UET 3, 1432 (P137757)

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

Museum Number

IM —

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
  beginning broken
1'. iti masz-ku3-gu7 u4 3(u)-sze3
2'. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi u4 3(u)-sze3
3'. a2-bi 5(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 2(u) 1(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
4'. sza3-bi-ta
5'. 1(disz) tug2 bar-dul5 3(disz)-kam us2
6'. a2-bi u4 [x x x] 3(u)
7'. 2(u) 5(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 3(disz)-kam us2
8'. a2-bi u4 1(gesz'u)# [n] 2(gesz2) 3(u)
9'. 1(disz) tug2 bar-dul5 4(disz)-kam us2
10'. a2-bi u4 [x x x] 2(u)
11'. 2(u) 5(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 4(disz)-kam us2
12'. a2-bi u4 6(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz)
13'. 5(disz) tug2 guz-za 4(disz)-kam us2
  blank space?
column 2
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1'. 1(u) 2(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 [x x x]
2'. a2-bi u4 [x x x]
3'. 5(disz) tug2 guz-za 4(disz)-[kam us2]
4'. a2-bi u4 [x x x]
5'. a2 tug2 sa-gi4-a-bi
6'. 2(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 5(u) 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
7'. 6(disz) gurusz um-mi-a u4 2(u) 1(disz)-sze3
8'. 1(u) la2 1(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 1(u) gurusz u4 [x x]
9'. iti masz-ku3-gu7 [...]
10'. 2(u) gurusz u4 [x x]
11'. iti ses-da-gu7
12'. 7(disz) gurusz u4 [x x]
13'. iti u5-[bi2{muszen}-gu7]
14'. 8(disz) gurusz [x x x]
15'. iti ki-siki-{d}[nin-a-zu]
16'. 7(disz) gurusz [x x x]
17'. iti ezem-[{d}nin-a-zu]
reverse
column 1
1. tug2 i3-gal2-[la ...]
2. giri3 {d}szul-[gi-...]
3. 1(disz) gurusz [x x x]
4. iti masz-ku3-[gu7]
5. 1(disz) gurusz [x x x]
6. iti u5-bi2[{muszen}-gu7]
7. 1(disz) gurusz u4 [x x]
8. iti ki-siki-{d}nin#-[a-zu]
9. 1(disz) gurusz u4 [x x]
10. iti a2-ki-[ti]
11. 1(disz) gurusz u4 3(u)-[sze3]
12. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
13. tug2 i3-gal2-la [...]
14. giri3 e-la-ag-[x-x]
15. 8(disz) gurusz u4 [x x]
16. kun-zi-da i7 kun-ta#
17. giri3 szu-{d}nin-szubur x
18. [n] gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
19. kun-zi-da i7 ba-a-a gi4-a
20. giri3 lu2-KA-nig2-sa6-ga dub-sar
21. 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(u) 8(disz)-sze3
22. dumu bad3-tibira{ki}-sze3 gen-na
23. [n] gurusz u4 3(disz)-sze3
24. [x x] x gen-na
25. [x x x] x a ZU la [x?]
  rest broken
column 2
1. 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
2. giri3 a-gu-a-ni dub-sar
3. 7(disz) gurusz u4 4(disz)-sze3
4. giri3 sag-{d}nanna-zu gu-za-la2
5. 6(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
6. giri3 ur-{d}lugal-banda3{da} dub-sar
7. kun-zi-da i7 a2-ki-ti gi4-a
8. 3(disz) gurusz u4 1(u) 5(disz)-sze3
9. kun-zi-da i7 [x x]-x-DU u3
10. u4#? [...]-ra
11. giri3 lu2-[...] dub-sar
12. 2(disz) gurusz u4 2(disz)-sze3
13. PU2 ma2-[x]-ka ba-al-la
14. giri3 szesz-kal-la dumu a-gu-a
15. kun-zi-da i7-gal-{d}nin-gal gi4-a
16. [giri3 ...] dub-sar
17. [...]-ga
  rest broken

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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, 1432

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: IM —
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
  • Elevation:
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  • Excavation No: U 04892
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: --.--.02.00, --.--.08.00
  • Alternative Years:
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  • Accounting Period: --.--.02.00 to --.--.08.00

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2017-08-11 at 08:03:33 Englund, Robert K. Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2017-08-02 at 00:19:35 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2017-07-26 at 00:39:38 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard 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, 1432 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137757.
UET 3, 1432 artifact entry (No. P137757). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137757 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1432 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137757 (Accessed: November 24, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UET 3, 1432 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137757},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137757},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137757
LB  - CDLI:P137757
M1  - 2025/11/24/
TI  - UET 3, 1432 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137757
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 1432 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137757.
UET 3, 1432 artifact entry (No. P137757). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137757 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1432 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137757 (Accessed: November 24, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UET 3, 1432 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137757},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137757},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137757
LB  - CDLI:P137757
M1  - 2025/11/24/
TI  - UET 3, 1432 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137757
ER  - 
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