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UET 3, 1159 (P137484)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM —

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(ban2) i3-gesz
2. sza3-gal ma2-lah5
3. u3 hun-ga2 ma2 sze
4. lagasz{ki}-sze3
5. x-x-ne
6. giri3 tu-ra-am-i3-li2 ugula ma2-lah5
reverse
1. iti masz-ku3-gu7
2. mu us2-sa bad3-gal ba-du3
envelope
obverse
1. kiszib3 tu-ra-am-i3-li2
seal 1

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

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
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Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: UET 3, 1159

[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.: IM —
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No: U 04720
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.07.02.00 (us2 year)
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Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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
2016-03-26 at 10:25:58	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:15:35	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:29:29	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 (011464) (011464)
Electronic Babylonian Library (U.4720) (U.4720)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1159 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137484.

UET 3, 1159 artifact entry (No. P137484). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137484 (Original work published 2001)

UET 3, 1159 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137484 (Accessed: March 2, 2026).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UET 3, 1159 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137484},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137484},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137484
LB  - CDLI:P137484
M1  - 2026/3/2/
TI  - UET 3, 1159 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137484
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1159 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137484.

UET 3, 1159 artifact entry (No. P137484). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137484 (Original work published 2001)

UET 3, 1159 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137484 (Accessed: March 2, 2026).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UET 3, 1159 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137484},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137484},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137484
LB  - CDLI:P137484
M1  - 2026/3/2/
TI  - UET 3, 1159 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137484
ER  -