-08-03 at 18:52:38	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Transliteration	Senior, Andrew		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2023-09-15 at 08:16:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	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
2011-07-22 at 14:14:46	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:29:14	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 (011000) (011000)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.130267) (BM.130267)
British Museum Collection (W_1948-0423-167) (W_1948-0423-167)

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Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 0695 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137017.

UET 3, 0695 artifact entry (No. P137017). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137017 (Original work published 2001)

UET 3, 0695 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137017 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {UET 3, 0695 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137017},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137017},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137017
LB  - CDLI:P137017
M1  - 2026/2/28/
TI  - UET 3, 0695 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137017
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 0695 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137017.

UET 3, 0695 artifact entry (No. P137017). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137017 (Original work published 2001)

UET 3, 0695 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137017 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {UET 3, 0695 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137017},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137017},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137017
LB  - CDLI:P137017
M1  - 2026/2/28/
TI  - UET 3, 0695 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137017
ER  -