UET 3, 1620 (P137946)

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 47-29-416

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. 1(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 3(disz)#-kam# us2#
2. 1(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 4(disz)-kam us2
3. tug2 sa-gi4-a mu-kux(DU)
4. lugal-ezem lu2 azlag2
5. ur-{d}szul-gi-ra#
reverse
1. szu ba-an-ti
2. giri3 ur-dingir-ra#
3. iti# ezem-{d}szul-gi
4. mu us2-sa bad3 gal ba-du3
left
1. a-a-kal-la szu ba-an-ti
2. giri3 ur-{d}szusz3-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ur-zigum-ma

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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
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  • primary: UET 3, 1620

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

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  • Museum No.: UM 47-29-416
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 04762
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.07.08.00 (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
2021-07-20 at 15:18:27 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2017-05-01 at 11:14:24 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard 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, 1620 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137946.
UET 3, 1620 artifact entry (No. P137946). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137946 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1620 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137946 (Accessed: July 6, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-06]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UET 3, 1620 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137946},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137946},
}


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