UET 3, 0788 (P137112)

Administrative tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM —

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. 2(u) gu2 hur-sag
2. 1(u) {gesz}e2-ra
3. 1(u) la2 1(disz) gesz-ur3
4. ma2 za3-szu4-sze3
5. e2-du6-la da-da gala-ta
reverse
1. giri3-ni-i3-sa6
2. szu ba-ti
3. iti ses-da-gu7
4. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}i-bi2-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. [...]
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ku3-{d}nin-gal
4. ARAD2-zu

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 013907 (composite) (P516921) S013907 Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P137112

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Excavation Number U 03507
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Museum Number IM —
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 011093
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) U.3507
Ur Online Project (UrOnline) 3004

References

  • primary: UET 3, 788

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

  • history: ASJ 18, p.103-168, p. 139 no. 56

    [Maekawa1996confiscation] Maekawa, Kazuya. 1996. “Confiscation of Private Properties in the Ur III Period: A Study of é-Dul-La and Níg-GA.” Acta Sumerologica 18: 103–68.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2018-08-23 at 08:56:55 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:14:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:19 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, 0788 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137112.
UET 3, 0788 artifact entry (No. P137112). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137112 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 0788 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137112 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 0788 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137112},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137112},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137112
LB  - CDLI:P137112
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - UET 3, 0788 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137112
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 0788 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137112.
UET 3, 0788 artifact entry (No. P137112). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137112 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 0788 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137112 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 0788 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137112},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137112},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137112
LB  - CDLI:P137112
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - UET 3, 0788 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137112
ER  -
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