UET 3, 1611 (P137937)

Administrative tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 47-29-414

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

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tablet
obverse
1. [n] 1(u) tug2 usz#-bar
2. 3(u)# tug2# usz#-bar# [gu2-tar]
3. [n] 5(disz)# tug2 ge6#
4. puzur4#-ma-ma#
5. n tug2 usz#-bar#
6. 3(u)# tug2# usz#-bar# gu2#-tar#
7. n tug2# ge6#
8. ur#-{d}szusz3-{d}ba-ba6
9. n tug2 usz#-bar#
10. 3(u) tug2# usz#-bar# gu2-tar
11. n tug2# ge6#
12. {d}en?-da-tug2-PAP
13. n tug2 usz-bar
14. 4(u) tug2# usz-bar# gu2#-tar
15. 1(gesz2) 3(u) la2 1(disz) tug2 ge6
16. ARAD2#-{d}nanna
17. [n] 3(u) 6(disz) tug2 usz-bar
18. [n] n tug2# usz-bar# gu2#-tar
19. [n] n tug2 ge6
reverse
1. lugal#-ezem
2. [n] 1(u) 2(disz) tug2 usz#-bar
3. 3(u) 2(disz)? tug2 usz-bar gu2-tar
4. 1(u) 2(disz)? tug2 ge6
5. ur-{d}nin-mug
6. 5(u)#? tug2 usz-bar#
7. 4(disz) tug2 usz-bar gu2-tar
8. 1(u) 2(disz)? tug2 ge6
9. x-ki-be2?
10. n tug2 usz#-bar
11. 2(disz) tug2 usz-bar gu2-tar
12. n tug2 ge6
13. [x]-x-a-bi#?
14. szunigin 7(gesz2) 2(u) la2 1(disz) tug2 usz-bar
15. szunigin 2(gesz2) 5(u) 4(disz) tug2 usz-bar gu2-tar
16. szunigin 5(gesz2) 2(u) 7(disz) tug2 ge6
17. tug2 sa-gi4-a mu#-kux(DU)#
18. lu2 azlag2-e#-ne#
19. sza3#? |URUxX|#? x [...]-zu? [x]
20. ur#-{d#}szul#-gi#-ra# szu# ba-an-ti#
21. giri3# ur#-{d}nin-sun2#
22. iti# ezem#-{d}szul-gi
23. [mu us2-sa dumu]-munus lugal ensi2 za#-[ab-sza-li]{ki}-ke4 ba-an-tuku

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: UET 3, 1611

    [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.: UM 47-29-414
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 04608
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.05.08.00 (us2 year)
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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
2017-05-01 at 11:14:24 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:56:27 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2016-11-11 at 14:58:21 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2016-07-28 at 16:15:03 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2012-01-19 at 18:10:04 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:16:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:40 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, 1611 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137937.
UET 3, 1611 artifact entry (No. P137937). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137937 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1611 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137937 (Accessed: December 5, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UET 3, 1611 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137937},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137937},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137937
LB  - CDLI:P137937
M1  - 2025/12/5/
TI  - UET 3, 1611 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137937
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 1611 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137937.
UET 3, 1611 artifact entry (No. P137937). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137937 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1611 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137937 (Accessed: December 5, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UET 3, 1611 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137937},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137937},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137937
LB  - CDLI:P137937
M1  - 2025/12/5/
TI  - UET 3, 1611 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137937
ER  -
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