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UET 3, 1666 (P137992)

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 130500

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

Text

tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. kiszib3 li-bur-be-li2
reverse
1. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki}-ga masz2-e i3-pa3
2. 5(disz) tug2 guz-za du
3. 5(disz) tug2 sag usz-bar
4. 5(disz) tug2 usz-bar
5. 1(gesz2) gu2 siki-gi
6. kiszib3 lu2-{d}en-lil2-la2
7. mu en-am-gal {d}inanna ba-hun
8. szunigin 3(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 4(u) sze gur
9. szunigin 9(disz) tug2 guz-za du
10. [szunigin ... 5(disz)] tug2 sag usz-bar
rest broken

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

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: UET 3, 1666

[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.: BM 130500
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Elevation:
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Excavation No: U 04592
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.02.00.00, Ibbi-Suen.04.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: Ibbi-Suen.02.00.00 to Ibbi-Suen.04.00.00

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-09-15 at 08:16:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2017-02-15 at 19:33:43	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:16:33	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 (011971) (011971)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.130500) (BM.130500)
British Museum Collection (W_1948-0423-400) (W_1948-0423-400)

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Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1666 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137992.

UET 3, 1666 artifact entry (No. P137992). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137992 (Original work published 2001)

UET 3, 1666 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137992 (Accessed: March 19, 2026).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {UET 3, 1666 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137992},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137992},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137992
LB  - CDLI:P137992
M1  - 2026/3/19/
TI  - UET 3, 1666 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137992
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1666 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137992.

UET 3, 1666 artifact entry (No. P137992). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137992 (Original work published 2001)

UET 3, 1666 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137992 (Accessed: March 19, 2026).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {UET 3, 1666 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137992},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137992},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137992
LB  - CDLI:P137992
M1  - 2026/3/19/
TI  - UET 3, 1666 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137992
ER  -