UET 3, 1288 (P137613)

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 47-29-369

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

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 3(disz) kusz u2 gukkal
2. mu nig2-gu7 simug didli-sze3
3. ki ur-mes-ta
4. nam-zi-tar-ra
reverse
1. szu ba-an-ti
2. kiszib3 ga-ti-e
  blank space
3. iti sze-sag11-ku5
4. mu us2-sa {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
1. lugal-ga-ti-e-ki-ag2
2. dub-sar
3. dumu [nam-zi-tar-ra]

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: UET 3, 1288

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

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  • Museum No.: UM 47-29-369
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
  • Elevation:
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  • Excavation No: U 03098
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.02.01.00 (us2 year)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2013-06-07 at 12:25:43 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:15:49 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:02:41 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:32 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003463 (composite) (P456173) Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 1288 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137613.
UET 3, 1288 artifact entry (No. P137613). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137613 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1288 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137613 (Accessed: November 24, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 1288 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137613},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137613},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137613
LB  - CDLI:P137613
M1  - 2025/11/24/
TI  - UET 3, 1288 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137613
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 1288 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137613.
UET 3, 1288 artifact entry (No. P137613). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137613 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1288 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137613 (Accessed: November 24, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 1288 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137613},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137613},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137613
LB  - CDLI:P137613
M1  - 2025/11/24/
TI  - UET 3, 1288 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137613
ER  - 
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