UET 3, 1400 (P137725)

Administrative tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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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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tablet
obverse
1. 4(gesz'u)# 8(gesz2) 4(u) 9(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz hun-ga2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
2. a2 gurusz 1(disz)-a-ba
3. 6(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3-ta i3-gal2
4. sze-bi 1(gesz2) 5(asz) 3(ban2) sze gur lugal
5. a2 lu2 hun-ga2
6. x [x] ak nig2-gul ak
7. a-sza3 edin gir2-su{ki}
8. ki hu-ru-ta
9. a2-bi2-li2 nu-banda3 hun-ga2
10. szu ba-ti
11. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} hu-ur5-ti{ki} ba-hul

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: UET 3, 1400

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

  • citation: AoF 15, p.231-242, p. 236 n. 26

    [Limet1988complexité] Limet, Henri. 1988. “Complexité Salariale et Complexité Sociale à l’époque Néo-Sumérienne.” Altorientalische Forschungen 15: 231–42.

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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 07086
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.00.00 (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
2012-04-08 at 10:56:07 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-03-21 at 17:41:24 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:16:10 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:35 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, 1400 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137725.
UET 3, 1400 artifact entry (No. P137725). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137725 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1400 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137725 (Accessed: November 25, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 1400 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137725},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137725},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137725
LB  - CDLI:P137725
M1  - 2025/11/25/
TI  - UET 3, 1400 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137725
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 1400 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137725.
UET 3, 1400 artifact entry (No. P137725). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137725 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1400 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137725 (Accessed: November 25, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 1400 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137725},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137725},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137725
LB  - CDLI:P137725
M1  - 2025/11/25/
TI  - UET 3, 1400 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137725
ER  - 
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