UET 3, 1214 (P137539)

Administrative tablet 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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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

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
beginning broken
1'. i3-bi 1(ban2) 9(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3
2'. ga-bi 2(ban2) 9(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
3'. mu-kux(DU)
4'. la2-ia3 2(barig) 1(ban2) 9(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 i3
5'. la2-ia3 2(barig) 5(ban2) 2(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 ga
6'. ugula da-da szusz3
7'. 2(u) 6(disz) ab2
8'. i3-bi 2(barig) 1(ban2)
9'. ga-bi 2(barig) 1(ban2)
10'. sza3-bi-ta
11'. 1(barig) 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 i3
12'. 2(ban2) 6(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
13'. 1(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ga-szex(SIG7)-a
14'. i3-bi 3(disz) sila3
column 2
beginning broken
1'. i3-bi 1(barig) 3(ban2)
2'. ga-bi 1(barig) 3(ban2)
3'. sza3-bi-ta
4'. 1(u) 2(disz) sila3 1(u) gin2 i3
5'. 9(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
6'. 2(ban2) ga-szex(SIG7)-a
7'. i3-bi 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
8'. ga-bi 2(disz) sila3
9'. mu-kux(DU)
10'. la2-ia3 1(barig) 1(ban2) 6(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3
11'. la2-ia3 1(barig) 1(ban2) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 ga
12'. ugula lugal-ku-li szusz3
13'. 1(u) 6(disz) ab2
14'. i3-bi 1(barig) 2(ban2)
15'. ga-bi 1(barig) 2(ban2)
16'. sza3-bi-ta
reverse
column 1
1. 1(ban2) 9(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 5(disz) gin2 i3
2. 5(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 ga
3. 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ga-szex(SIG7)-a
4. i3-bi 2(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3
5. ga-bi 3(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
6. mu-kux(DU)
7. la2-ia3 5(ban2) [...] i3
8. la2-ia3 [...] ga
9. ugula [lu2-dingir]-ra
10. [x] ab2
11. i3-bi 1(ban2)
12. ga-bi 1(ban2)
13. sza3-bi-ta
14. la2-ia3 1(ban2) i3
15. la2-ia3 1(ban2) ga
16. ugula lu2-kal-la szusz3
17. 2(u) 7(disz) ab2
18. i3-bi 2(barig) 1(ban2) 6(disz) [x sila3]
rest broken
column 2
1. la2-ia3 2(barig) 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 ga
2. ugula [...] szusz3
3. [szunigin x] 1(u) [x ab2]-mah2
4. [szunigin x] na PA gin2
5. [szunigin ...] x
6. sza3-bi-ta
7. szunigin 2(barig) [x x sila3] i3-nun
8. szunigin 3(ban2) 6(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
9. szunigin [... sila3] ga-szex(SIG7)-a
10. szunigin i3-bi [... sila3]
11. szunigin ga-ar3-bi 5(ban2) [x sila3]
12. mu-kux(DU)
13. szunigin 1(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 1(u) gin2 i3 gur
14. szunigin 1(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) 9(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 ga gur
15. la2-ia3-am3
rest broken

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
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: UET 3, 1214

[Legrain1937UET3] Legrain, Léon. 1937. Business Documents of the Third Dynasty of Ur. Ur Excavations. Texts 3. London: The Trustees of the two museums.
citation: BBVO 10, p. 46 n. 157

[Englund1990Fischerei] Englund, Robert K. 1990. Organisation Und Verwaltung Der Ur III-Fischerei. Berliner Beiträge Zum Vorderen Orient, Band 10. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.
citation: JESHO 23, p.1-42, p. 6ff.

[Gomi1980dairy] Gomi, Tohru. 1980. “On Dairy Productivity at Ur in the Late Ur III Period.” Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 23: 1–42.

(cp. UET 9, 1007)

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: IM —
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No: U 04902
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.06.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-03-09 at 12:32:19	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Gacia, Veronika; Sallaberger, Walther	Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	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 09:56:31	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:15:45	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:29:30	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 (011519) (011519)
Electronic Babylonian Library (U.4902) (U.4902)
Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia (3693) (3693)

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Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1214 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137539.

UET 3, 1214 artifact entry (No. P137539). (2023, March 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137539 (Original work published 2001)

UET 3, 1214 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137539 (Accessed: March 2, 2026).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {mar 9},
	title = {UET 3, 1214 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137539},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137539},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/3/9/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137539
LB  - CDLI:P137539
M1  - 2026/3/2/
TI  - UET 3, 1214 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137539
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1214 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137539.

UET 3, 1214 artifact entry (No. P137539). (2023, March 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137539 (Original work published 2001)

UET 3, 1214 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137539 (Accessed: March 2, 2026).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {mar 9},
	title = {UET 3, 1214 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137539},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137539},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/3/9/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137539
LB  - CDLI:P137539
M1  - 2026/3/2/
TI  - UET 3, 1214 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137539
ER  -