UET 3, 1220 (P137545)

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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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

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 6(asz) 3(ban2) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-nun gur
2. 2(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 ga!
3. 3(ban2) ga-szex(SIG7)-a
4. 6(asz) 3(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 ga-ar3 gur
5. mu-kux(DU) ga2-nun-mah-sze3
6. lu2-kal-la unu3
7. 4(barig) 2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 i3-nun
8. 4(barig) 5(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
9. dumu ur-{d}szara2 [...]
10. 2(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 2/3(disz) sila3 i3-nun gur
11. 2(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 ga-ar3 gur
12. 3(ban2) ga-szex(SIG7)-a
13. nam-ha-ni
14. 1(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 6(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-nun gur
15. 2(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 ga!
16. 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ga-szex(SIG7)-a
17. [n] 2(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 ga-ar3 gur
18. [...] x [...]
rest broken
column 2
beginning broken
1'. 3(barig) 3(ban2) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-nun
2'. 3(barig) 2(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
3'. ad#-da-kal-la
4'. 3(barig) 2(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 i3-nun
5'. 3(barig) 3(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
6'. {d}nanna-ki-ag2 dumu szar2-ra-ab-du#
7'. 3(barig) 5(ban2) 4(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 i3-nun
8'. [...]
9'. 1(asz) 2(ban2) 1/3(disz) sila3 ga! gur
10'. dumu ha-da-ni szusz3
11'. 3(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 i3-nun
12'. 2(barig) 1(ban2) ga-ar3
13'. e2-i3-gara2
14'. 5(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 i3-nun
15'. [n] 6(disz) sila3 [...]
16'. [...]-a2-x-[...]
17'. [n] 2/3(disz) sila3 i3-nun
18'. 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
19'. szu-{d}nin-szubur
20'. dumu ha-la-{d}al-la
21'. 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 i3-nun
22'. 1(barig) 3(ban2) ga-ar3
23'. [x]-a-ma-ma!
24'. [...] i3-nun
rest broken
column 3
beginning broken
1'. 2(barig) 3(ban2) 2(disz) [...]
2'. 2(barig) 4(ban2) 7(disz) [...]
3'. i3-li2-[...] dumu [...]
4'. 1(barig) 4(ban2) x [...]
5'. 1(barig) 5(ban2) [...]
6'. [...]
7'. dumu ARAD2-[...]
8'. 1(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) [...]
9'. 1(barig) 3(ban2) [...]
10'. 1(barig) [...]-x
11'. 3(ban2) 5(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 i3-nun
12'. [...] ga-ar3
13'. [ur]-dub-szen-na dumu ba-za-zum
14'. [...] 1(disz) sila3 i3-nun
15'. [...] ga-ar3
16'. a-na!-{d}suen-tak2-la-ku dumu ba-za-zum
17'. 3(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 i3-nun
18'. 1(barig) 1(ban2) ga-ar3
19'. a-hu-wa-qar dumu ba-za-zum
20'. 1(barig) 5(ban2) 8(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 i3-nun
rest broken
column 4
1. 2(barig) 6(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
2. a-ba-{d}en-lil2-gin7
3. 2(barig) 1(ban2) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-nun
4. 2(barig) 1(ban2) ga-ar3
5. ur2-ra-ni-du10
6. 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 i3-nun
7. 4(ban2) ga-ar3
8. ad-da-du10-ga dumu a-ku-ki
9. 1(ban2) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-nun x [...]
10. u-bar-{d}suen# sipa ab2 [...]
rest broken ?
reverse
(not given)

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)

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National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: UET 3, 1220

[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:
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Excavation No: U 03053
Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2017-08-11 at 08:03:33	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2017-07-31 at 06:16:58	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (011525) (011525)
Electronic Babylonian Library (U.3053) (U.3053)
Ur Online Project (2498) (2498)

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Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 1220 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137545.

UET 3, 1220 artifact entry (No. P137545). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137545 (Original work published 2001)

UET 3, 1220 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137545 (Accessed: December 5, 2025).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 1220 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137545},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137545},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137545
LB  - CDLI:P137545
M1  - 2025/12/5/
TI  - UET 3, 1220 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137545
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 1220 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137545.

UET 3, 1220 artifact entry (No. P137545). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137545 (Original work published 2001)

UET 3, 1220 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137545 (Accessed: December 5, 2025).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 1220 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137545},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137545},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137545
LB  - CDLI:P137545
M1  - 2025/12/5/
TI  - UET 3, 1220 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137545
ER  -

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