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UET 3, 0897 (P137221)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 130316

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. 5(disz) sila3 esza
2. 5(disz) sila3 zi3 sig15
3. 1(ban2) dabin
4. nig2-ki-sa-ha-sze3
5. a-sza3 gaba bara2-sze3
6. ki szabra-sze3
reverse
1. ki ur-ge6-par4-ra-ta
2. ba-zi
3. iti ses-da-gu7
4. mu
incomplete transliteration

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, 897

[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 130316
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Elevation:
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Excavation No: U 07307
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.03.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-09-15 at 08:16:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune	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 14:15:03	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:29:22	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 (011202) (011202)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.130316) (BM.130316)
Ur Online Project (6753) (6753)
British Museum Collection (W_1948-0423-216) (W_1948-0423-216)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 0897 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137221.

UET 3, 0897 artifact entry (No. P137221). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137221 (Original work published 2001)

UET 3, 0897 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137221 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {UET 3, 0897 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137221},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137221},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137221
LB  - CDLI:P137221
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - UET 3, 0897 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137221
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 0897 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137221.

UET 3, 0897 artifact entry (No. P137221). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137221 (Original work published 2001)

UET 3, 0897 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137221 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {UET 3, 0897 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137221},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137221},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137221
LB  - CDLI:P137221
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - UET 3, 0897 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137221
ER  -