UET 3, 1644 (P137970)

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 130496

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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tablet
obverse
1. 6(gesz2)# 3(u) 8(disz) tug2# sag# usz-bar mu-tuku5
2. ki# ur-{d}su4-an-na dub-sar-ta
3. 3(u) ki lu2#-{d}nanna szusz3-ta
4. 3(u) 7(disz) ki ur-{d}isztaran szusz3-ta
5. 1(u) 2(disz) ki a2-sa6-ga u3 dumu-na-ta
6. 1(u) 5(disz) ki szu-na-mu-gi4-ta
  blank space
7. [szunigin] 8(gesz2)# 2(disz) tug2 sag usz-bar
reverse
1. [tug2 mu-tuku5] mu-kux(DU)
2. [ur-{gesz}gigir] szu ba-an-ti
3. sza3# ga-esz5{ki}
  blank space
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4. iti 1(u) 2(disz)-kam
5. mu ma2#-gur8-mah ba-dim2
seal 1
1. ur-{gesz}gigir
2. ugula lu2 azlag2

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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, 1644

    [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.: BM 130496
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 03833
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.08.00.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2019-01-21 at 14:29:41 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:56:28 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2013-06-07 at 12:25:43 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:16:32 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:41 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005480 (composite) (P458190) Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1644 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137970.
UET 3, 1644 artifact entry (No. P137970). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137970 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1644 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137970 (Accessed: March 19, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {UET 3, 1644 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137970},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137970},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137970
LB  - CDLI:P137970
M1  - 2026/3/19/
TI  - UET 3, 1644 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137970
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1644 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137970.
UET 3, 1644 artifact entry (No. P137970). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137970 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1644 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137970 (Accessed: March 19, 2026).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {UET 3, 1644 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137970},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137970},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137970
LB  - CDLI:P137970
M1  - 2026/3/19/
TI  - UET 3, 1644 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137970
ER  -
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