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UET 3, 1668 (P137994)

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 130501

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
1. 2(u) 5(disz) tug2 guz-za 4(disz)-kam us2
2. ki-la2-bi 2(asz) gu2 1(u) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na
3. 2(u) 1(disz) tug2 guz-za du
4. ki-la2-bi 1(asz) gu2 4(u) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na
5. 2(gesz2) 4(disz) tug2 sag usz-bar
6. 4(u) 2(disz) tug2 usz-bar
7. 5(u) tug2 usz-bar ge6
8. ki-la2-bi 1(u) 7(asz) gu2 5(u) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na
reverse
1. tug2 ki-la2 tag-ga
2. mu-kux(DU)
3. ki a-hu-a ugula usz-bar-ta
4. lu2-{d}nin-szubur dumu lugal-za3-ge-si
5. szu ba-an-ti
6. lugal-a2-zi-da dub-sar i3-dab5
7. giri3 lugal-a2-zi-da dub-sar
8. sza3 {d}nanna-gu2!(KI)-gal
10. iti ezem-mah u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam
11. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul

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, 1668

[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 130501
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No: U 04698
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.03.10.16
Alternative Years: SH25 SH32 SH44
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

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
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 (011973) (011973)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.130501) (BM.130501)
British Museum Collection (W_1948-0423-401) (W_1948-0423-401)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1668 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137994.

UET 3, 1668 artifact entry (No. P137994). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137994 (Original work published 2001)

UET 3, 1668 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137994 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {UET 3, 1668 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137994},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137994},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137994
LB  - CDLI:P137994
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - UET 3, 1668 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137994
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 3, 1668 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137994.

UET 3, 1668 artifact entry (No. P137994). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137994 (Original work published 2001)

UET 3, 1668 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137994 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {UET 3, 1668 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137994},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137994},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P137994
LB  - CDLI:P137994
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - UET 3, 1668 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P137994
ER  -