UET 3, 1409 (P137734)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 130438

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
column 1
  broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. szunigin# 5(gesz2) 4(disz)#? gurusz 1(disz) sila3-ta
3'. i3#?-ta 4(disz) sila3
4'. lu2 azlag2-me
5'. ummux(|A.EDIN|)? sa2-du11 1(disz) sila3-ta
6'. 2(disz) sila3 ur-abzu szu-i gu2-en-na
7'. 1(disz) sila3 {d}nanna-mu-zu dub-sar
8'. 1(disz) sila3 {d}iszkur-ba-ni lu2 ninda2
9'. 1(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 sze-ba erin2 szu-te-tum-ma
10'. i3-dub ku3
11'. 5(disz) sila3 lu2-{d}nanna dub-sar guru7
12'. 1(disz) sila3 ARAD2-mu dumu lu2-{d}nin-szubur
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. ummux(|A.EDIN|)? sa2-du11
3'. {d}amar-{d}suen-ka-me
4'. aga3-us2 ga-ti-e
5'. [...]

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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, 1409

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 130438
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 04680
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-09-15 at 08:16:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan 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
2017-03-03 at 09:56:25 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:16:11 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, 1409 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137734.
UET 3, 1409 artifact entry (No. P137734). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137734 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1409 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137734 (Accessed: December 5, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {UET 3, 1409 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137734},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137734},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137734
LB  - CDLI:P137734
M1  - 2025/12/5/
TI  - UET 3, 1409 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137734
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 1409 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137734.
UET 3, 1409 artifact entry (No. P137734). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137734 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1409 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137734 (Accessed: December 5, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {UET 3, 1409 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137734},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137734},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137734
LB  - CDLI:P137734
M1  - 2025/12/5/
TI  - UET 3, 1409 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137734
ER  - 
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