UET 3, 0701 (P137023)

Administrative tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 47-29-133

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

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tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) gin2 la2 4(disz) sze nig2-su3-a ku3-sig17 husz-a
2. 3(disz) {gesz}mu10-us2 gir2-gi-ka gir4
3. 3(disz) {gesz}mu10-us2 gir2-gi-ka dub-ba me-luh-ha [...]
4. ba-a-gar
5. gir2-gi#-ka# nig2-x-[...]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. i3-la2
2'. iti ezem-{d}me-ki-<gal2> u4 2(u) 4(disz) [...]
3'. mu# {d}i-bi2-{d}suen# lugal# uri5{ki}-ma-ra [mar]-tu a2 im-ulu3 ul#-ta iri{ki} nu-zu gu2 im-ma-na-a-an-ga2-ar

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: UET 3, 701

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

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  • Museum No.: UM 47-29-133
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 03938
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.17.12.24
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2021-07-19 at 14:22:56 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:14:46 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:14 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 0701 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137023.
UET 3, 0701 artifact entry (No. P137023). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137023 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 0701 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137023 (Accessed: August 7, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 0701 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137023},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137023},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137023
LB  - CDLI:P137023
M1  - 2025/8/7/
TI  - UET 3, 0701 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137023
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 0701 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137023.
UET 3, 0701 artifact entry (No. P137023). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137023 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 0701 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137023 (Accessed: August 7, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 0701 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137023},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137023},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137023
LB  - CDLI:P137023
M1  - 2025/8/7/
TI  - UET 3, 0701 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137023
ER  -
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