UET 3, 1403 (P137728)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 130436

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. 1(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 2(u)# 7(disz)# a2 gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
 de: 1047 Arbeitsleistung in Arbeiter zu 1 Tag:
2. a2 gurusz gid2-da iti 1(disz)-sze3
 de: Arbeitsleistung der Lang(stock)-Arbeiter,
3. 5/6(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar-ta
 de: pro Monat je 5/6 Sekel Silber,
4. ku3-bi 1/3(disz) ma-na 9(disz) gin2 1(u) 5(disz) sze
 de: das dazugehörige Silber(äquivalent): 1/3 mana 9 Sekel 15 Gran
  calculation: 1047 ÷ 30 x 5/6 = 29 15/180
reverse
1. mu-kux(DU)
 de: eingegangen.
2. nig2-ka9 e2-kiszib3-ba-ke4 ba-ab-IL2
 de: Es ist auf die Abrechnung des Lagerhauses (über)tragen worden.
3. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal ur-bi2-lum{ki} mu-hul
 de: Jahr: ‘Amar-Suen, der König, had Urbilum zerstört’ (Amar-Suen 2).

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P137728

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Excavation Number U 09431
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 130436
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 011708
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.130436
Ur Online Project (UrOnline) 9135
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1948-0423-336

References

  • primary: UET 3, 1403

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

  • history: BBVO 10, p. 162

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

  • history: CDOG 4 (pp. 121-152), 126, 150-151

    [Englund2012CDOG4] Englund, Robert K. 2012. “Versilberte Arbeit. Äquivalenzenfestsetzung in Der Ur-III-Zeit,” Colloquium der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft, 4: 121–52.

  • citation: AOS 68, p. 117-141, p. 118 n. 11

    [Waetzoldt1987compensation] Waetzoldt, Hartmut. 1987. “Compensation of Craft Workers and Officials in the Ur III Period.” In Labor in the Ancient Near East, edited by Marvin A. Powell, 117–41. American Oriental Series, Volume 68. New Haven, Connecticut: American Oriental Society.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-21 at 10:22:58 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-09-15 at 08:16:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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
2012-06-04 at 22:05:59 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2012-04-08 at 10:56:07 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2012-03-21 at 17:41:24 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:16:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:35 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, 1403 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P137728.
UET 3, 1403 artifact entry (No. P137728). (2024, September 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137728 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1403 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137728 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).
@misc{2024UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 21},
	title = {UET 3, 1403 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137728},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137728},
}


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TI  - UET 3, 1403 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1403 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P137728.
UET 3, 1403 artifact entry (No. P137728). (2024, September 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137728 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1403 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137728 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).
@misc{2024UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 21},
	title = {UET 3, 1403 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137728},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137728},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/21/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P137728
LB  - CDLI:P137728
M1  - 2026/4/11/
TI  - UET 3, 1403 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137728
ER  -
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