UET 3, 0974 (P137299)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 130335

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. 1(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sze gur
2. sze-ba bar-tam
3. 2(asz) gur
4. sze-ba lu2 szuku-ra-ke4-ne
5. guru7-ta
obverse
1. sze-ba erin2 e2 {d}szara2-ka-sze3
2. {d}nanna-dalla
3. szu ba-an-ti
  blank space
  seal impression
4. iti ezem-{d}nin-a-zu
5. mu bad3-gal ba-du3
seal 1
1. {d}nanna-dalla
2. dub-sar
3. dumu nig2-u2-rum

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 005602 (composite) (P458312) S005602 Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P137299

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number U 03641
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 130335
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 011279
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.130335
Ur Online Project (UrOnline) 3139
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1948-0423-235

References

  • primary: UET 3, 974

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 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
2019-01-21 at 14:07:47 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2013-06-07 at 12:25:43 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:15:21 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:24 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 0974 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137299.
UET 3, 0974 artifact entry (No. P137299). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137299 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 0974 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137299 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {UET 3, 0974 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137299},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137299},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137299
LB  - CDLI:P137299
M1  - 2026/10/23/
TI  - UET 3, 0974 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137299
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 0974 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137299.
UET 3, 0974 artifact entry (No. P137299). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137299 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 0974 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137299 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {UET 3, 0974 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137299},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137299},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137299
LB  - CDLI:P137299
M1  - 2026/10/23/
TI  - UET 3, 0974 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137299
ER  -
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