UET 3, 1206 (P137531)

Administrative tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 47-29-194

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

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. 1(disz) ab2-mah2# [...] lugal [...]
2'. 1(disz) ab2-mah2 ki ur-tabx(MAN)-banda3{da} iszib {d}nanna#-ta
3'. 1(disz) gu4-gesz ki szu-u2-u2 e2 {d}suen-ta
4'. 1(disz) gu4-gesz ki sza3-ku3-ge aga3-us2 lugal-ta
5'. a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
6'. mu mar-tu-ne-sze3
7'. iti masz-ku3 gu7
8'. 1(disz) ab2-mah2 mu esz3-esz3 sag
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9'. iti gu-la ses-da-gu7-sze3
10'. ki lu2-{d}nin-isin2{si} lu2 azlag2 PA? x [x]
11'. 1(disz) ab2-mah2 mu esz3-esz3 e2-u4 1(u) 5(disz)
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12'. [iti] ses-da-gu7 [x]
13'. ki ba-zi-ge szesz en-me-gi4#-[...]
14'. iti ses-da-gu7 [x]
15'. 1(disz) gu4-gesz mu esz3-esz3 e2-u4 [...]
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16'. [iti] u5-bi2{muszen}-gu7# [...]
17'. ki lugal-amar-ku3 dumu ur-{d}szul#-[pa-e3]
18'. iti u5-bi2{muszen}-gu7
19'. mu us2-sa bad3-gal [...]
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20'. [...] gu4 ab2# [...]
21'. [...] x ki lu2 [...]
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reverse
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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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  • primary: UET 3, 1206

    [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.: UM 47-29-194
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
  • Elevation:
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  • Excavation No: U 04693
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.07.02.00 (us2 year), Ibbi-Suen.07.03.00 (us2 year), Ibbi-Suen.07.04.00 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: Ibbi-Suen.07.02.00 (us2 year) to Ibbi-Suen.07.04.00 (us2 year)

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2016-12-05 at 21:26:54 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI Approved View
2016-01-24 at 09:42:55 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:15:45 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:02:34 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 19:46:50 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1206 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137531.
UET 3, 1206 artifact entry (No. P137531). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137531 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1206 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137531 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UET 3, 1206 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137531},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137531},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137531
LB  - CDLI:P137531
M1  - 2026/3/11/
TI  - UET 3, 1206 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137531
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1206 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137531.
UET 3, 1206 artifact entry (No. P137531). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137531 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1206 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137531 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UET 3, 1206 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137531},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137531},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137531
LB  - CDLI:P137531
M1  - 2026/3/11/
TI  - UET 3, 1206 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137531
ER  -
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