UET 3, 1563 (P137889)

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

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV
Metadata history Transliteration history
Lineart

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

-

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) gada sza3-gu
2. 1(disz) gada sza3-ga-du3 sza3-gu
3. 1(disz) gada sag-kesz2 sza3-gu
4. 1(disz) tug2 bar-dul5 saga
5. 1(disz) tug2 na-ba-szu-hu-um saga
6. 5(disz) tug2 guz-za us2 saga szar3
7. 1(disz) gada gu2 e3 sza3-gu
8. 1(disz) gada sag-kesz2 sza3-gu
9. 1(disz) tug2 ba-tab duh-hu-um [x]
10. 3(disz) tug2 guz-za us2 [...]
11. 1(disz) tug2 na-ba-szu-hu-um [...] nin [...]
12. 1(disz) tug2 [...]
13. 1(disz) tug2 [...]
14. 1(disz) tug2 [...]
15. 1(disz) tug2 na-ba-[szu-hu-um ...]
16. 3(disz) tug2 guz-za saga#
17. 3(disz) tug2 guz-za us2
18. ki en-na-sze3
19. masz-da-re6-a
20. ki ur-dingir-ra-ta
21. iti sze-sag11-ku5
22. ba-zi

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: UET 3, 1563

    [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 —
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No: U 09422
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune 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
2011-07-22 at 14:16:20 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:39 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 1563 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137889.
UET 3, 1563 artifact entry (No. P137889). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137889 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1563 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137889 (Accessed: October 5, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 1563 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137889},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137889},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137889
LB  - CDLI:P137889
M1  - 2025/10/5/
TI  - UET 3, 1563 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137889
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 1563 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137889.
UET 3, 1563 artifact entry (No. P137889). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137889 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1563 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137889 (Accessed: October 5, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 1563 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137889},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137889},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137889
LB  - CDLI:P137889
M1  - 2025/10/5/
TI  - UET 3, 1563 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137889
ER  -
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.