UET 3, 1351 (P137678)

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 47-29-380

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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Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
beginning broken
1'. [...] x tu-sza-re engar
2'. 1(esze3) GAN2 sze-bi 2(barig)
3'. ARAD2-mu engar
4'. a-sza3 mah
5'. szunigin 2(bur3) 2(esze3) GAN2
6'. szunigin sze-bi 3(asz) 1(barig) gur
7'. ur5-sa6-sa6 mu6-sub3!(GU4)-ke4
8'. nam-erim2-bi in-ku5
9'. nu-banda3 la-la-a
10'. 2(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 sze-bi 1(asz) gur
11'. a-mur-kal-la engar
12'. a-sza3 nigin9 sukkal-mah
13'. [...] GAN2 sze-bi 1(asz) 1(barig) gur
14'. [...] 1/2(disz) ur-ig engar
15'. [...] a2-bi2-li2
16'. [...] sze-bi 4(barig)
17'. [...]-ka engar
18'. [...] mah
rest broken
column 2
beginning broken
1'. nam-erim2-bi [in-ku5]
2'. szunigin 4(u) [...]
3'. szunigin sze-bi 4(asz) 4(barig) [...]
4'. nu-banda3 ARAD2-na#-[...]
5'. 2(bur3) 3(iku) GAN2 sze-bi 2(asz) [...]
6'. lugal-szesz engar#
7'. a-sza3 nigin9 amar-ra-AN-[...]
8'. 1(bur3) 2(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 sze-bi 2(asz) [...]
9'. ur-{d}sza-u18-sza engar#
10'. a-sza3 a2-bi2-li2
11'. ur-{d}ba-ba6 mu6-sub3!(GU4)-ke4
12'. nam-erim2-bi in-ku5
13'. 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 sze-bi 2(barig) [x]
14'. lu2-gu3-de2-[a engar]
15'. a-sza3 nigin9 dumu kun-a-[...]
16'. 2(iku) GAN2 sze-bi 2(asz) [...]
17'. du-du [engar]
rest broken
reverse
column 1
beginning broken
1'. x [...]
2'. x x x [...]
3'. x x sze#-bi# [...]
4'. 5(iku)#? GAN2#? x sze#-bi# [...]
5'. ur#?-{d}dumu-[zi ...]
rest broken
column 2
beginning broken
1'. [...] x [...]
2'. x x x [...] x x [...]
3'. szunigin# n GAN2 x
4'. szunigin# n GAN2 x
5'. x x x [...]
blank space
6'. nigin#?-ba 2(bur'u) 3(bur3) 2(esze3)# n GAN2# x
7'. x sze#-bi 2(u) 8(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2)#? x lugal x
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

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: UET 3, 1351

[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.: UM 47-29-380
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No: U 07265
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.01.04.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune	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
2017-03-03 at 09:56:25	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2014-10-05 at 09:02:10	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-10-26 at 18:42:39	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-09-07 at 16:46:28	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:15:53	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:29:33	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 (011658) (011658)
Penn Museum (566724) (566724)
Electronic Babylonian Library (UM.47-29-380) (UM.47-29-380)
Ur Online Project (6711) (6711)

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Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1351 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137678.

UET 3, 1351 artifact entry (No. P137678). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137678 (Original work published 2001)

UET 3, 1351 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137678 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 1351 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137678},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137678},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137678
LB  - CDLI:P137678
M1  - 2026/2/28/
TI  - UET 3, 1351 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137678
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1351 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137678.

UET 3, 1351 artifact entry (No. P137678). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137678 (Original work published 2001)

UET 3, 1351 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137678 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 1351 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137678},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137678},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137678
LB  - CDLI:P137678
M1  - 2026/2/28/
TI  - UET 3, 1351 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137678
ER  -