UET 3, 1721 (P138047)

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

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV

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

-

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) tug2
2. lu2-dingir-ra szesz-gal nam-1(u)
3. 1(disz) {d}nanna-za3-mi2 dumu {d}utu-x
4. 1(disz) szum2-pu3-pu3
5. 1(disz) {d}nanna-hi-li
6. lu2-dingir-ra i3-dab5
7. 1(disz) lu2-kar-zi-da szesz-gal nam-1(u)
8. 1(disz) {d}nanna-i-x-x
9. 1(disz) ug3 ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
10. 1(disz) lu2-{d}suen
11. 1(disz) sag-{d}nanna-zu
12. 1(disz) nig2-{d}ba-ba6
13. 1(disz) lu2-dingir-ra min
14. 1(disz) lu2-kar-zi-da min
15. lu2-kar-zi-da i3-dab5
16. 1(disz) ug3 ba-ba-a szesz-gal nam-1(u)
17. 1(disz) ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
18. dumu 1(disz) ARAD2-{d}nanna dumu nam-zi-tar-ra ba-usz2
19. 1(disz) ug3 ur-zigum-ma ARAD2 ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da [x]
reverse
1. 1(disz) [...]
2. 1(disz) lu2-ni-[...]
3. 1(disz) {d}utu-sa6-ga
4. ba-ba-a i3-dab5
5. szunigin 1(u) 8(disz) gurusz
6. szunigin 1(disz) dumu-nita2
7. 1(disz) tug2-ta
8. szunigin tug2-bi 1(u) 8(disz)
9. szunigin tug2 dumu-nita2-bi 1(disz)
10. tug2-ba aga3-us2#-gibil-ne
11. sza3 szu-na-mu-gi4{ki}
12. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
13. mu x x x

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:


  • primary: UET 3, 1721

    [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.: IM —
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No: U 04432
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.06.08.00
  • Alternative Years:
  • Date Comments:
  • Accounting Period:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2017-02-28 at 17:16:29 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:16:36 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

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 1721 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P138047.
UET 3, 1721 artifact entry (No. P138047). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P138047 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1721 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P138047 (Accessed: November 24, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UET 3, 1721 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P138047},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P138047},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P138047
LB  - CDLI:P138047
M1  - 2025/11/24/
TI  - UET 3, 1721 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P138047
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 1721 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P138047.
UET 3, 1721 artifact entry (No. P138047). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P138047 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1721 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P138047 (Accessed: November 24, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UET 3, 1721 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P138047},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P138047},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P138047
LB  - CDLI:P138047
M1  - 2025/11/24/
TI  - UET 3, 1721 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P138047
ER  - 
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.