UET 3, 0799 (P137123)

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 47-29-304

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. sza3 za3-bar {gesz}ha-lu-ub2-ta
2. 1(disz) {gesz}ma-al-tum gid2-da tur
3. 3(disz) {gesz}ma-al-tum za3-ah
4. ba-an-gar
5. 1/2(disz) kusz3 {gesz}sza3-kal gu-nigin2 2/3(disz) kusz3
6. ba-sur sza3-ba
7. 2(disz) {gesz}ma-al-tum
reverse
1. ba-an-gar
2. ki {d}nanna-kam-ta
3. a-hu-wa-qar szu ba-ti
4. iti ses-da-gu7 u4 1(u) 6(disz) ba-zal
5. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ra {d}nanna-a sza3 ki-ag2-ga2-ni dalla mu-un-na-an-e3-a

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: UET 3, 799

    [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 47-29-304
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 03856
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.15.03.16
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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
2016-02-18 at 11:33:06 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2013-01-28 at 10:46:06 Heimpel, Wolfgang Transliteration Heimpel, Wolfgang 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

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Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 0799 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137123.
UET 3, 0799 artifact entry (No. P137123). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137123 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 0799 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137123 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 0799 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137123},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137123},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137123
LB  - CDLI:P137123
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - UET 3, 0799 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137123
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 0799 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137123.
UET 3, 0799 artifact entry (No. P137123). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137123 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 0799 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137123 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 0799 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137123},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137123},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137123
LB  - CDLI:P137123
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - UET 3, 0799 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137123
ER  -
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