UET 3, 1273 (P137598)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 47-29-202

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) kusz gu4 siki mu2 [x]
2. a2 gesz-gar-a-da-ta
3. u3 ab-ba-sze3
4. ki ur-{d}ba-ba6-ta
5. bur-ma-ma szu ba-an-ti
reverse
  blank space
  seal impression
1. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
2. mu ma2-dara3-abzu {d}en-ki ba-ab-du8
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szu-{d}suen
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. bur-ma-ma
2. dub-sar
3. dumu [...]
4. ARAD2-zu

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 006101 (composite) (P458811) S006101 Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P137598

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number U 04731
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 47-29-202
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 011578
Penn Museum (Penn) 381171
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.47-29-202

References

  • primary: UET 3, 1273

    [Legrain1937UET3] Legrain, Léon. 1937. Business Documents of the Third Dynasty of Ur. Ur Excavations. Texts 3. London: The Trustees of the two museums.

Revisions and credits

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
2021-07-19 at 18:28:31 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2018-08-23 at 08:56:57 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2013-06-07 at 12:25:43 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:15:49 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:02:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:31 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 1273 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137598.
UET 3, 1273 artifact entry (No. P137598). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137598 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1273 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137598 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UET 3, 1273 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137598},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137598},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137598
LB  - CDLI:P137598
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - UET 3, 1273 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137598
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 1273 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137598.
UET 3, 1273 artifact entry (No. P137598). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137598 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1273 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137598 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UET 3, 1273 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137598},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137598},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137598
LB  - CDLI:P137598
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - UET 3, 1273 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137598
ER  -
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