UET 3, 1303 (P137628)

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 47-29-206

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
1. 8(asz) ku6-sze6 gur
 en: 8 gur smoked fish,
2. mu nig2-gu7-a geme2 ARAD2-e-ne
 en: as food for the female and male slaves
3. za3-mu-ka-sze3
 en: for the new year (festival),
4. e2-kiszib3-ba-ta
 en: from the house-of-sealed (goods),
5. ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
 en: did Ur-Šulpae
reverse
1. szu ba-an-ti
 en: receive;
2. iti szu-esz5-sza
 en: month: “Šu-eša,”
3. mu {d}i-bi2-{d#}suen# lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 nibru#{ki} uri5{ki}-ma bad3-gal-bi# mu#-du3#
 en: year: “Ibbi-Suen, king of Ur, in Nippur Ur’s Big-Wall did erect.”

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P137628

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Excavation Number U 03839
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 47-29-206
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 011608
Penn Museum (Penn) 381175
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.47-29-206
Ur Online Project (UrOnline) 3338

References

  • primary: UET 3, 1303

    [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. 127 n. 402 (obv. 1-3)

    [Englund1990Fischerei] Englund, Robert K. 1990. Organisation Und Verwaltung Der Ur III-Fischerei. Berliner Beiträge Zum Vorderen Orient, Band 10. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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
2017-07-02 at 13:42:56 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2016-05-17 at 09:41:29 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2013-12-25 at 21:37:37 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2013-12-25 at 21:00:19 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2013-12-25 at 20:58:05 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2013-07-23 at 17:10:52 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:15:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:32 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1303 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137628.
UET 3, 1303 artifact entry (No. P137628). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137628 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1303 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137628 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 1303 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137628},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137628},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137628
LB  - CDLI:P137628
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - UET 3, 1303 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137628
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1303 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137628.
UET 3, 1303 artifact entry (No. P137628). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137628 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1303 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137628 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 1303 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137628},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137628},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137628
LB  - CDLI:P137628
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - UET 3, 1303 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137628
ER  -
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