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UET 3, 1497 (P137822)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

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

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) gurusz tibira
2. 5(disz) ugula ha-ba-ad
3. 2(disz) ugula lugal-he2-gal2
4. ku3-dim2-me-esz2
5. 1(disz) lu2-za-su6-ma
6. 2(disz) zadim
7. 2(disz) nagar
8. 1(disz) simug
9. [x] an-dim2-dim2
10. 1(u) 5(disz) gub-ba [...]
11. [gin2]-la2-me-esz2
12. [x] ku3-dim2
reverse
1. [x] aszgab hun-ga2
2. [x] tug2-du8 hun-ga2
3. [x] ad-kup4
4. [x] geme2 lu2 sa-hir-ra
5. 5(disz) gub-ba
6. sza3 gesz-kin-ti-me-esz2
7. gurum2 ak gaszam-e-ne
8. ugula ARAD2-{d}nanna
9. iti ezem-{d}nin-a-zu u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam
10. mu x x x

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: UET 3, 1497

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

Identifiers

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

Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No: U 04201
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.15.06.16
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Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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
2011-07-22 at 14:16:16	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:29:37	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (011802) (011802)
Electronic Babylonian Library (U.4201) (U.4201)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1497 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137822.

UET 3, 1497 artifact entry (No. P137822). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137822 (Original work published 2001)

UET 3, 1497 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137822 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UET 3, 1497 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137822},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137822},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137822
LB  - CDLI:P137822
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - UET 3, 1497 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137822
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1497 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137822.

UET 3, 1497 artifact entry (No. P137822). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137822 (Original work published 2001)

UET 3, 1497 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137822 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UET 3, 1497 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137822},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137822},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137822
LB  - CDLI:P137822
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - UET 3, 1497 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137822
ER  -