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UET 3, 1642 (P137968)

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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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

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. [...] tug2 usz-bar
2. mu-tuku5 mu-kux(DU)
3. ki lu2 didli-ne-ta
4. ba-la-t,i3 lu2 azlag2
reverse
1. szu ba-an-ti
2. iti ezem-mah
3. mu x x x
seal 1
1. ba-la-t,i3
2. lu2 azlag2
3. ARAD2 {d}nanna

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
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: UET 3, 1642

[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 04800
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.09.10.00
Alternative Years:
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 14:16:31	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:29:41	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 (011947) (011947)
Electronic Babylonian Library (U.4800) (U.4800)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 002007 (composite) (P454717)	Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1642 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137968.

UET 3, 1642 artifact entry (No. P137968). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137968 (Original work published 2001)

UET 3, 1642 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137968 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UET 3, 1642 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137968},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137968},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137968
LB  - CDLI:P137968
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - UET 3, 1642 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137968
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1642 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137968.

UET 3, 1642 artifact entry (No. P137968). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137968 (Original work published 2001)

UET 3, 1642 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137968 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UET 3, 1642 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137968},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137968},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137968
LB  - CDLI:P137968
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - UET 3, 1642 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137968
ER  -