UET 3, 0885 (P137209)

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 130314

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)

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) dug kur-ku-du3 su3
2. ki ga-ti-e-ta
3. ma-at-i3-li2 dam-gar3
4. szu ba-ti
5. iti [ezem]-me-ki-gal2#
6. mu [bad3]-gal# [ba]-du3
seal 1
1. ma-at-ti-i3-li2
2. dumu i-la-ak-nu-id
3. dam-gar3

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Join Information:
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  • primary: UET 3, 885

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 130314
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
  • Elevation:
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  • Excavation No: U 03734
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.06.12.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2017-07-02 at 13:45:16 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2013-06-07 at 12:25:43 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:15:02 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:22 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003776 (composite) (P456486) Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 0885 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137209.
UET 3, 0885 artifact entry (No. P137209). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137209 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 0885 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137209 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {UET 3, 0885 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137209},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137209},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137209
LB  - CDLI:P137209
M1  - 2026/3/13/
TI  - UET 3, 0885 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137209
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 0885 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137209.
UET 3, 0885 artifact entry (No. P137209). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137209 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 0885 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137209 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {UET 3, 0885 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137209},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137209},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137209
LB  - CDLI:P137209
M1  - 2026/3/13/
TI  - UET 3, 0885 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137209
ER  - 
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