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UET 3, 1377 (P137702)

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 47-29-213

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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tablet
obverse
1. 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze lugal
2. e2-gissu mu6-sub3!(GU4)
3. 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) ur-{d}da-mu dub-sar gu4
4. 1(barig) a-a-kal-la
5. 1(barig) mar-tu-mu
6. 1(barig) {d}utu-sa6-ga
7. 1(barig) a-da-na-ah
8. 1(barig) lu2-{d}da-mu
9. engar-me
10. 5(ban2) ur-{d}ba-ba6
11. 5(ban2) lugal-[x]-x
12. dumu-gu4-gur-me
13. 1(barig) lugal-dur2-du10 sza13-dub-ba gu4
14. 1(barig) lu2-eb dub-sar
15. 4(ban2) ur-szuba3-unu{ki} ra-gaba
16. 4(ban2) inim-{d}inanna gu-za-la2
reverse
1. szunigin 2(disz) gurusz 1(barig) sze 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-ta
2. szunigin 7(disz) gurusz 5(ban2) sze 1(disz) sila3 i3-ta
3. szunigin 2(disz) gurusz 4(ban2) sze 1(disz) sila3 i3-ta
4. szunigin 2(disz) gurusz 3(ban2) sze 1(disz) sila3 i3-ta
5. szunigin sze-bi 2(asz) 1(ban2) gur
6. szunigin i3-bi 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3
7. 1(disz) sila3 i3 sze-bi 1(ban2)-ta
8. sze i3-bi 2(barig) 2(ban2)
9. sze-ba engar sza3-gu4 lu2 szuku nu-dab5-ba-ne
10. e2-{d}szara2{ki}-ta e-ra-ne
11. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
12. mu {d}i-<bi2>-{d}suen lugal-e nibru{ki} uri5{ki}-ma bad3# gal#-bi mu-du3

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, 1377

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

  • citation: JESHO 23, p.1-42, p. 6ff.

    [Gomi1980dairy] Gomi, Tohru. 1980. “On Dairy Productivity at Ur in the Late Ur III Period.” Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 23: 1–42.

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  • Museum No.: UM 47-29-213
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 07022
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.06.08.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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
2021-07-20 at 08:35:04 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:56:25 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2014-10-05 at 09:02:10 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:16:06 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-02-01 at 13:27:54 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-02-01 at 12:16:16 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:34 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“UET 3, 1377 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137702.
UET 3, 1377 artifact entry (No. P137702). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137702 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1377 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137702 (Accessed: April 21, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-21]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 1377 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137702},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137702},
}


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