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UET 3, 1294 (P137619)

Administrative tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 130409

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
beginning broken
1'. [x] ku6 gir gid2
2'. 1(szar2) 3(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 5(u) ku6 kas4-kas4
3'. 4(szar2) 4(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 3(u) ku6 u2-dur#?
4'. 1(szar2) 3(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 3(u) 7(disz) ku6 kisal-luh
5'. [...] 4(u) ku6 sag-sze
6'. 4(szar2) 5(gesz'u) 2(u) gir{ku6} gid2-a
7'. ku6 ab suhur u3 ku6 dar hi-a
8'. 3(szar2) 2(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 2(u) ku6 a-ab-ba u3 ku6 nun sziti-ma hi-a
9'. nam-ku6-mun
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1. [n] ku6 suhur
2. [n] sag?-kesz2 ku6 duru5
3. [n] hal ku6 duru5 hi-a
4. [n] 4(ban2) ku6 du5-rum gur
5. [n] 5(u) 7(asz) 3(barig) ku6 sim gur
6. [n] 2(u) 3(barig) 4(ban2) ku6-sze6 gur
blank space
7. [...] mu-kux(DU)
8. [mu {d}]szul-gi lugal-e [sza-asz-ru] mu-hul-a-ta
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

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: UET 3, 1294

[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.: BM 130409
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Elevation:
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Excavation No: U 04527
Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.42.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-09-15 at 08:16:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	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
2013-07-23 at 17:10:52	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2012-08-14 at 18:16:16	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2012-08-14 at 18:08:26	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:15:50	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:29:32	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 (011599) (011599)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.130409) (BM.130409)
British Museum Collection (W_1948-0423-309) (W_1948-0423-309)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1294 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137619.

UET 3, 1294 artifact entry (No. P137619). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137619 (Original work published 2001)

UET 3, 1294 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137619 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {UET 3, 1294 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137619},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137619},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137619
LB  - CDLI:P137619
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - UET 3, 1294 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137619
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1294 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137619.

UET 3, 1294 artifact entry (No. P137619). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137619 (Original work published 2001)

UET 3, 1294 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137619 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {UET 3, 1294 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137619},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137619},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137619
LB  - CDLI:P137619
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - UET 3, 1294 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137619
ER  -