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UET 3, 1541 (P137867)

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 130471

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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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na siki-gi
2. 2(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na gir2-gul
3. siki-ba za3-mu-ka
4. nam-mah-{d}ba-ba6
5. giri3-se3-ga sa12-du5
6. ki {d}szul-gi-mi-szar-ta
7. lu2-{d}utu
8. szu ba-an-ti
9. iti ezem-{d}szu-{d}suen
10. mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
seal 1
1. lu2-{d}utu
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ba-a
4. sa12-du5
5. gesz-kin-ti-ka

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

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: UET 3, 1541

[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.: BM 130471
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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Excavation No: U 16082
Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.05.09.00 (us2 year)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-09-15 at 08:16:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2017-02-15 at 19:33:42	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2016-05-17 at 09:41:29	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2013-06-07 at 12:25:43	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:16:19	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:29:38	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 (011846) (011846)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.130471) (BM.130471)
Ur Online Project (16470) (16470)
British Museum Collection (W_1948-0423-371) (W_1948-0423-371)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003310 (composite) (P456020)	Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1541 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137867.

UET 3, 1541 artifact entry (No. P137867). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137867 (Original work published 2001)

UET 3, 1541 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137867 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {UET 3, 1541 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137867},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137867},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137867
LB  - CDLI:P137867
M1  - 2026/2/28/
TI  - UET 3, 1541 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137867
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1541 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137867.

UET 3, 1541 artifact entry (No. P137867). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137867 (Original work published 2001)

UET 3, 1541 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137867 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {UET 3, 1541 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137867},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137867},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137867
LB  - CDLI:P137867
M1  - 2026/2/28/
TI  - UET 3, 1541 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137867
ER  -