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UET 3, 0986 (P137311)

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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 130338

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

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(ban2) ku3-{d}nanna dumu sa6-ga-[x]
2. 1(ban2) ku3-{d}nanna dumu szu-sal [...]
3. 1(ban2) za-na-ti [...]
4. dumu ba-usz2 e2-udu ki {d}nanna-dalla
5. 1(ban2) dumu ba-usz2 sza3-PI-sa nig2-gi-na-i3-du10 dumu ur-x
6. szunigin 4(ban2) sze
reverse
1. mu i3-sze3
2. guru7-a ba-tak4
3. iti ezem-an-na
4. mu x x x
seal 1
1. lu2-gi-na
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-nin-ga2-ka

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, 986

[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 130338
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Elevation:
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Excavation No: U 03685
Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.06.11.00
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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
2017-03-03 at 09:56:26	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2013-06-07 at 12:25:43	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:15:22	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:29:24	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 (011291) (011291)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.130338) (BM.130338)
Ur Online Project (3183) (3183)
British Museum Collection (W_1948-0423-238) (W_1948-0423-238)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 002880 (composite) (P455590)	Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 0986 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137311.

UET 3, 0986 artifact entry (No. P137311). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137311 (Original work published 2001)

UET 3, 0986 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137311 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {UET 3, 0986 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137311},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137311},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137311
LB  - CDLI:P137311
M1  - 2026/2/28/
TI  - UET 3, 0986 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137311
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 0986 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137311.

UET 3, 0986 artifact entry (No. P137311). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137311 (Original work published 2001)

UET 3, 0986 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137311 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {UET 3, 0986 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137311},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137311},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137311
LB  - CDLI:P137311
M1  - 2026/2/28/
TI  - UET 3, 0986 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137311
ER  -