UET 3, 1712 (P138038)

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 47-29-431

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. 2(u) 3(disz) tug2 ge6# [x]
2. 1(u) 5(disz) tug2 ge6 du#? [x]
3. ki-la2 3(asz) gu2 [x] ma#-na#
4. tug2 ki-la2 tag-ga#
5. mu-kux(DU)
6. ki ku3-{d}nanna szabra#-[ta]
reverse
1. ba#-la-ti lu2 [x]
2. szu# ba-an-ti
3. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi# u4 1(u) 7(disz) ba-zal#
4. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen# lugal uri5{ki}-ma#-[ke4] nibru#{ki} uri5{ki#}-[ma] bad3 gal-bi mu#-[du3]

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: UET 3, 1712

    [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 47-29-431
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 03454
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.06.08.17
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 19:10:09 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:16:35 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:43 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, 1712 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P138038.
UET 3, 1712 artifact entry (No. P138038). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P138038 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1712 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P138038 (Accessed: November 18, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 1712 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P138038},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P138038},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P138038
LB  - CDLI:P138038
M1  - 2025/11/18/
TI  - UET 3, 1712 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P138038
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 1712 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P138038.
UET 3, 1712 artifact entry (No. P138038). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P138038 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1712 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P138038 (Accessed: November 18, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 1712 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P138038},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P138038},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P138038
LB  - CDLI:P138038
M1  - 2025/11/18/
TI  - UET 3, 1712 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P138038
ER  -
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