UET 3, 1444 (P137769)

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'. [n] geme2 u4 4(u) 6(disz)-sze3
2'. giri3 lugal-eridu{ki} ib2-se3
3'. 3(u) ugula sza-lim-be-li2
4'. 2(u) 6(disz) ugula e2-e-ki-ag2
5'. 3(u) ugula {d}nanna-sa6-ga
6'. 3(u) ugula en-sza3-ga-na
7'. szunigin 1(gesz2) 5(u) 5(disz) geme2 u4 6(disz)-sze3
8'. giri3 lugal engur-amar ib2-se3
9'. u4 lugal {d}en-ki-sze3! e2-a
10'. [i3-im]-gen#-na#-a
11'. [x ugula sza-lim]-be-li2
12'. [x ugula e2-e-ki]-ag2
13'. [...]
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. giri3 lugal masz-da-re-a a2-ki-ti ib2-se3
2'. 4(u) ugula sza-lim-be-li2
3'. 4(u) ugula e2-e-ki-ag2
4'. 4(u) ugula {d}nanna-sa6-ga
5'. 4(u) ugula en-sza3-ga-na
6'. szunigin 1(gesz2) 4(u) geme2 u4 3(disz)-sze3
7'. giri3 lugal {d}nin-tu-ri-pa3-da-a ib2-se3
8'. 2(u) ugula sza-lim-be-li2
9'. 2(u) ugula e2-e-ki-ag2
10'. 2(u) ugula {d}nanna-sa6-ga
11'. 2(u) ugula en-sza3-ga-na
12'. szunigin 1(gesz2) 2(u) geme2 u4 1(u)-sze3
reverse
column 1
1. e2 gi-na-ab-tum lugal
2. e2 {gesz}gigir lugal e2 us2-sa gub-ba
3. 1(gesz2) 2(u) ugula sza-lim-be-li2
4. 1(gesz2) 2(u) ugula e2-e-ki-ag2
5. 1(gesz2) 2(u) ugula {d}nanna-sa6-ga
6. 1(gesz2) 2(u) ugula en-sza3-ga-na
7. szunigin 4(gesz2) 8(disz) geme2 iti 1(disz) u4 2(u)-sze3
8. iz-zi si-il-la sahar zi-ga sig4 ga6-ga2 u3 al-tar-ra gub-ba
9. e2 {d}inanna {gesz}tukul-ka
10. 1(gesz2) ugula sza-lim-be-li2
11. 1(gesz2) ugula e2-e-ki-ag2
12. 1(gesz2) ugula {d}nanna-sa6-ga
13. 1(gesz2) ugula en-sza3-ga-na
14. szunigin 4(gesz2) geme2 u4 4(u) 5(disz)-sze3
15. [x x x] x ga nu HU ak
16. [x x x]-ra gub-ba
  rest broken
column 2
1. 3(u) ugula {d}nanna-sa6-ga
2. 3(u) ugula en-sza3-ga-na
3. szunigin 2(gesz2) geme2 u4 7(disz)-sze3
4. a-sza3 pu2 {d}ha-ia3-ta sig4 urx(BAHAR2) ib2-ga6
5. 3(u) ugula sza-lim-be-li2
6. 3(u) ugula e2-e-ki!-ag2
7. 3(u) ugula {d}nanna-sa6-ga
8. 3(u) ugula en-sza3-ga-na
9. szunigin 2(gesz2) geme2 u4 1(u) 6(disz)-sze3
10. kun-zi-da i7 idigna-ka
11. i7 musz-bi-an-na-ka gub-ba

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Seal no.:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: UET 3, 1444

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

  • history: ZA 091 (pp. 22-84), 037

    [Steinkeller2001ZA91] Steinkeller, Piotr. 2001. “New Light on the Hydrology and Topography of Southern Babylonia in the Third Millennium.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 91: 22–84.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: IM —
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
  • Elevation:
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  • Excavation No: U 07814e
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-16 at 18:31:34 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-16 at 18:27:33 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard 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
2017-08-11 at 08:03:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-07-26 at 11:48:07 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:56:26 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:16:13 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:36 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, 1444 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P137769.
UET 3, 1444 artifact entry (No. P137769). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137769 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1444 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137769 (Accessed: June 14, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {UET 3, 1444 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137769},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137769},
}


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